Nicotine Salt vs Freebase Nicotine - Are Nic Salt Liquids Safer?

When it comes to the question of which is healthier salt nic or freebase nicotine, there is some indication that nicotine salt may pose a bigger risk than freebase nicotine.

Freebase nicotine is nicotine in its purest form, and E-Cigarettes started by using freebase nicotine in e-liquids, however e-liquids using nic salt have since become available. Salt nicotine is naturally occurring in tobacco and allows for higher nicotine concentrations in e-liquid due to the smoother inhale. This is because nicotine salt doesn’t get absorbed by the throat like freebase nicotine does, which is why E-Cigarettes that use freebase nicotine produce a throat hit.

While vape companies like to tell you that nicotine salt delivers a bigger nicotine hit, this is not scientifically established. Salt nicotine holds a charge, and charged molecules have a harder time crossing the barrier of the lungs into the bloodstream.

As nic salt particles are larger than freebase nicotine particles, evidence indicates this leads to a larger inflammatory response from compared with freebase nicotine, which means nic salt may encourage more fluid in the lungs which is a risk for pneumonia.

E-liquids that use nic salt also typically contain three to four times the amount of flavourings used in e-liquids with freebase nicotine. As flavourings produce some of the particulate matter in vape aerosol, it could be that freebase nicotine e-liquids are safer than nic salt e-liquids.

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