We all remember when we bought our first vaping
setup. Many of us embraced vaping when
it first came out, when mods were much simpler devices, and the e-liquid market
was still pretty small. Since then, as
we all know, the industry has evolved to phenomenal heights, offering more
advanced, safer, and high-quality products than ever before.
A lot of the vape industry’s evolution has been the
direct result of self-regulation and increasing standards among the
manufacturers of vaping goods. This industry
has been under scrutiny since day one and has had to fight in order to prove
its legitimacy.
The Early Days of the Vaping Industry
Those who have been vaping for over a decade remember
well the first vape products to hit the market, which were extremely simple
e-cigarettes that operated at low wattages and often produced disappointing
amounts of vapor. Shortly after their
introduction came the first mod devices and bottled e-liquids, followed by more
advanced hardware that consisted of multiple components, and could be
customized to meet vapers’ individual demands.
Meanwhile, the e-liquid market grew at a stunning pace, as more and more
companies popped up with unique lines of flavors.
Fighting for Legitimacy
Since its beginning, the vaping industry had to prove
its legitimacy to the general public. We
all remember how many people didn’t trust those first e-liquids and mods, and
we also remember the myths floating around about these products being highly
dangerous.
It took a long time for health organizations to even
acknowledge vaping, and so the market was enormously unregulated for a long
time, which meant that products hitting the market did not adhere to strict
standards regarding safety, reliability and overall quality. This ended up hurting the industry, and so it
led to enormous efforts to self-regulate in order to prove its worth to
consumers.
Making Hardware Safe and Reliable
Remember the days when everyone was concerned about
exploding vaping devices? The good news
is that these instances were few and far between and tended to be the result of
people modifying their hardware without any real understanding of what they
were doing. Still, vaping hardware has
evolved dramatically in recent years. We
all know how high-tech mods, tanks, coils, and other gear have become. This is largely due to the evolution of
chipset technology, which is essentially the computer that’s inside of a mod,
which acts as the control panel and relies on intelligent technology to ensure
that devices work in a reliable way.
Chipset technology has also advanced to offer a wide range of smart
safety features which protect the user by relying on automatic functions to
ensure that these small technological devices operate properly and don’t
malfunction, or even worse, combust.
Now, safety features have become a standard in
hardware products. From the most
technologically complex mods to the most simplistic e-cigarettes, functions
exist that do everything from prevent overcharging to force a cutoff time while
taking a hit. These features work
together to ensure that vaping hardware is as safe to operate as possible, even
for beginners.
High Standards for E-Liquids
E-liquids have been subjected to the strictest
production standards, which’s undeniably a good thing. Once upon a time, you could put just about
anything in a vape juice formula and sell it on the market. Now, the industry regulates itself with a
series of codes and restrictions.
It’s actually quite staggering when you think about
the number of standards that vape juice companies adhere to. Premium e-liquid companies must use
pharmaceutical grade or food grade nicotine, VG and PG, as rated by the USP,
and must be transparent about the flavoring ingredients that they use as
well. Also, e-liquids must be produced
in ISO cleanrooms, and must adhere to regulations put forth by various
governing bodies.
Furthermore, AEMSA
has developed as an organization committed to instilling universal standards
throughout the e-liquid industry, by partnering with vape juice companies in
order to maintain consistent standards throughout the market. This self-regulating organization makes
e-liquids even more legitimate, by overseeing every element of the
manufacturing process to ensure that companies are creating their products with
the highest standards possible. All of
these regulations come together to build trust between e-juice companies and
consumers.
Our Industry Has Truly Come a Long Way When It Comes to Production
Standards
And, this has undoubtedly increased its popularity, as
more and more people feel safe with their vaping products. At The Vape Mall,
we’ve been at the forefront of embracing these ever-increasing standards, as we
believe that vapers deserve only the very best quality that the market has to
offer.
Leave a Reply