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Quitting smoking can be difficult but vaping could help you quit. Do vape flavours help people quit smoking? And what flavours are popular with vapers in 2021?
How Vape Flavours Can Help You Quit
Quitting smoking can be difficult for some and finding an alternative for the habit can be the deciding factor in finally stopping smoking. Vaping offers a less-harmful alternative to smoking, by offering smokers an alternative way to receive nicotine. By removing the harmful chemicals present in burning cigarettes, vaping provides another route that has helped over 50,000 smokers in the UK quit each year.
Of course, there are other alternatives such as nicotine patches and medicines, however vaping has proven a more popular aid to stop smoking. With trials showing that smokers using vaping products were nearly twice as likely to stop smoking, as those using other Nicotine Replacement Therapies, we investigate one of the possible reasons why this works so well.
Different types of flavours
First off, let’s look at the different types of flavours. E-Liquids really do come in all sorts of flavours with many experimenting with blended flavours to create brand new tastes. Flavours can include fruit, mint & menthol, herbs & spices, and tobacco. Some brands even create more unique flavour profiles such as desserts, beverages, and other food products like cereal. Then you have enhancing flavours usually used alongside others to create new concoctions like ice, which gives a refreshing blast to your vape.
Expertly made flavourings are created from food-grade flavourings to offer fresh and authentic tastes. The best-crafted flavours will have you reminiscing on your favourite candies or feel like you’re enjoying a slice of fresh fruit with every puff. Factors such as the PG and VG ratio of your liquid, using nicotine salts or freebase nicotine, and even the type of device you are using can all lead to different flavour experiences. It’s also entirely possible to enjoy your flavoured vapes completely nicotine free with shortfills.
Do flavours help people quit?
A 2020 survey looked into a variety of vapers and their flavour preferences, which interestingly found that fruit flavours were used by 31.6% of vapers with tobacco and menthol/mint following after in popularity. These could be classed as the classic vape flavours, with mint and menthol being present as previously used in cigarette form. Menthol cigarettes were once another alternative to smoking but were still quite as harmful as normal cigarettes.
Other studies from 2016 and 2018, during the rise in popularity of vaping, also found a prevalence of sweet flavours over tobacco flavours. Most interestingly they also noted that the use of fruit and sweet flavours, was positively associated with a transition away from smoking.
It seems that the ability to achieve a nicotine fix with a pleasurable flavour, away from the bitterness of tobacco, can help smokers make the switch. Alternatively, some smokers seem to find it easier to switch by keeping the tobacco flavouring, but finding a less harmful method that doesn’t create the common smoking-related health issues. This could be due to the taste being more of a habit or having eventually grown to like the flavour after years of smoking. The reasons differ between vapers.
Our top flavours
At Pod Salt, our team includes many vapers with some who have even successfully made the switch from smoking to vaping.
True to form, most of our office includes fruit lovers with flavours such as: blackcurrant and grape, raspberry (including blue raspberry) and citrus flavours ranking top. Followed shortly by dessert flavours and beverage flavours.
“I’m a proper seasonal vaper to be fair. In Autumn and Winter, it's mainly desserts, but Spring and Summer its all about the fruit flavours.”
– Jack, Vaping Enthusiast.
Top Flavour Trends for 2021
It comes as no surprise that from the back end of many lockdowns and the pandemic, that one of the trends for 2021 is nostalgia. People are craving comfort and what’s more comforting than nostalgic flavours like candy or desserts that remind you of good times? Our Fusions range includes many nostalgia-inducing flavours that are perfectly comforting.
Flavour mashups are also becoming popular with the need to spice up tastebuds and experience something new. Hybrid flavours and mixed tastes are on the rise, why not check out our Nexus collection for a variety of hybrid flavours perfect for all year round?
Citrus flavours are also reigning supreme with the mix of sweet and sour, these tangy flavours are great all year round. With flavours like lemon, lime and orange, not only are these great staple fruit flavours on their own but are often blended into other mixes to create wonderfully tasteful vapes.
What’s your favourite flavour or the flavour that helped you make the switch? Let us know in the comments; your favourite flavour could be the one someone is looking for to help them quit.
