• Vaping products (or ”electronic cigarettes”) are nicotine delivery devices that offer adult smokers an alternative to traditional tobacco cigarettes.

• They contain no tar or burning material, nor have any of the ingredients found to be carcinogenic, and they come in a myriad of different types and models.

• Many people find the transition from smoking tobacco to using vaping devices is helped by the fact that there is such a broad range of different devices with different features on the market.

• They all share the basic premise that a battery heats up a heating element (or coil), which in turn vapourizes a liquid solution that is then inhaled by the user.

• The ingredients of the liquid (often called ‘e-liquid’) are –

– propylene glycol

– vegetable glycerol

– food grade flavourings

– nicotine (although liquids are also available with zero nicotine)