I've always wondered how people inhale using their pv's. I remember when I was in my younger days, and I smoke a rolled "cigarette" I would inhale straight into my lungs; however, when smoking an analog, I would take a drag, then inhale. I have seen Pbusardo reviews where it looks like he goes straight into lungs to puff out of the nose...When I use mine, I use it similarly to an analog, puff, then inhale. Just wondering how others use their pv's.
A Question about Inhalation
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1. I mouth inhale first for flavor
2. Then inhale it into the lungs for nic hit
3. And then slowly, slowly exhale through my nose and mouth for increased nic hit through mucus membranes and further flavor experience.
Those that puff straight into the lungs are missing out on flavor if you ask me
If my description of how I vape makes no sense just watch a French chick smoke in a French movie....
2. Then inhale it into the lungs for nic hit
3. And then slowly, slowly exhale through my nose and mouth for increased nic hit through mucus membranes and further flavor experience.
Those that puff straight into the lungs are missing out on flavor if you ask me
If my description of how I vape makes no sense just watch a French chick smoke in a French movie....
A very tiny amount of nic is even absorbed in the lungs. Most the nic is absorbed through mouth and nose linings. Like a LOT more. You don't even eed to inhale to get the nic
I never used to like taking a direct lung hit, I would always take a large mouth draw and then inhale. I eventually started taking hybrid hits and lately direct lung hits have been growing on me as well. I do it all, but starting from a mouth draw is still my standard.
I vape the same way Hotwire mentioned. However I can keep the vapor in my mouth and using back pressure I can push it out through my nose without ever taking it into my lungs. I think PBusardo is actually inhaling a little mid vape and exhaling through the nose though.
I think this is a great topic. I want to start by saying if you aren't smoking you are vaping correctly. I read lots about vaping in the first week after I started. In fact I considered it switching brands at first, and was smoke free for three days before I realized I'd quit. I also smoked for over three decades and had tried to quit many times, and suffered through each failed attempt.
There is a post on this forum somewhere that explains the "proper" inhalation and I'm glad I didn't read that until after I had quit. Still when I read it, I tried those techniques and they didn't work for me. The jist of what is says, is you must take a long slow drag for 4+ seconds and then inhale. More like sucking on a straw. It also says hits or drags for 1 to 2 seconds won't get you any nicotine, that is where I disagrees. I take less than a 1 second drag and I am getting nicotine, that fact that I quit is proof enough for me.
We all smoked our own way. I know it took me twice as long to smoke a cigarette as it did most people and I smoked twice as many to be satisfied. I took small drags on a cigarette and then inhaled with lots of extra air. I liked a cigarette to last a long time and it took me about 15 minutes to smoke one. When I started vaping I did the same thing and got great results.
I take lots of tiny puffs. I draw a tiny bit into my mouth then inhale with lots of air. I hold it in my lungs longer than I draw then exhale slowly. Sometimes I play and exhale and suck it back into my nose. Or maybe I will blow smoke rings. Typically I don't. I like cool vapor, but I didn't like warm smoke either I think that is why I took such tiny puffs. Frankly I never thought about until I read all the information on vaping. I just smoked my way. I have come to the conclusion that I can vape my way too, it is working for me. I did experiment with what the experts said and just about gagged myself.
Most people will find their information extremely beneficial, but a few may find it doesn't work for them, like I did. If you happen to fall into that group, do what is good for you. If you are enjoying your vaping, then enjoy it. I have read a thousand times, taste is subjective and I agree. I have also come to the conclusion there is no one right way to vape and I really don't believe we all smoked the same way either.
I also found some research on smoking.. it was quite eye opening for me. It said that nicotine is both a stimulant and a relaxing agent. It went on to stay that smokers tend to take rapid quick puffs when they want to stimulate the brain or to overcome feelings of depression. Smokers who wanted to calm anxiety or relax take deep long draws. I found that interesting and came to the conclusion that my tiny puffs fell into the stimulate category, but my slow draws fell into the relax area. The research didn't say smokers did this conscienceless, but that they did it more instinctually. I guess it made sense to me and explained why some of the experts advice on inhaling might not work for me, but I am sure it worked for them as well as others.
Thanks again for posting this question. I hope everyone can find someone to relate to and that we all realize if we are enjoying vaping we are doing it right.
There is a post on this forum somewhere that explains the "proper" inhalation and I'm glad I didn't read that until after I had quit. Still when I read it, I tried those techniques and they didn't work for me. The jist of what is says, is you must take a long slow drag for 4+ seconds and then inhale. More like sucking on a straw. It also says hits or drags for 1 to 2 seconds won't get you any nicotine, that is where I disagrees. I take less than a 1 second drag and I am getting nicotine, that fact that I quit is proof enough for me.
We all smoked our own way. I know it took me twice as long to smoke a cigarette as it did most people and I smoked twice as many to be satisfied. I took small drags on a cigarette and then inhaled with lots of extra air. I liked a cigarette to last a long time and it took me about 15 minutes to smoke one. When I started vaping I did the same thing and got great results.
I take lots of tiny puffs. I draw a tiny bit into my mouth then inhale with lots of air. I hold it in my lungs longer than I draw then exhale slowly. Sometimes I play and exhale and suck it back into my nose. Or maybe I will blow smoke rings. Typically I don't. I like cool vapor, but I didn't like warm smoke either I think that is why I took such tiny puffs. Frankly I never thought about until I read all the information on vaping. I just smoked my way. I have come to the conclusion that I can vape my way too, it is working for me. I did experiment with what the experts said and just about gagged myself.
Most people will find their information extremely beneficial, but a few may find it doesn't work for them, like I did. If you happen to fall into that group, do what is good for you. If you are enjoying your vaping, then enjoy it. I have read a thousand times, taste is subjective and I agree. I have also come to the conclusion there is no one right way to vape and I really don't believe we all smoked the same way either.
I also found some research on smoking.. it was quite eye opening for me. It said that nicotine is both a stimulant and a relaxing agent. It went on to stay that smokers tend to take rapid quick puffs when they want to stimulate the brain or to overcome feelings of depression. Smokers who wanted to calm anxiety or relax take deep long draws. I found that interesting and came to the conclusion that my tiny puffs fell into the stimulate category, but my slow draws fell into the relax area. The research didn't say smokers did this conscienceless, but that they did it more instinctually. I guess it made sense to me and explained why some of the experts advice on inhaling might not work for me, but I am sure it worked for them as well as others.
Thanks again for posting this question. I hope everyone can find someone to relate to and that we all realize if we are enjoying vaping we are doing it right.
I do both. I smoked analogs with mouth hit then inhale, but I have found that when vaping i don't usually get enough throat hit with that method, so I started doing direct lung hits. Now I just go back and forth. Direct lung hits do give quite a bit more vapor though, which I am really enjoying.
Just tried this and even better. All about the flavor baby and when you take it into your lungs there's less to exhale and I find at least as much flavor is in the exhale as the inhale.
Diff strokes for diff folks though.
I can't remember where, but I remember reading somewhere that people tend to inhale differently depending on what aspect of the nicotine effect they're looking for. People vaping/smoking to calm down or de-stress take long, deep drags. When using it to stay up, or while drinking, or when not stressed, people tend to take quicker, shallow drags. Supposedly this is related to nicotine having both stimulant and depressant effeccts, and the effects being more or less prominent depending on dosage.
I have no idea if that's true. I tend to take in a half-breath before I vape, because I don't like the heavy feeling when I draw it in too deep. Likewise, when I smoked analogs, I didn't like the feeling of getting the smoke really deep in there.
To me at least, I definitely feel like I get more nicotine with a deep drag. Drawing with my mouth and not inhaling deeply or holding it in gives me more flavor and visible vapor. I like the nicotine hit, and flavor, and the vapor, so that keeps me in the middle.
EDIT: PBusardo exhales hits through his nose while he is drawing the next hit with his mouth. I used to play brass (before I started smoking
), and that technique backwards is how a trumpet player can play a note almost constantly without stopping to breathe. While blowing the last of their breath out their mouth, they start drawing in the next through their nose with their lungs. I could never do it well, but it's pretty impressive to hear someone do it.
I have no idea if that's true. I tend to take in a half-breath before I vape, because I don't like the heavy feeling when I draw it in too deep. Likewise, when I smoked analogs, I didn't like the feeling of getting the smoke really deep in there.
To me at least, I definitely feel like I get more nicotine with a deep drag. Drawing with my mouth and not inhaling deeply or holding it in gives me more flavor and visible vapor. I like the nicotine hit, and flavor, and the vapor, so that keeps me in the middle.
EDIT: PBusardo exhales hits through his nose while he is drawing the next hit with his mouth. I used to play brass (before I started smoking
), and that technique backwards is how a trumpet player can play a note almost constantly without stopping to breathe. While blowing the last of their breath out their mouth, they start drawing in the next through their nose with their lungs. I could never do it well, but it's pretty impressive to hear someone do it.
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