Agreed. I think too many people are more concerned about mg/ml whereas total nic consumption is more relevant if you want to taper down ( i don't ). I have read that about 40 % of the nicotine in juice is absorbed through vaping although i'm not sure if there have been studies done on this. Whatever the percentage, it is a lot less than through smoking.
For sure. But I wouldn't say it's less than smoking, just different. And it also depends, of course, on what level you vape at, how much and what you use to vape (in terms of nic absorption). With vaping, in general, the nic is absorbed in a way where it slowly ramps up vs. smoking where it spikes quickly and then drops off similarly fast. But, take ONE hit off of an RDA at 36 mg/mL and see how quickly the common wisdom goes out the window about nicotine absorption from vaping being slow. It really just depends as vaping has so many variables vs. smoking where it's pretty standardized.
Note: and of course with smoking you are getting the complete tobacco alkaloid profile which also takes the two and makes the playing field not even close to being even.

