'I don't think the industry has earned the right to be trusted, which is kind of their argument on vaping - 'look trust us, it's not as bad as tobacco, at least it will help some people quit' - when the early signs are it's actually being used as an entry product back into smoking.' Nicola Roxon, who now chairs VicHealth, Victoria's Health Promotion Foundation, is similarly dubious about the tobacco industry's motives in promoting vaping.ДЇormer federal health minister Nicola Roxon - who championed plain packaging for cigarettes - doesn't trust the tobacco industry's promotion of vaping.

We need to err on the side of strong regulation.' He and others want to see all vaping fluid made prescription-only and importation heavily restricted. Professor Chapman says time is running out to prevent a repeat of the past. 'The average vaper who vapes daily takes about five to six hundred puffs and we really have no idea what the long-term consequences of that are going to be.' Should vaping be regulated like cigarettes? 'Some of my biggest concerns are with flavourants,' Chapman says. Professor Simon Chapman, who has been at the forefront of public health efforts against tobacco smoking since the 1980s, spoke to The Context this week and said it took decades for the deadly effects of tobacco smoke to become clear, and it may be the same with vaping. Steeping works better with some e-liquids than others, but if flavour is important for you itвЂ™s well worth experimenting.Professor Simon Chapman urges caution - and strong regulation - when it comes to vaping. This can include your fridge or even your freezer! Steeping E-LiquidДЄ good e-juice can improve with time! This process is caused steeping, and some vapers attempt to speed up the process by shaking e-liquid or exposing it to air. The good news is that this doesnвЂ™t change its effects, but for best results always store your liquid in a cool dark place. We know from Professor Houezec that is due to exposure to light and air, which can cause oxidation. Over the long term vape juice can lose colour and flavour. If you are at all worried about the use of flavourings, make sure you buy from a supplier which tests their e-liquid for impurities. Public Health England consider vaping to be 95% safer than smoking вЂ“ the 5% they are unsure about comes from the use of flavourings. The only question mark is over flavourings.

Nicotine is addictive, although probably not as addictive as when combined with other elements in tobacco smoke, but is not the cause of smoking diseases. Propylene glycol provides less vapour, carries flavour better and gives a better throat hit, while vegetable glycerine is sweeter and provides more vapour. These two ingredients are responsible for the vapour that carries the nicotine in vape juice, although they are subtly different. YouвЂ™ll find them in many everyday and medical products, including asthma inhalers. Propylene glycol and vegetable glycerine are both well studied and considered GRAS (generally recognised as safe). The ingredients in vapour consist of four elements: Propylene Glycol, Vegetable Glycerine, Nicotine and flavourings. In fact, the ingredients used are fairly simple, and vape expert Professor Siegel has pointed out in the past that we know more about whatвЂ™s in vapour than we do about tobacco smoke. WeвЂ™re often told that we donвЂ™t know whatвЂ™s in vape juice. With the disruptive vaping industry constantly on the attack, itвЂ™s important not to create further confusion with the use of terms like this. In contrast to e-liquid, vaporising these oils could potentially lead to serious health problems. The problem is that while vaping is considered by be around 95% safer than smoking tobacco cigarettes, that doesnвЂ™t apply to certain oils вЂ“ specifically essential oils that have been dissolved in an oily solvent. The word oils arenвЂ™t commonly used by experienced vape users, but they are commonly used by those less au-fait with the vocabulary of vaping. But where semantics could be more important is with the word oils.

Ultimately, it doesnвЂ™t matter whether you use the word vape juice or e-liquid. Find out more about vape juice with this infographic by UK vape company E-Cigarette Direct. The latest trend is the use of the word vape juice, which is rapidly catching up with the term e-liquid. (You can find out more about these terms in my glossary here. Vape is increasingly replacing the word e-cigarette, tanks have come to be used instead of clearomiser вЂ“ and hardly anyone talks about atomisers any more. One thing old timers (like me?) in the vape industry have had to deal with is the continual change in the vocabulary of vaping.

Vaping infographic