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Ah, now I get it. The diluents are for diluting the concentrate. Oneday: you should have been a teacher. Thank you for your patience.

Thanks Oneday. I'm reassured that they aren't some chemical that could blow up the house if I get the proportions wrong. I have some Stevia Leaf on the way. Will that do instead of Ethyl Malto?

I'm going to try mixing my own liquid. I usually rely on the Idiot's Guide when learning something new. There are some really informative threads on here and I have read them - honestly. Trouble is that my brain won't absorb the info until I have some of the ingredients in front of me. So I need to make a list of basic requirements before getting started.

As far as I can tell, this is what I will need:

1 bottle of nicotine liquid

1 bottle of PG

1 bottle of VG

An assortment of flavours from Flavour Art or Cupcake World

A weighing scales

Some empty bottles

Some syringes

Rubber Gloves

Is that the lot, or have I missed anything?

Perfect. That makes life so much easier. Thanks so much.

My long term aim is to mix my own juice although it seems a daunting task. Meanwhile, I'm looking into a means of sweetening my pre-mixed tobacco flavoured juice. My tastes keep changing and I'm finding that I prefer tobacco flavours but as time goes on the flavour isn't sweet enough.

Would it be ok to use Stevia Leaf sweetener in my El Toro tobacco juice? If so, should I just dilute the powder and add a few drops to the bottle of El Toro?

My tuppence worth:

Despite being a recent convert to vaping, I have already converted a couple of others. One of them was in a bad way with COPD and already feels the benefits after only three weeks, so all's good there. I'm a bit reluctant, however, to try converting anyone else, especially young people, because of the lack of studies into the effects of vaping and, consequently, the lack of regulation. Whilst I know that the work "regulation" is like a red rag to a bull for lots of enthusiastic vapers, it seems to me that the vaping industry is mostly internet-based where any rogue can set himself up in business.

Some of my concerns are:

What does any of us know about the contents of the e-liquid and the conditions in which the liquid is mixed? For all we know, vendors could be mixing the liquid in an unhygienic environment such as kitchen/shed/bathroom with pets in close proximity. This won't be a problem for those who mix their own, but the majority of us buy pre-mixed liquid.

How much is known about the possible harmful effects of long term (or even short term) use of atomisers, cartomiser, clearomisers, etc? I use a vivi nova and from what I have read so far, there seem to be doubts about the safety of the plastic and silicone in the vn.

No point reminding me that vaping is safer than smoking. I can figure that out for myself. Trouble is that we don't know how safe it is and all it takes to destroy the reputation of vaping is one popular item such as a vivi nova to be proved to be harmful. That's where regulation come in. In the absence of government regulation, isn't it in the industry's interests to get its act together and self-regulate? There might be short term gain working in an unregulated market, but long term success surely lies in consumer confidence.

I would feel a lot more confident spreading the word about vaping if I could point people to manufacturers/vendors complying to strict standards of quality control. I have no problem recommending vaping to older smokers like me but I would rather let youngsters go the cold turkey route than recommend to them something that still has possible safety issues.

Sorry if I've gone off in a tangent but I feel that the industry needs to sort itself out before consumers can confidently lobby the authorities to make vaping "respectable".

Yes. I'm quids in. I'm already doing my research on which longer lasting mod to splash out on.