Although electronic, or e-cigarettes, do not burn tobacco, the heated fluid containing nicotine and chemicals releases a vapor that creates smoke and can stick to clothes, furniture, and other surfaces
The boxes are a drab, dark brown colour (deemed the ugliest in the world by a team of Australian researchers), they carry no logos, and graphic health warnings cover most of the front of the box
In addition to WS-3 and WS-23, menthol, menthone, carvone, and nicotine were also quantified, which were detected in 13/25 E-liquids for menthol (330-23,490 g/g), 6/25 for menthone (30-25,450 g/g) and carvone (10-6830 g/g), and 4/25 for menthol, menthone, carvone, WS-3 combined (4,940-46,150 g/g
These represent an estimated additional 202,000 daily vapers and 213,000 current vapers over the two year period