DIY tobacco extract - what does get extracted?

submitted over 11 years ago by IcebeinTobacconist

I did a little experiment on the weekend and extracted some pipe tobacco. I did so using the hot method using both pg and vg in two separate jars. It went surprisingly well, I yet have to make a juice out of it. Now the question arises, what exactly did I extract from the tobacco? Other people here stated that nicotine does not get extracted very well with only pg and/or vg. But how about the other stuff? Polycylic aromatic hydrocarbons, formaldehyde, arsenic, tobacco-specific notrosamines, phenol and so on?

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by cid_viciousover 11 years ago

When I was going on websites that make Whole Leaf Extracts they say that had a health warning saying that tobacco-specific nitrosamines are contained in their extracts - so there are those. That put me off using these kind of juices.

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by Icebeinover 11 years agoTobacconist

I do remember having read the same thing somewhere, can't remember the site. And yes, it is a little off-putting.