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Reasoning Behind a Pure Nicotine Ban
submitted almost 9 years ago by firefoxwhyyounoworkOne of "The Damned"

Hi guys,

Warning this a long post

After reading the new rule about pure nic, (which I whole heartedly agree with, I am a chem graduate and would never consider using pure nic for DIY and would be hesitant to deal with it in a lab setting with full safety gear).

I was having a search about nic clean up to see if my set up was adequate for my 7.2% nic, when I came across a link about pure nicotine on the CDC website. http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ershdb/emergencyresponsecard_29750028.html#top

Most people in the sub know not to mess about with pure nic but I think it would be a good idea before we have another troll posting about pure nic to mention some of the facts from the CDC:

  1. Nicotine is a division 6 substance . Only 2 other classes exist above nicotine’s classification.. RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL and certain CORROSIVES
  2. The MINUTE YOU OPEN A BOTTLE OF PURE NICOTINE YOU ARE CONSIDERED TO BE IN A LEVEL A (RED ZONE). A description of what a Level A (red Zone ) some of what is required “ LEVEL A: (RED ZONE): Select when the greatest level of skin, respiratory, and eye protection is required. This is the maximum protection for workers in danger of exposure to unknown chemical hazards or levels above the IDLH or greater than the AEGL-2. A NIOSH-certified CBRN full-face-piece SCBA (Self contained breathing apparatus) operated in a pressure-demand mode or a pressure-demand supplied air hose respirator with an auxiliary escape bottle. A Totally-Encapsulating Chemical Protective (TECP) suit that provides protection against CBRN agents. Chemical-resistant gloves (outer). Chemical-resistant gloves (inner). Chemical-resistant boots with a steel toe and shank. Coveralls, long underwear, and a hard hat worn under the TECP suit are optional items.”
  3. METHODS OF DISSEMINATION OF NICOTINE: • Indoor Air: Nicotine can be released into indoor air as a fine powder or liquid spray (aerosol). • Water: Nicotine can be used to contaminate water. • Food: Nicotine can be used to contaminate food. • Outdoor Air: Nicotine can be released into outdoor air as a fine powder or liquid spray (aerosol). • Agricultural: If nicotine is released into the air as fine powder or liquid spray (aerosol), it has the potential to contaminate agricultural products.
  4. ROUTES OF EXPOSURE: Nicotine can be absorbed into the body by inhalation, ingestion, skin contact, and mucous membranes.
  5. Pure Nic also evaporates at 68°F (20°C) such a low temp it’s scary. the amazing u/spiritofsalts did the math below >(The vapor pressure of nicotine at room temperature (25 °C) is 5 Pa (0.038 mm Hg). https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/nicotine#section=Vapor-Pressure https://www.fishersci.com/content/dam/fishersci/en_US/documents/programs/education/regulatory-documents/sds/chemicals/chemicals-n/S25446.pdf This means air around liquid nicotine, if saturated by nicotine, will be loaded with 5/100000 n/n nicotine at equilibrium. This means for 1 m³ of air at 25 °C: 1000 l / 24 l/mol = 42 mol particles and 5/100000 is 2.1 mmol or x 162.23 g/mol = 341 mg nicotine per m³.)
  6. Pure nic forms an explosive vapor/air mixture Above 203°F (95°C)
  7. In the event of a fire involving pure nic a 0.5mile!!!! evacuation zone is considered.
  8. In the DOT ERG 2004 orange-bordered section of the guidebook, there are public safety recommendations to isolate a nicotine (Guide 151) spill or leak area immediately for at least 150 ft (50 m) for liquids and 75 ft (25 m) for solids in all directions.

I did not want to post this to the sub as I don’t want people thinking of pure nic, but if it gets brought up by idiots again I think it would be good to show people some facts to hammer in the point of the dangers of pure nic and how serious dealing with it is.

So next time you think that there is a conspiracy stop making mad savings by buy nicotine please click the CDC link and have a read. No one is making this stuff up, they are not overstating the danger.

thanks for reading

Edit 1: Claification on what Pure Nic is: this a concentration of 99.9% Nicotine. The Nicotine base that most people buy is 100mg which equates to 10% nicotine.

The new rule in regards to undiluted nic is here

Edit 2: Added u/spiritofsalts math on nicotine air concentration with pure nicotine

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by Enyawreklawalmost 9 years agoCreator - Best Recipe of 2015: Rhodonite

What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little bitch? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in AP Chemistry, and I’ve been involved in numerous secret raids on Juice Labs, and I have over 300 confirmed recipes. I am trained in gorilla chem-warfare and I’m the top mixer in the entire US. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of Cuttwood Spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You’re fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my bare nicotine. Not only am I extensively trained in un-gloved mixing, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the Flavour Art North West and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face off the continent, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “clever” comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it. You’re fucking dead, kiddo.

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by firefoxwhyyounoworkalmost 9 years agoOne of "The Damned"

Haha I have not seen this in forever.

Guys stop downvoting Wayne. It's a very well reworded version of the navy seal copypasta

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by OriginalSavagealmost 9 years ago

Coming from Wayne, I believe this. Every word.

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by cjinctalmost 9 years ago

LOL, I was wondering if this was gonna pop up here.

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by T_Macealmost 9 years agoProud Sidebar Reader!

> un-gloved mixing

The bare knuckle boxing of the DIY juice world.

 

^^MARBLE_27_is_my_after_dinner_vape

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by mister_314almost 9 years ago

Thank you for this post - I'm a Pharmacology major (well, BSc as I'm a Brit) and I love seeing a bit of proper science in this sub. If it helps people understand how dangerous nicotine is in high doses I'll give a very simplified explanation of how it will kill you. Your body is full of receptors that bind acetycholine (AChRs). Most of these will happily accept nicotine instead of acetylcholine (NAChrs).

This makes nerves fire and muscles contract. You obviously don't want that to happen for too long (everything breaks), so your body has an enzyme (acetylcholineesterase) that 'tidies up' the acetylcholine once its done its job.

To much activation of these receptors is deadly. In fact, the most deadly chemical weapons (the Sarins, VXs, Sabin, etc) break the enzyme that tidies up the nicotine, which builds up fast and makes you die a very nasty death. Nicotine in sufficient quantities will do the same thing by default.

I'm not trying to scaremonger, but just to provoke thought. Plus, I don't use my degree in my job so its good to try and remember some of it. If I'm wrong or anyone wants more detail I'll gladly go on.

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by skiddlzninjaalmost 9 years agoThat one moderator. You know, the honey guy.

Do go on...

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by mister_314almost 9 years ago

What would you like to know?

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by PoodleWorkoutalmost 9 years ago

Can I piggyback off of this?

I was doing some reading on a migraine preventative (nortryptiline/Aventyl) and because it's an anticholinergic, I was curious to know how nicotine interacts with it. I'm pretty sure there's nothing serious about that interaction, but I've been told that it can reduce the buzz from nicotine. How exactly does that work?

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by ID10-Talmost 9 years ago

Can you tell me how I'd die if I ingested an insane amount of grandpa's Alzheimer's medication?

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by mister_314almost 9 years ago

What medicine is it?

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by ID10-Talmost 9 years ago

Aricept or Exelon, I don't remember.

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by Shep_Bookalmost 9 years ago

Thanks for bringing nicotinic cholinergic receptors to the front of my mind again. Haven't really thought about those since my time in A&P at college.

Do you happen to know which part of the Nicotine molecule actually binds and actives nAChRs?

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by spiritofsaltsalmost 9 years ago

Maybe this helps you as a starting point:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotinic_agonist#Pharmacophore

EDIT: Research paper from 2010:

"Nicotinic pharmacophore: The pyridine N of nicotine and carbonyl of acetylcholine hydrogen bond across a subunit interface to a backbone NH"

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2922130/pdf/pnas.1007140107.pdf

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by spiritofsaltsalmost 9 years ago

First of all I want to acknoledge the rules regarding > 20 % nicotine preparations handling. It makes much sense considering most people don't have the knowledge and not the equipement for appropriate and safe handling of such highly toxic substances and nobody want's to have dead mixers here.

Some comments on your compilation:

> 5. Pure Nic also evaporates at 68°F (20°C) such a low temp it’s scary.

The vapor pressure of nicotine at room temperature (25 °C) is 5 Pa (0.038 mm Hg).

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/nicotine#section=Vapor-Pressure

https://www.fishersci.com/content/dam/fishersci/en_US/documents/programs/education/regulatory-documents/sds/chemicals/chemicals-n/S25446.pdf

This means air around liquid nicotine, if saturated by nicotine, will be loaded with 5/100000 n/n nicotine at equilibrium. This means for 1 m³ of air at 25 °C:

1000 l / 24 l/mol = 42 mol particles and 5/100000 is 2.1 mmol or x 162.23 g/mol = 341 mg nicotine per m³.

> 6. Pure nic forms an explosive vapor/air mixture Above 203°F (95°C)

This means as long as it is kept below 95 °C it can't be ignited by some ignition source. Compared to ethanol much higher:

"An ethanol-water solution that contains 40% alcohol by weight will catch fire if heated to about 26 °C (79 °F) and if an ignition source is applied to it. This is called its flash point.[101] The flash point of pure ethanol is 16.60 °C (61.88 °F), less than average room temperature." Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol#Flammability

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by firefoxwhyyounoworkalmost 9 years agoOne of "The Damned"

Spirit as always I love your work. Thank you for doing the math and quantifying there is could be 341 mg nicotine per m³. > 1000 l / 24 l/mol = 42 mol particles and 5/100000 is 2.1 mmol or x 162.23 g/mol = 341 mg nicotine per m³.

It just further illustrates the fact that unless you are trained and have the correct equipment pure nicotine is a no go.

> Pure nic forms an explosive vapor/air mixture Above 203°F (95°C) > This means as long as it is kept below 95 °C it can't be ignited by some ignition source.

You are very correct.

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by spiritofsaltsalmost 9 years ago

> Spirit as always I love your work.

Thanks!

> It just further illustrates the fact that unless you are trained and have the correct equipment pure nicotine is a no go.

Yes, and there is no need at all to work with pure nicotine or other highly concentrated forms. Avoiding risks is always better than handling risks.

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by firefoxwhyyounoworkalmost 9 years agoOne of "The Damned"

Well said

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by ugotrizlam8almost 9 years ago

Personally I was shocked to find out you guys can even buy pure nic. It's limited to 72mg/ml for the general public here in the UK, and I'm positive it's the same/similar in the rest of the EU

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by [deleted]almost 9 years ago

100mg/mL is the norm here in Canada it seems

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by imnotafelontrustmealmost 9 years ago

How many milligrams per milliliter is pure nicotine?

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by engmiaalmost 9 years agoOne of "The Damned"

999.99. Thus the pure part -- nicotine without any dilutants.

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by spiritofsaltsalmost 9 years ago

Why are you assuming it has the same density like water?

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by engmiaalmost 9 years agoOne of "The Damned"

I actually knew it has 1009 mg/ML density and accounted for the fact that it's only 99.9% pure. The rest of the 0.01% are leftover solvents.

No seriously though, I just think he was asking about the concentration since he's working with 72mg/ml (or 60mg/ml in his case) rather wanting to find out the exact density .

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by imnotafelontrustmealmost 9 years ago

So I won't have a problem with my 60mg nicotine lol

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by Apocrisiaryalmost 9 years ago

You can still have a problem with 60mg, but the mistake that made you sick with 60mg, would kill you with pure Nicotine. Even just working in a not properly ventilated area could kill you. This is strong stuff.

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by leapinglabratsalmost 9 years ago

Recent studies indicate that the lethal dose is somewhere in the range of 500-1000 mg, so ingesting a 10 ml bottle of your nic could be fatal for a healthy adult. A child or a pet, or a person with certain medical conditions however would probably die of a much smaller dose. So while 60 mg/ml is fine to handle with care, rule out any possibility of a child or pet being able to find it.

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by engmiaalmost 9 years agoOne of "The Damned"

Yeah 60mg/ml should be a safe value, still careful with spilling it and getting it on your hands.

Still can get you feeling extremely sick and even a trip to the hospital if the exposure is bigger. Basically it's still the same poison in pure condition, it's just diluted to levels which are not that dangerous. And we further dilute it to make it usable :)

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by JohnLaCuentaalmost 9 years ago

Around 1009 mg/mL actually.

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by engmiaalmost 9 years agoOne of "The Damned"

Great. I hope this clears up some of the confusion.

I was so surprised to see some of the people's reactions to ban the talks about pure nic. I don't think it has anything to do with freedom of speech really, just being responsible.

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by crypticthreealmost 9 years ago

I'm new to this topic. Am I still going to be able to buy nic at %10

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by skiddlzninjaalmost 9 years agoThat one moderator. You know, the honey guy.

10% is standard in America, but also the highest you can get at most places. 10% is 100mg/mL

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by crypticthreealmost 9 years ago

I know. I'm just making sure that I don't need to start hording.

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by Steamstax510almost 9 years ago

I wasn't gonna use pure nic anyway, but this is awesome to know. Thanks op! Cause we all know there will be some idiots that will inevitably use the stuff..

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by goldfish18almost 9 years agoDiketones, Schmiketones

/u/joequin some good info in this post

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by joequinalmost 9 years ago

I hope they sticky this. I didn't need information for myself. I'm worried that users will come to this subreddit to learn about mixing ejuice and after seeing no discussion of high concentration eliquid, won't know that its dangerous and be hurt. Making this post prominent could save lives.

edit: for context, I argued against the ban and likened it to abstinence-only sex education and thought it would lead to people being hurt. The mods strongly disagreed.

edit2: context from my previous post https://www.reddit.com/r/DIY_eJuice/comments/4q777v/new_rule_regarding_undiluted_nicotine200mgml/d4rh0g4

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by skiddlzninjaalmost 9 years agoThat one moderator. You know, the honey guy.

This post was pre-approved and the best knowledge we've seen on the dangers of undiluted nicotine. Great job from OP researching and sharing what he found.

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by PalefaceVaperalmost 9 years ago

Nice post. I've seen this pure nicotine or 500mg nicotine issue come up before and I've always wondered but never asked.... Why would you want to use pure nicotine anyway? Like, what do the people that want to use it think the benefits of it will be over 100-200mg nicotine? The only thing that really comes to mind would be that the bottle would take up less space in your fridge than 100mg nicotine would. And I think (disregarded the already high risk of death) it would be more of a pain in the ass to use because of the risk of massive hot spots in the juice your making. We already can have hot spot issues with 100mg VG nicotine not shaken before and after a mix, with pure nicotine I would assume the chance of hot spots would skyrocket.

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by planetofvapesalmost 9 years ago

Saving money is why people consider it

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by gardvaralmost 9 years ago

well if it's pure i guess the entire thing is a hot spot.

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by PalefaceVaperalmost 9 years ago

For sure, but what I was getting at is after you take a bottle of juice... It's so concentrated that a shake and vape could lead to massive hit spots

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by Mford46almost 9 years ago

How many posts about this are there gonna be? Omg already

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by goldfish18almost 9 years agoDiketones, Schmiketones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9tcA_AM4BE

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by tweetchi11almost 9 years ago

What's the maximum level of nicotine that we can add in ejuice? I saw 24mg, can it be any stronger? Just curious.

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by psykialmost 9 years agoProud Sidebar Reader!

I was at a party in my college days where I saw a kid rig up a single cigarette in a gravity bong and draw the smoke from the entire cigarette into the bong. He inhaled all the smoke in one go and almost instantaneously turned green and threw up hard. It did not look pleasant in the slightest.

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by gigantic_meaty_ballsalmost 9 years ago

As devices get better and better it seems like I need less nicotine. With a sub ohm tank I'm vaping @ 3mg but when I started out with an ego style vape pen I was at 24mg

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by firefoxwhyyounoworkalmost 9 years agoOne of "The Damned"

As mentioned it is down to your preference, however your setup will have a massive impact on what nicotine strength you use. On an ego pen i was using 8mg but when I sub ohm I use 4mg.

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by Marikc1almost 9 years agoMixologist

Pens don't deliver Nic well at all. Terribly in fact. So yea that's about right, but I would estimate that even 10-12mg (possibly even as high as 20) in a pen device is typically closer to what you would get from a sub-ohm device @ 4mg. Especially something like a CE4.

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by CubeXombialmost 9 years ago

I've kept a 36mg 10ml bottle of "camel" (piss) somewhere in the house.. on a cigalike it's not so bad, on anything better than an or equal to ego pen it's nearly insta-puke time.

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by Kamtrealmost 9 years ago

Great info. Thanks for sharing!

So I'm good if I track down some 95% right? That's low enough to not die immediately.. right?

Honestly though i use 100mg and I'm super careful with it. I spilled a bit on my fingers once and even though I washed and wiped it off right away, I still got a decent buzz haha.

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by kayakerjoshalmost 9 years ago

I got it.

You may have missed the other post: we're not allowed to funny here anymore.

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by Kamtrealmost 9 years ago

>I got it.

>You may have missed the other post: we're not allowed to funny here anymore.

That's why I got downvoted.. i thought for a second that everybody had lost their sense of humour.

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by imnotafelontrustmealmost 9 years ago

If you spilled pure nic on your hands it would kill you

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by engmiaalmost 9 years agoOne of "The Damned"

100 mg/ml is not 95%.

It's 10%.

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by Paleone123almost 9 years agoProud Sidebar Reader!

I think that was supposed to be a joke....

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by Kamtrealmost 9 years ago

Thanks but I am aware of that. I forgot my /s tag. Should have realised.

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by surfishermanalmost 9 years ago

Been mixing 100mg nic , 10% for years with no issues , if you have basic common sense (most don't) you will be fine.

If you don't have basic common sense death is assured.

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by EdibleMalfunctionalmost 9 years ago

That's not pure nic

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by kayakerjoshalmost 9 years ago

Death is assured.

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by surfishermanalmost 9 years ago

Thank you , had a feeling i didn't know what i was talking about.

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