I was a smoker for over 25 years. I started when I was 16 and quickly developed a 40 a day habit. It cost me a fortune, made me unhealthy and I stunk of cigarettes. I tried many times to kick the habit: going cold turkey, nicotine gum and patches...no matter what I tried the evil drug had me in it's grasp.
A few years ago I stumbled on e-cigarettes. My father in law was taken ill and he wasn't allowed to smoke so we got him a disposable e-cig to tide him over. He didn't get along with it so I tried it. I was shocked at how it kept the cravings away and soon upgraded to a simple refillable one. Within a day I had stopped smoking!
Over the course of the following few months I upgraded my vaping gear with more powerful battery mods and larger tanks, trying all sorts of different flavours, slowly dropping my nicotine intake, much to my good lady's approval. She still moans when I 'accidentally' fill the room with vapour but at least I smell good now.
Good premium e-juices can be expensive, especially now I build my own heating coils for my clearomiser (vape tank) and it goes through juice quick, so I looked into mixing my own. Whereas a bottle of premium e-juice would cost upwards of £12 I can make almost the same thing at home for just over £1. I can tailor the flavours to my own tastes and I never run out.
The main ingredient of e-juice is vegetable glycerin and I can get 200ml bottles from my local pharmacy for just over $1.50. Add to this a little propylene glycol, some nicotine and flavourings and you have your e-juice. There are many different flavours available to buy from lots of different manufacturers.
a small selection of different flavours
These are food grade flavourings and quite safe to use. I usually start with a recipe I find on http://e-liquid-recipes.com and then tailor it to my taste. Occasionally I will just make one up from scratch if I am in the mood for a particular taste, such as fruity or biscuity or something with custard. My office resembles a lab at times: I have over 40 different flavourings which I mix at the correct percentages, using an app called JuiceCalculator. It works out how many grams of different ingredients I need to mix. It saves messing while measuring with syringes and the like.
So there you have it. I have kicked one habit and started a new hobby, making my own e-juices - saving lots of money along the way.
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