How much nicotine am I taking in? And a few help questions

[MonkeyMonk]

I checked your profile and you are the same age as one of my daughters. That scared the h*ll out of me. And, I realized how important it was to respond to you.

Ok, look at the following:
1. Employers are screening new employees for nicotine/ cotine.
2. People have posted here in this forum that needed surgeries are being refused due to nicotine in their systems
3. Nicotine is an addictive substance

So, far you got lucky. You're only doing 1 cig a day. But, xKrazYx that is today that you were lucky. Not tomorrow... because if you play with fire long enough you will get burnt.

By your own words this is happening:
"I smoke 1 cigarette a day in the evening"
"I found that 2 drops lasted me a good 30 minutes (I was smoking while on the computer, so I'd take a couple puffs every few minutes)"
"So my next question is, ...(...don't see myself going over,...because i'm busy most of the day)"

You are beginning to use more (one cig is a lot shorter in time span than 30 minutes) and by your own words "...and I love it". And, you mentioned not doing it because you were busy but using it a a relaxant at the computer where we all lose hours.

If you can, please, please consider walking away from it all. Don't chance that tomorrow you won't get hooked. You could get hooked as soon as the next cigarette or vape.

If you were my daughter, I would give up my cigarettes and all my e-cigs... I would walk to the dumpster with you and throw them out and live with it (without cheating)... if you would only tell me that you were done with it... that you'd walk away, too. That is what I would say, if you were my daughter.

Addictions are not planned they sneak up on you and then they control you.

Please, think about quitting all of it.

[xKrazYx]

I thank you for your concern but honestly i'm not worried about getting addicted. To anything really. The most addicted i've ever been to anything was Diablo 2 back in the day and that lasted for 5 months, then one day I just got bored of it.

I have a really short attention span, and that can be a blessing in disguise sometimes. Sometimes I don't feel like smoking at all, and sometimes I want one to relax. Like I said, there's only been 5 times where i've ever wanted more than 1 in one day, and that's over the span of two years.

Today I vaped about 20 puffs, and some of those I didn't even inhale.

I just don't think I can get addicted to anything. Okay maybe like meth or ....... or some crap but i'm never going to do that so yea.

I wouldn't call wanting a cigarette in the evening an addiction, or even the start of an addiction because I don't feel the need to go over. Same with vaping, I don't plan on doing it that much, just once or twice a day to relax.

As for the vaping being longer than the cigarette smoking, i'm taking in the same amount of nicotine, but minus all the other nasty **** that's in cigs, so I think i'd rather be vaping, and I get to enjoy it for longer too.

Again, thank you for your concern but I can handle myself =]

[Bellinghamster]

...but honestly i'm not worried about getting addicted.

Exactly how much ...... would you have to do before you became concerned? I have buddies who have kicked both, and all say nicotine is harder (not *worse*, but harder).

Get some VG. Or PG. Vape that. Stay away from nicotine. I'm not kidding about the potential for addiction. You make your own decisions, you've made that clear. Understand we don't know you beyond a screen name, and we STILL beg you to avoid our trap...

[TropicalBob]

My, my, we were all young and foolish once, weren't we?

Using nicotine in any form is far more dangerous than simply playing with fire. You don't control nicotine; it controls YOU.

[fuzzyvape]

My, my, we were all young and foolish once, weren't we?

Using nicotine in any form is far more dangerous than simply playing with fire. You don't control nicotine; it controls YOU.

Yep you dont choose an addiction if you say you wont get addicted then just stop? why risk it i was the same way then one day bam 1.5 - 2 pack a day habit

[LuckySevens4U]

If I could do it all over again, I would have NEVER touched that first cigarette.

[DisMan]

Wow, talk about a bunch of parents in the room....

Go to the zero nicotine, problem is solved and proof that nicotine is not your motivating force.

As for other remarks, if I could do it again, I *would* touch that first cigarette. Just like I *would* drink that first six pack of Pepsi and Jolt. I would also eat that first McDonald's cheeseburger with the dehydrated onions. And I would eat those potato chips...etc etc etc.

If we all walked through life only worried about our health, people would call "healthiness" an addiction as well. Remember the definitions of healthiness...eating too much of any health food would also damage something in your body.

The bottom line is that science will *always* produce a "potential harm" in everything you do. Every.Thing.

My only suggestion is to knock off the nicotine...you can deal with the liver and kidney failure from PG a little later.

[TropicalBob]

Ah, welcome Disman to this forum. Good to have you here.

[Kate]

I think with an avatar like that DisMan might be interested in the Order of the Wholey Technofoggers - http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/for...nofoggers.html

[MisterPuck]

Wow, talk about a bunch of parents in the room....

Go to the zero nicotine, problem is solved and proof that nicotine is not your motivating force.

As for other remarks, if I could do it again, I *would* touch that first cigarette. Just like I *would* drink that first six pack of Pepsi and Jolt. I would also eat that first McDonald's cheeseburger with the dehydrated onions. And I would eat those potato chips...etc etc etc.

If we all walked through life only worried about our health, people would call "healthiness" an addiction as well. Remember the definitions of healthiness...eating too much of any health food would also damage something in your body.

The bottom line is that science will *always* produce a "potential harm" in everything you do. Every.Thing.

My only suggestion is to knock off the nicotine...you can deal with the liver and kidney failure from PG a little later.

I love the way this man thinks.