Vape Industry Trends for 2022 [Trending Vape Products & More]

Vape industry trends fluctuate more frequently than every year. But the expectations for 2022 seem to be pretty straightforward.

Anything can happen in an industry that continues to develop and shift.

Vape industry regulations and tech advancements will determine new trends that arise and solidify throughout the year.

We can now look at what’s happened up to now and what that tells us about the future.

Table Of Contents

1. Trending Vape Products
2. Vape Technology Trends
3. Top Vape Design Trends
4. Vape Juice Trends
5. Trending Vape Flavors
6. Conclusion

Trending Vape Products

1. Vape Pens

E-cigarettes were the industry’s first bet on a product that would attract long-time smokers and motivate them to make the switch. But traditional e-cigs don’t seem to have made the impact they were expected to make.

Vape Pen designs stormed in and took over the entire market.

Small batteries with interchangeable vape tanks or disposable mods can be used to vaporize e-liquid. They use USB-rechargeable batteries and are the most popular vape device in the world.

Although not much of a trend, vape pens lead the vape industry and need a callout to understand how the market behaves and thinks.

Vape Pens offer a better battery life than standard e-Cigs and thicker clouds of vapor. They are also designed with larger tanks that prevent frequent users from repurchasing frequently or refilling the tank.

2. Powerful Pod Systems

Pod systems act as an in-between option between larger vape pens with refillable or replaceable cartridges and the traditional e-cig design.

Pod systems are often branded for use with pods from specific brands. The common practice is for brands to have their pod design that only works with their pod system design.

The trend that’s beginning to emerge and slowly becoming the norm among frequent users is larger and more powerful pod systems.

These devices can produce more giant clouds and house more e-juice at a time.

Vape Pen modular systems remain the most common trend, but serious vapers who know what brands they prefer will keep pod systems alive. It’s up to the brands to keep the trend alive by keeping their customers happy with pricing and performance.

3. The E-Cig Design Looks Like It’s On the Way Out

As the nicotine users' market begins to make a more permanent switch over to vape devices, the e-cig design becomes less prevalent. More significant pod mods and vape systems are becoming the norm because they offer more convenient specs like a larger tank, longer battery life, and a wide variety of flavor options.

Vape Technology Trends

1. Smartphone Integration Is Key

Suppose you’ve worked long enough in the consumer goods industry. In that case, you’ve likely noticed R&D teams trying to turn standard classic accessories like the vape pen into highly technological devices.

I have been a personal witness to this very thing in a variety of different industries.

One of the trends that consumer goods companies have taken to the most in almost every industry is smartphone integration.

Most vaporizers now come designed with features that allow you to pair your device with your smartphone. Bluetooth is a common thing among new vape pens and mods.

At the moment, smartphone integration does not add a ton of value to the vaping experience itself and is yet to prove essential to the frequent vaper. However, it is a competitive advantage for brands to provide smartphone integration as consumers make purchases based on the possibility of future essential innovations that need it.

2. Nicotine Salts Devices

Nicotine Salts are vape materials that use pure nicotine as a base. They consist of nicotine and an acid mix, but they are found naturally in tobacco leaves.

The best nicotine salts are defined by their ability to lower the variable nicotine solution's pH level.

Nicotine salts make for much smoother hits to the throat without sacrificing a full nicotine content. Nicotine salts have high nicotine content and provide an easy way to transition into vaping from a frequent smoking habit.

Nicotine salts have become incredibly popular, and compatible devices will continue to be a trend in 2022. As the industry develops, we can see nicotine salts becoming a strong sub-niche.

3. Tobacco-Free Nicotine

Tobacco has been around for centuries, maybe even thousands of years. Consuming tobacco has been, is, and will continue to be a part of every-day life for many people.

However, over the past 100 years, advancements in medicine and technology have allowed us to understand that tobacco can be detrimental to health when consumed in large quantities.

With the vaping industry beginning to take over the nicotine-consuming market, the next step on the ladder is to look for a way to prevent nicotine users from consuming tobacco.

Recent findings have identified that tobacco is not the only natural source of nicotine. Smaller quantities, but quantities, can be found in other plants and fruits like eggplants and tomatoes.

Leading companies in the vaping industry have already begun to make advancements towards a vapable nicotine product entirely sourced from non-tobacco sources. This trend could easily be the most important of the year.

4. Disposable Vape Devices With Longer Product Life

Disposable devices made a huge racket when they first popped onto the scene. But as the vaping industry continued to evolve, frequent vapers slowly began to shy away from disposable products.

The reason is that disposables usually have shorter battery lives and are not the best option from an economic standpoint if you’re a frequent vaper. In today’s modern vape market, disposable vape devices are usually recommended to new users who want to try out vaping for the first time or travel consumers who can’t or won’t travel with their vape mod.

In 2022, companies intend to try and change this by manufacturing disposable devices with longer battery life. The intention here is to capture the audience that’s shying away from disposables because of their low battery life.

Top Vape Design Trends

1. Smaller & More Discreet Devices

E-cigs seem to be going away not for their size and portability but because they usually imply a lower quality vape experience, which would explain why vape mods only seem to be getting smaller and smaller.

Technology has advanced to the point where a high-quality vape mod with a long battery life can be made in a pocket-sized shell.

This is done, in part, because of portability. Vapers that pay top-dollar for a high-end device usually want to take their device everywhere they go, which is to be expected.

But another big reason for new, smaller devices is that users want to be as discreet as possible, especially if the vape juice is cannabis-derived.

2. Disposable Vape Tank

When a vape tank has a malfunction, it usually means you need to through away your entire device. Or even worse, you’ll have to pay for a repair or replacement part that’s worth more than purchasing an entirely new mod. At this point, you might as well quit vaping.

Disposable tanks intend to get rid of the headache altogether.

With disposable vape tanks, consumers will be able to access all the positive features of high-end vape mods while reducing the need for maintenance and the risk of malfunction. Aside from the disposable vape tanks, this will also allow consumers to choose between a sub-ohm tank or a regular one on the spot.

3. Customizable Devices

Smoking or consuming nicotine used to be a habit. But vaping is making it more than just that. Nicotine and tobacco consumption are becoming a hobby. As unbelievable as that sounds, it is true.

And because nicotine consumption has evolved to the ‘hobby status,’ frequent consumers want to treat it as such.

This reality will prompt the ascension of more and more customizable devices that fit their owners' personalities.

Vape Juice Trends

1. CBD Vape Juice

The main reason why people started to vape nicotine was to get away from the carcinogenic properties of smoke and the potential health hazards of smoking.

As vaping continues to rise in popularity, nicotine consumption seems to be as prevalent as ever.

People who have already made the switch to vaping are now beginning to look for ways to kick the nicotine habit.

Cannabinoids like CBD have been attributed with an array of features that claim to make it the perfect substitute. While it can’t be conclusively proven, CBD helps people quit nicotine consumption effectively, according to some.

Along with the potential effects CBD could have on addiction, the prevalent cannabinoid has also been linked to other potential benefits like anti-inflammatory, antiemetic, and analgesic properties. These benefits have made it a popular compound for people looking to live a healthier lifestyle.

2. Lower Nicotine Strengths

Nicotine salts initially began as a way for consumers to vape more robust products with higher nicotine content. But the demand for lower nicotine concentrations on salts has already started to show promise due to the rise in interest for sub-ohm vaping.

Trending Vape Flavors

1. Fruit & Menthol Combinations

Vaping nicotine was a great way to add flavoring to a habit that would otherwise taste unpleasant as most traditional cigarettes do. Mentholated cigarettes have been smokers’ only alternative for so long that the demand for them has been mirrored in the vaping industry.

Some of the most popular vape products are fruit-flavored e-juices. This seems to indicate how the trend for mentholated fruit vape cartridges is soon to come.

2. Unsweetened Flavors (Sweet Sweet is Out)

Sweet vape flavors, although delicious, seem to have peaked. Companies and brands worldwide don’t have much else to do in terms of sweet flavor innovations. Sweet flavors will continue to be a thing, but the sweet flavor trend is a thing of the past, and we’ll likely start to see vape juices with lighter, sweet profiles.

3. Tobacco Flavors

While tobacco as a substance is what most vapers hope to steer away from, it’s also a flavor that many people enjoy.

We’ll begin to see companies launching more tobacco-flavored e-juices and even combinations of other flavors with a touch of tobacco to add complexity to the overall flavor profile.

Conclusion

Vape product trends are aplenty and will continue to fluctuate frequently. For the time being, vape pens, pod systems, and hybrid pod mods will continue to grow and solidify as niche markets. Flavored juice trends will vary more frequently, but fruits and mentholated products look like they will continue to be the most substantial option. Vape device portability, discreetness, and customizability are perhaps essential features for vape device companies to fulfill with their products in the coming year.