Calculating nicotine

[CaSHMeRe]

Originally Posted by lordmage

i am more intersted in knowing how much mg of nictone is in one analog smoke and convert that over to e smoke so that way if you where a 2xpack aday analog smoker you could more accuratly perdict how much juice you would need

Erowid Tobacco Vault : Info on Nicotine Content of Cigarette Brands

be careful ... you can get lost in there!

[dc2k08]

this is an interesting thread and a question i have wondered but have become lazy about finding out. it would be nice to have some definite answers.

i am more intersted in knowing how much mg of nictone is in one analog smoke and convert that over to e smoke so that way if you where a 2xpack aday analog smoker you could more accuratly perdict how much juice you would need

when doing this, we need to factor in that only about 15% of the total nicotine in a cigarette enters the human body when one is smoked normally. it must be a lot higher for vaping.

[lordmage]

thnks for the info cash based on that i am some where at the .9 to 1.1 range of nic need so thats 11 to 18 mg nic now what if it where diluted then the level would change might have to get a strong nic for my experments

[Kate]

The average amount of nicotine absorbed from a cigarette is 1mg.

Most vapers use 2ml per day.

2x 10mg = 20mg (2ml of juice at 10mg strength is the same as 20x1mg cigs)

There is usually 0.05ml in a drop, 20 drops = 1ml APPROXIMATELY.

2x drops = 0.1ml = 1mg of nic from 10mg juice.

[paladinx]

wow. lol. So everyone is saying different things, kate is saying that its 18mg per ml, which equals roughly 20 drops = 1ml

another person is saying its mg per gram.

and a seller of the stuff is saying mg per 1000ml which means its 18 mg per liter??? That does not sound right to me. How could it be 18 per 1000 ml with 20 drops equaling one ml. thats saying u would need 20,000 drops to make 18 mgs of nicotine ROFL.

I think i give up.

[Kate]

Two drops straight on an efficient atomiser last me five minutes. Five minutes vaping with 18mg eliquid would = around 2 cigs.

Lab tests suggest that 98% of nicotine in vapour is absorbed.

http://healthnz.co.nz/RuyanCartridgeReport21-Oct-08.pdf

[Pegaso]

Originally Posted by paladinx

wow. lol. So everyone is saying different things, kate is saying that its 18mg per ml, which equals roughly 20 drops = 1ml

another person is saying its mg per gram.

and a seller of the stuff is saying mg per 1000ml which means its 18 mg per liter??? That does not sound right to me. How could it be 18 per 1000 ml with 20 drops equaling one ml. thats saying u would need 20,000 drops to make 18 mgs of nicotine ROFL.

I think i give up.

paladinx... don't give up so soon

If you read carefully, you'll see that everyone is saying mostly the same thing.

One says it's mg per ml, and other say it's mg per gram... it's the same thing.
PG density is about 1.04 g/ml, so it means that 1ml of PG = 1.04 grams of PG (not a big difference, don't u think? ).

About the information from the supplier, you can see that the final percents are right, so it's clear to me that it's just a little mistake, and where he wrote "1000ml", he meant "1ml" .

You can use Kate's calculating system

[paladinx]

Yeah you are right i just thought of that as soon as i finished typing my response. he meant 1ml. thank you everyone, and kate as well. Shes knows her stuff!

Its amazing how popular the ecigs seems to be. On any other forum you usually wait a long time for responses. but this forum is very active. I guess people here in the US are clueless. I just found out about these things recently because of some store in the mall selling smoke51's. before that i didnt even know they existed.

thanks again for the help. Im probably asking questions that many have asked before, and its probably redundant for many of you. especially kate. But she still helps regardless.

[ladybug51]

Originally Posted by Kate

The average amount of nicotine absorbed from a cigarette is 1mg.

Most vapers use 2ml per day.

2x 10mg = 20mg (2ml of juice at 10mg strength is the same as 20x1mg cigs)

There is usually 0.05ml in a drop, 20 drops = 1ml APPROXIMATELY.

2x drops = 0.1ml = 1mg of nic from 10mg juice.

Kate, Have patience with me. The calculations are greek to me. I want to make sure I smoke what equivalent to 1 light cig a day. That would be putting it on a empty cartridge. What do I need to know to figure that out. I don't want to raise the nic level. I will eventually be going lite. I keep being told putting it in the atomizer isn't good. Don't you kind of waste it anyway doing it that way? Do you still use a cartridge when you put it in the atomizer? I looked up the definitions of glycerin and PG. I don't know how much of this goes into our lungs. In lotions, food, etc, it is in tiny amounts. Like someone said on one thread, we're the lab rats. Now I wonder how true that is. Hey, ck. this out: Electric cigarettes in killer shock - doctors
Do they mean vaping? Funny how it doesn't list where the info came from.

I just saw the web sight you listed. I can probably figure it out myself with that? Sorry to bother you if I can. This is why I need to find a way to change to Bug. I bug.

[Kate]

How many light cigs are you trying to replace and what size cartridges do you use?

Dripping directly onto the atomiser isn't a problem unless you flood the battery or let the atomiser dry out.