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When you're new to vaping, you tend to make mistakes. This is the same as any new venture – you have to learn by your mistakes. However, you don't always have to make these mistakes yourself; you can learn from other people's mistakes instead. 

In this article, we are going to look at some of the things that you should be paying attention to when buying new juices.  Ejuices come in a range of different flavours and types. You need to understand what these are in order to choose the ones that are right for you.

Understanding how the ratio of propylene glycol to vegetable glycerine affects the vape

Propylene glycol and vegetable glycerine are two of the main ingredients in vape juice. You can occasionally find juices that substitute vegetable glycerine for aqueous glycerine, but it isn't very common so we won't explore the latter in depth here. 

Different juices have differing amounts of propylene glycol and vegetable glycerine. You will see in a product description two numbers separated by a slash. For example, in the description for The Milkman e juice it says 99vg/01pg. This means that for every 99 units of vegetable glycerine there is one unit of propylene glycol. Some juices will just list the numbers, for example 99/01.

Normally the vegetable glycerine is the first number and the propylene glycol is the second, but this isn't always the case. In addition, the largest number usually refers to the vegetable glycerine.

The more vegetable glycerine there is in a juice the thicker the clouds it will produce.  This means that The Milkman e juice produces thick clouds, because it contains 99% vegetable glycerine.  Vegetable glycerine is also sweet, so the more it contains, the sweeter the juice will be. It is also gentler on throat, so a high VG juice will produce a gentle hit at the back of your throat.

The more propylene glycol there is, the thinner the juices, and so the less thick the clouds.  Some people prefer smaller clouds when vaping in public because it draws less attention to them. Propylene glycol has no flavour so it does not affect the taste of the juice. However, it is quite harsh and it will give a harder throat hit. The more PG there is, the harsher it will hit that back of your throat.

When choosing a juice, you should be thinking about which of those qualities you prefer. If you're a cloud Chaser, you'll prefer a higher vegetable glycerine content. If you're an ex-smoker, you'll prefer a higher PG content.  If you're both a cloud chaser and an ex-smoker, you'll probably like something in between.

The nicotine content

You will need to match the nicotine content to your current nicotine addiction. The more addicted you are, the more likely you are to prefer a higher nicotine juice.  Juices that contain more than 20 mg of nicotine can cause anxiety and for this reason, they are illegal for sale in the UK. Most smokers prefer less than 20 mg so this law affects only a very small number of people.