18 mg vs. 24 mg nicotine content

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ccclady

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Hi all...I've been vape'ing for only a couple of weeks now, but am very pleased with the experience so far and ultimately hope to get myself to the point where I can give up my nicotine addiction entirely (long-term goal). For now, I'm very happy to have given up analogs almost completely!

Before trying ecigs, I was a fairly heavy smoker..about 2 packs a day. For that reason, my first ejuice order was for two different nicotine strengths as I was unsure of which would work best for me. So, I have both 24 mg nic content and 18 mg nic content right now.

I notice that, whenever I try to vape the 24 mg juice, the TH is naturally a bit harsher for me. In the beginning, it was fairly hard to vape successfully (was coughing alot) and although I'm starting to get used to it, it's still a bit difficult at times. On the positive side, though, the 24 mg juice is satisfying any craving I get for nicotine better than the 18 mg juice and I can go alot longer between puffs with the 24 mg.

The 18 mg juice is a milder/easier TH for me and I'm not having any difficulty with it other than the tendency I have to chain-vape it as it dosen't satisfy the cravings as much as the 24 mg.

Because of this, I find myself wishing they made a juice with a nic content somewhere between those 2 numbers...like, say, 20 mg in order to get both a somewhat milder TH combined with the advantage of satisfying the cravings enough that I don't have to hit it as often. As a possible solution to this problem, would DIY'ing my own juices allow me to adjust the nicotine content up or down to something other than the "standard numbers"?? Or are there any other solutions that some of you great folks can recommend? :confused:
 

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24mg was too strong for me once I started vaping with proper equipment... I kept pondering (and vaping) and wondering (and vaping) and thinking "what am I going to do!?" (while vaping)... now 24mg is just right for me... just took some time to get used to it!

Also, +1 on combining equal parts of 24/18 to get 21... Heck, with a little bit of math, you could even figure out how to get to 19-20-22-23 : )
 

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The easiest way is that AnaCat sugested, same e-liqid in 18 and 24mg mixed equally gives 21mg.
Or if You are not afraid of fiddling with measuring liquids, mixing PG and VG, You can get DIY juice from China very cheap in concentratins up to 100mg/ml and dilute them with VG or PG as you wish, and flavor it yourself.
Consider the ingredients of e-liquid:
Vegetable Glycerine
Propylene Glicol
Nicotine (hard to get farm grade, poison)
Purified Water (to lower viscosity)
Alcohol (for TH)
Flavor.
 
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