Start your e-cig alternative in a safe manner. When ordering cartridges and / or e-liquid buy the product with the lowest amount of nicotine. This will allow you to adjust your usage accordingly and avoid ingesting too much nicotine.

Many long time smokers will treat an e-cig in the same manner as a traditional cigarette by smoking throughout the day. If the ecig cartridge has too much nicotine you will increase your nicotine consumption considerably.

It is highly recommended that you purchase e-liquid from an American supplier. You will note that the cost is normally three times the amount versus foreign suppliers (from China) but it appears the U.S. products are much better in quality & safety.

BUY AMERICAN, It's a no-brainer, you get what you pay for.

E-liquid is the main component of the electronic cigarette and what you inhale. You want to make sure any unneeded impurities are not present. This is hard to verify with foreign products as nothing is listed on the bottle. U.S. suppliers normally list every ingredient within the e-liquid.

The recent negative FDA report showcasing a cartridge with less than 1% of DEG (Diethylene glycol) was manufactured in China and not the U.S.A.. The reason for the presence of DEG is due to the extraction process of nicotine. Tobacco is normally dried using DEG which explains the (less than 1%) product being found in one of 18 cartridges being tested. A valid question would be the amount of DEG found in a tobacco cigarette.

Note: DEG is used as a drying agent for tobacco leaves and will be found in traditional tobacco products. The nicotine and at times flavors in some electronic cigarette liquid is derived from tobacco resulting in trace amounts of DEG at a much lower volume than tobacco cigarettes.

E-liquid is also known as e-juice and e-smoke, eLiquid, smokeless vapors, vapor juice..