Vaping VS Hookah: What’s the Difference?

Have you tried vaping or hookah smoking? We’re going to discuss the differences between them and which method is best for you.

What is vaping?

Vaping, or electronic cigarette, is an alternative tobacco product. A vape kit contains a vape tank or cartridge, a battery and heating coil. Compared to traditional smoking, user inhales the vapor created by atomizing the special e-liquid by heating coil in the vape cartridge.
There are variety types of vape devices that covers all users from level-entry to advanced such as disposable vapes, vape pen, pod system kit, box mod and mechanical mod etc. The starter kits including disposable and pod system vapes are the best choice for those who are beginners or switching from smoking; box mod and mechanical mod kit are designed for advanced users who are similar to ohm law especially using mech mod.

What is E-liquid?

E-liquid, also called e-juice, is the liquid solution for vaping, which is the vapor produced from. Its ingredients can be quite bit difference, but the main ingredients are same:
PG – Stands for Propylene Glycol, is a colorless liquid and nearly odorless but possesses a faintly sweet taste. It is deemed as GRAS(Generally recognized as safe) and used to indirect food additive which is approved by the FDA (United States Food and Drug Administrations). PG gives ‘throat hit’, a sensation similar to smoking tobacco. Therefore, a higher PG ratio e liquid is a better choice for user who switch to vaping from smoking.
VG – Stands for Vegetable Glycerin, a natural chemical, is no color and odorless with sweet-tasting and non-toxic, which is widely used in FDA approved wound and burn treatments. VG gives vapor and a smoother hit than PG. If you are in favor of massive vapor, an e juice with higher VG ratio is your choice.
Flavoring – is a food additive to improve the taste or smell. There are plenty of vape juice flavors in the market due to the various natural or artificial flavoring, including fruity flavor, dessert flavor, menthol flavor, and tobacco flavor etc.
Nicotine - is the chemical in tobacco, which is addictive. The nicotine used in e-liquid is synthetic, which can be freebase or nicotine salts. There are several nicotine strength in range of 3mg to 50mg per milliliter. Generally speaking, most of disposable vape pods adopts 20mg or 50mg, but zero nicotine disposable vapes are available if you do not have a nicotine addiction.

What is Hookah?

The hookah smoking, also see Water Pipe or Shisha, is an instrument used to smoke or vaporizing tobacco products and herbal products. It works by heating the flavored tobacco placed on either a piece of perforated aluminum foil or a heat management device and smoking from the pipes after the vapor filtered through the water. It was invented in India in the 15^th century and now popular in the Middle East, coming in many styles, size and shapes.

What is Shisha?

Shisha is the tobacco that you smoked with hookah. What the differences to dry cigarette or pipe tobacco, it is a wet tobacco that is soaked in a combination of glycerin, molasses or honey, and flavoring. Because it is slowly cooked rather than burned or combusted, this combination of ingredients allows the flavoring juices to soak into the tobacco leaves, providing robust flavors and allowing the tobacco to be smoked for a longer period of time than dry tobacco.
there are multiple choice of Shisha tobacco with variety flavors, but you can choose it from two important distinctions:
- Blonde Leaf Shisha Tobacco
- Dark Leaf Shisha Tobacco

The Difference Between Vaping and Hookah

Both vaping and hookah offer a great experience with flavorful tastes. But some may confuse about them that what are the difference between them.

Vaping Device VS Hookah

The first difference between them is the look. Though the size and shape of vaping devices are unique such as vape pens, disposable vapes, and mech mod, they are designed to be portable size and you can vape anywhere. A hookah, however, is a tall setup and standing design, which is unfriendly to carry out as portable as vape kits. Or you can go to a hookah lounge if you do not have a setup. Well, e-hookahs are available in some shops now, which is portable and slim to carry out.

Vape E-juice VS Shisha Tobacco

The vape e-juice is a liquid solution specially for vaping, which comes with the main ingredients of PG, VG, nicotine and flavorings. It is made of natural and synthetic chemical which users can even made e-liquid by themself. On the contrast, Shisha tobacco is made of the cigarette leaves, which is essentially same to traditional smoking. And it means that hookah smoking will produce the similar toxic as smoking like carbon monoxide.

The Culture of Vaping VS Hookah Smoking

Vaping culture is still in its infancy and is mostly made up of people trying to quit smoking or ex-smokers. Because of the nature of vaping devices, vaping is a more personal hobby, but there is also a growing online community where vaping enthusiasts share information and advice. Even some enthusiastic will organize vaping clubs and offline activities to share and promote the culture of vape to attract more people know and join to vape.
Hookah smoking, on the other hand, is a more group-oriented pastime that is meant to be enjoyed with friends and family in hookah lounges and cafes where hookah smokers gather to share a smoke session, as well as hookah smoking conventions or trade shows where various hookah and Shisha manufacturers and enthusiasts gather to enjoy new hookah products and flavors. Furthermore, hookah has a long and storied history in many parts of the world, making it unique in its ability to form a social bridge across many cultures.