Some vaping terminologies

Below is a list of words or abbreviations, or acronyms that you'll find invaluable as you move through the stages of being a vaper.

• PV – Personal Vaporizer (think e-cigarette that has been beefed up)
• APV – Advanced Personal Vaporizer
• Atty – Atomizer
• Cart – Cartridge
• Carto – Cartomizer
• Bat – Battery
• Filler – The fiber found inside your cartomizer that holds your e-liquid
• Tank – Sub-ohm or otherwise – usually made with glass and stainless steel)
• PCC – Personal Charging Case
• PT – Passthrough or passthrough battery
• 2-piece/Disposable – 2 part e-cigarette. The Battery and a "cartomizer".
• Cartomizer – An atomizer built into the cartridge, marketed as disposable (you throw it away when the e-liquid is used up).
• Cutoff – Refers to how long the battery will activate the atomizer before shutting down (safety measure to protect the atomizer).
• E-juice, e-liquid, juice – the liquid that you fill your cartomizers/clearomizers/tanks with.
• DIY – Do it yourself (homemade e-liquid mixture)
• PG – Propylene Glycol
• VG – Vegetable Glycerin(Glycerine = glycerin = vegetable glycerin(e) = glycerol)
• PEG – Polylethylene Glycol
• Noob – Beginner
• FDA – Food and Drug Administration
ECA – Electronic Cigarette Association
NRT – Nicotine Replacement Therapy (patch, gum, e-cig)
PH – Public Health
BP – Big Pharmaceutical Companies
BT – Big Tobacco Companies
ALF – American Legacy Foundation
‘Anti’s – Anti-smoking people who do not acknowledge that vaping is a viable alternative to smoking analogs.
RYO – Roll your own (tobacco)