When researching the production and manufacture of electronic cigarettes and their refills the most important factor to consider is the reliability of the manufacture and verification of the refill ingredients. The reason that this is so important lies in the fact that the materials used in the refills bring with them a whole new set of issues as deadly as the tobacco that we as smokers are trying to avoid.

It is hardly worth getting yourself off of tobacco if you are going to jump out of the frying pan into the fire!

The main ingredients in an electronic cigarette refill are propylene glycol, glycerol, nicotine, water and a flavoring.

I am sure most readers will jump at the nicotine as being the potential toxin in this list, but in fact the reasons behind the need for safety is the propylene glycol.

There are two reasons why propylene glycol can become an issue.

1. The first is that there are two types of propylene glycol, industrial grade and pharmaceutical grade. Industrial grade is more concentrated and is a deadly toxin and not fit for consumption. Pharmaceutical grade propylene glycol is a much more diluted form and is used in many foods. As you would expect, pharmaceutical grade is a more expensive chemical process.

2. The second reason for the need for care is a close neighbor to propylene glycol, Diethylene glycol or DEG. DEG is found in antifreeze and is so close to acting in the same manner as propylene glycol that some anti-freezes have substituted industrial grade PG for DEG because whilst still toxic, industrial grade PG is less toxic than DEG.

Now I can hear you say….they wouldnt use the toxic stuff in a consumable product….

Well, when costs are involved in a highly competitive market that has no regulation..who knows. DEG caused 80+ deaths in Nigeria in 2006 when it was substituted for PG in a tooth product and a Chinese hospital was sued for using DEG. The FDA also found DEG in a sample of electronic cigarette refills from a US supplier import batch.

With Chinas track record in cost cutting and poor regulation….we all remember the lead in the paint and plastic in the milk!, then knowing that your refills contain what they are supposed to is an important issue most people have overlooked in this new industry.

To avoid confusion…inLife is the only company that provides electronic cigarettes manufactured in an FDA registered laboratory. This means that the ingredients are independently verified and are what the label says they are.

Electronic cigarettes are the single greatest new technology to affect public health since inoculation. Lets not spoil the party for a ‘hapeth of tart’

With Big Tabacco & pharmeceutical companies scrambling to lobby governments to ban the use of electronic cigarettes to protect their profits and governments themselves weighing up how to recoup lost tax revenues from the sales of tobacco, the fledgling electric cigarette industry has to fight hard to install  credability.

It doesn’t help that most of the industry manufacturing electronic cigarettes and their nicotine refills is based in China. Dodgy milk containing plastic and lead paint in childrens toys are just two examples of a manufacturing expansion in China not having the regulatory infrastructure to keep up with its growth.

In terms of electronic cigarettes, the most important single factor has to be a confidence in the refill nicotine cartridges that companies provide. The whole point of the electronic cigarette is to provide an alternative device to existing smokers that contain less harmful ingredients than the 4000 or so carcinogen laden tabacco cigarettes.

In an attempt to stay one step ahead of the game, Inlife LLC, uses only pharmecuetical grade materials from an FDA registered laboratory to produce its vegetable extracted nicotine refill. A more expensive process, but one that gives confidence to its users  that what they are smoking is exactly what the labelling says it is.

This customer stated ” Two things made me choose an Inlife electric cigarette. The quality of the product and the guarantees on the batteries and atomizers. But probably the most important factor was the nicotine refills. I want to know what I am smoking, otherwise why would I change from tabacco cigarettes? The Inlife products dont even use tabacco extracted nicotine that can contain traces of other chemicals. The drug companies use tabacco extracted nicotine in their patches and gum because its cheaper. Inlifes use of vegetable extracted nicotine gives me great confidence that this is a responsible company that is ahead of the game”

Inlife produce four electronic cigarettes. The Elite, The Prestige, The Royale and The Regal. All are strictly marketed to existing smokers only and you must be over the legal age of smoking to purchase.

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inLife products have not been certified by the Food and Drug Administration or the Office of the Surgeon General to be used for smoking cessation purposes. To purchase inLife products or sign up a distributor, you must be the legal age of smoking in your state or older

The Inlife smoking devices are not FDA approved cessation devices for stopping smoking and it should be noted that Inlife make no claims, statements or innuendos that their products can be used to quit smoking nor do they make any statements or innuendos that their products diagnose, treat, cure, prevent, mitigate or offer any therapeutic value