page_title: Cloud-chasing (electronic cigarette)
hierarchical_section_title: Cloud-chasing (electronic cigarette)
caption_attribution_description: English: Montage of Flickr photos of e-cigarette users
context_page_description: Cloud-chasing is the activity of blowing large clouds of vapor using an electronic cigarette. Using the devices for "cloud-chasing" began in the West Coast of the US. The exact origins of the activity are unclear, but most competitive e-cigarette users say that it started around 2012. Competitive vaping is increasing in popularity internationally, spreading from the US and Canada to Indonesia. Cloud-chasing is a recreational activity and a hobby.
  Some cloud-chasers known as "professional vapers" take part in cloud-blowing contests in what is a called a "cloud competition", competing against one another to exhale the largest and most interesting clouds of vapor, sometimes in shapes. Competitive vaping is attracting spectators, known as "cloud-gazers". There are rules and judges. Cloud-chasing integrates technique, air flow, and using the appropriate technology. A handful of later-generation e-cigarettes are designed to create large plumes of vapor. Most cloud-chasers do not use nicotine. Many choose mixtures that are made without propylene glycol and nicotine, but use higher amounts of glycerin to produce larger plumes of vapor.
context_section_description: Cloud-chasing is the activity of blowing large clouds of vapor using an electronic cigarette. Using the devices for "cloud-chasing" began in the West Coast of the US. The exact origins of the activity are unclear, but most competitive e-cigarette users say that it started around 2012. Competitive vaping is increasing in popularity internationally, spreading from the US and Canada to Indonesia. Cloud-chasing is a recreational activity and a hobby.
  Some cloud-chasers known as "professional vapers" take part in cloud-blowing contests in what is a called a "cloud competition", competing against one another to exhale the largest and most interesting clouds of vapor, sometimes in shapes. Competitive vaping is attracting spectators, known as "cloud-gazers". There are rules and judges. Cloud-chasing integrates technique, air flow, and using the appropriate technology. A handful of later-generation e-cigarettes are designed to create large plumes of vapor. Most cloud-chasers do not use nicotine. Many choose mixtures that are made without propylene glycol and nicotine, but use higher amounts of glycerin to produce larger plumes of vapor. The majority of vapers go for sub ohm tanks or rebuildable atomizers for producing more vapor.
  As vaping comes under increased scrutiny, some members of the vaping community have voiced their concerns about cloud-chasing, claiming the practice gives vapers a bad reputation when doing it in public. Some vapers are concerned that the vaping competitions bring a stigma to vaping by making the activity appear more comparable to gaming activities. Social media sites like YouTube can be used for demonstrating vape tricks. There are vaping tricks competitions. The participants are known as "vaping tricksters".
caption: E-cigarette users blowing a cloud of aerosol (vapor).
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