Is it called efluid or eliquid?

[dnglos]

Regarding the hardware, I would have thought there was already sufficient regulation in place - by law everything should be 'fit for purpose'.
As for the makers of e-liquids, I wouldn't mind seeing some kind of licensing introduced along with periodic checks to ensure they meet at least minimum standards of hygiene etc.

[xs2man]

Aug 9, 2013 16:31:22 GMT dnglos said:

Regarding the hardware, I would have thought there was already sufficient regulation in place - by law everything should be 'fit for purpose'.
As for the makers of e-liquids, I wouldn't mind seeing some kind of licensing introduced along with periodic checks to ensure they meet at least minimum standards of hygiene etc.

See this idea is okay so long as it's not prohibitively expensive a process.  For example, circa £100 - £150 per year for a license to make the liquid and operate the business, subject to 1-2 unannounced inspections a year, that is fine.  And shouldn't price any competent vendor out of the market. 

The problem lies when they decide if each individual liquid requires it's own certification etc...  Base ingredients should be okay, so long as this process isn't vastly expensive either.  But basically, the base nicotine additive, VG and PG dillutents could be subject to close scrutiny, but surely the flavourings are little different to food flavourings?

[dnglos]

Aug 9, 2013 17:25:17 GMT xs2man said:

Aug 9, 2013 16:31:22 GMT dnglos said:

Regarding the hardware, I would have thought there was already sufficient regulation in place - by law everything should be 'fit for purpose'.
As for the makers of e-liquids, I wouldn't mind seeing some kind of licensing introduced along with periodic checks to ensure they meet at least minimum standards of hygiene etc.

See this idea is okay so long as it's not prohibitively expensive a process.  For example, circa £100 - £150 per year for a license to make the liquid and operate the business, subject to 1-2 unannounced inspections a year, that is fine.  And shouldn't price any competent vendor out of the market. 

The problem lies when they decide if each individual liquid requires it's own certification etc...  Base ingredients should be okay, so long as this process isn't vastly expensive either.  But basically, the base nicotine additive, VG and PG dillutents could be subject to close scrutiny, but surely the flavourings are little different to food flavourings?

xs2man Sure, I totally agree with what you're saying. What I'm trying to get at is that we all know there are companies like FlavourArt which have state of the art facilities. But I suspect there are also a small number of dodgy vendors selling juice that they've knocked up in their own kitchen. I think we need some kind of regulation to get rid of the cowboys without harming the reputable suppliers.

[raid2506]

I think the important question here is:

Do we need another uninformed non-vaping voice giving an opinion to the masses? Positive or otherwise.

Not meaning to be rude but there must be a thousand better qualified writers in the UK.

The writers at any hobby magazine generally have years invested in the subject they write about.

You won't find them on forums asking what the right terminology is.

[dnglos]

Aug 9, 2013 17:53:06 GMT raid2506 said:

I think the important question here is:

Do we need another uninformed non-vaping voice giving an opinion to the masses? Positive or otherwise.

Not meaning to be rude but there must be a thousand better qualified writers in the UK.

The writers at any hobby magazine generally have years invested in the subject they write about.

You won't find them on forums asking what the right terminology is.

raid2506 It's a good point, but we're always complaining about lazy journalists repeating the same old twaddle without doing any kind of research. This might just be a journalist who IS trying to research the subject. I'd still like to know who 'the employer' is.

[superluigi]

People who call it oil bug the s*** out of me