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What is salt-based nicotine?
By Richard Cunningham, Ph.D
Nicotine salts have emerged as a leading trend this year, with an increasing number of
e-liquid manufacturers trying their hand at ‘nic salts’. What do you know about them
and their chemical make up? Where does the salt come from?
Here’s a myth-buster, you won’t find it in your kitchen.
Nicotine is found naturally in
the tobacco leaf and exists in a
salt-form but this particular salt
is unsuitable for vaping.
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