Nicotine Salt is a type of nicotine that forms naturally in leaf tobacco and is generally considered to be a more stable form of nicotine vs. traditional freebase nicotine salt found in most e-liquids. Nicotine Salt requires a higher temperature in order to properly vaporize and the ions don’t travel to the nicotine receptors in your body as easily. In other words, Nicotine Salts are not the most efficient way to deliver nicotine to your body…so why use it?
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When you vape traditional freebase nicotine, most people wouldn’t choose something over 18mg, as the hit would be much too harsh. However, with Nicotine Salts, most people who vape 3mg freebase nicotine are able to comfortably vape 25mg-50mg Nicotine Salts and Nicotine Salts help to mimic the sensation of smoking a combustible cigarette.
This can be confusing, and for good reason, as most everything we’ve been taught about e-liquid would lead us to believe that 50mg of nicotine would be extremely harsh and even potentially dangerous, but Nicotine Salt e-liquids have a special ingredient called Benzoic Acid that helps to make Nicotine Salts as smooth and palatable in higher strengths.
Benzoic Acid serves a few purposes:
- It allows the Nicotine Salt to vaporize at much lower temperatures.
- It lowers the pH levels in the Nicotine Salt, which in turn produces a smoother hit
- It causes a reaction which allows Nicotine Salt to be absorbed as easily as Freebase Nicotine.
Because of this Benzoic Acid, most people are able to easily handle higher nicotine strengths and the Nicotine Salt is absorbed by your body much more efficiently.
FREEBASE NICOTINE VS. NICOTINE SALT:
The biggest difference between Freebase Nicotine and Nicotine Salts is the harshness that higher levels of nicotine typically lead to. Freebase Nicotine has a higher pH level which in turn affects the alkalinity, meaning that Freebase Nicotine gets much harsher as the nicotine level goes higher. Because of the Benzoic Acid found in Nicotine Salts, they have a lower pH level and are therefore much smoother and more enjoyable.
WHO SHOULD USE NICOTINE SALT?
Nicotine Salts are one of the most effective types of nicotine to help aid cigarette smokers in ditching the habit. Due to the higher nicotine content, Nicotine Salts more closely resemble the effects of smoking a cigarette and therefore help curb the craving.
Another reason for using Nicotine Salts would be the fact that they’re designed for use in smaller, lower wattage devices like those pod devices. So, if you want an extremely portable device for when you’re on the go, or you don’t want to be THAT GUY blowing massive clouds in public, Nicotine Salts will help to satisfy your craving in smaller and more concentrated doses.
BEST DEVICES TO USE WITH NICOTINE SALTS:
We cannot emphasize enough the importance of only using Nicotine Salts in small, low wattage devices. DO NOT USE NICOTINE SALTS IN ANY KIND OF HIGH POWERED AND/OR SUB-OHM DEVICES.
