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[VIDEO] Here’s how e-cigarettes turn juice into clouds

  • E-cigarettes mimic smoking by creating a fine mist of vapour, which is where the name ‘vape’ comes from.
  • These tobacco products use vegetable glycerine, propylene glycol, nicotine and flavourings to deliver the flavoured smoke clouds that made them popular.
  • We speak to a lung doctor about how e-cigarettes work and why those clouds aren’t just made up of clean steam and a sweet scent.

Yolanda Mdzeke is a multimedia reporter at Bhekisisa.

Mohale Moloi is Bhekisisa's television producer and a health journalist.

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