...and sorry for that. I just can't afford to buy a bunch of different to do the trial and error thing.
Smoked for 47 years now. Marlboro Red or Player's, the last 8 years have been 100% tobacco native smokes (no additives).
About 1.5-2 packs/day. I'm an endurance runner (yeah, I'm a freak) and am finally starting to have issues with it due to smoking. I want to quit for good but do not want the severe withdrawals that I have gotten in the past. (headache, shaky, sweating, nauseous, irritable - my DT's mimic severe hypoglycemia) And no, they don't go away - they are like labour pains, they come faster and harder and last longer - even 3 months later.
I have a SMOK nord2, 40W and 0.4 ohm, and use Mocha-flavoured VG juice in a 4.5 ml pod. It was recommended to start at 6 mg/ml and I am finding it nowhere near satisfying. I am down to about 6 cigs a day (waking, bedtime, after eating) but still craving more. I vape a full pod and a bit per day. I can chain vape working at the computer and even still, every couple hours have to fight off having a cig. I don't get lightheaded or nauseous, and I don't get a buzz from the cig. And even with the cigs, I want 2 or 3 not just one.
I must say though that I am a very, very shallow inhaler. I can't do more than 0.5 secs MTL - which gives no taste, no feel and no vapour. Even my DTL is less than a 2 second draw. I get a badly burned throat at any more than that. I have to keep the heat setting down well below 30 (usually 27 in the morning and about 22 evening). Lower means even less satisfying.
So throat hit means nothing to me, I don't want one. All I'm interested in is the motion and a nicotine replacement that I can feel, then I can incrementally drop it later. I have been reading a lot on here and seem to find that 12 or 18 mg would probably be a better place to start. Would that be safe to assume?
I would love any and all comments, suggestions and ideas. Sorry for the book but it saves the "yeah, but..." clarifications later.