Hi there
I'm still not quite understanding the intake of nicotine with the strengths available in disposable ecigs (or any ecig) vs cigarettes.
This time i mean the actual intake of nicotine and the consequential addiction level one may be inviting by smoking ecigs.
Quite apart from the level i need - thru this method of transmission - to feel satisfied, what do the ecig strengths equate to . How do i interpret the nicotine strengths vs what i get from smokes?
I've just ordered WC Mini FLings of 24 mg. I think there was 1 or 2 levels higher than that also available. With smokes, I smoke 12mg cigarettes - you cant get any higher than 16mg smokes in Australia.
so - with 24 mg i am doubling my nicotine intake right?
Mmm - think i might have invited more addiction...
Really keen to know what the deal is with disposable ecig strengths, as advertised, and how to interpret them.
Exactly what is "more addicted" anyway? I see people worrying over this concept but nobody actually seems to be able to
define it. It's starting to look like some silly straw man created by rabid anti-nicotine zealots.
My understanding of nicotine addiction is there is a level of nicotine in the blood stream the smoker becomes used to. And they seek to maintain that level. Falling below the level causes "cravings" and they smoke.
The absorption of nicotine is different in vaping compared to smoking. It's slower, likely less per "puff", because it takes place in the mouth and nasal passages. Absorption in the lungs with the nicotine carried by smoke is faster and the uptake is likely greater. Vapers would be seeking to maintain a level of nicotine--to which they became accustomed while smoking--but with a different "delivery system". The exact amounts of available nicotine in vaping, the speed of absorption, and the amount absorbed over some period of time vaping, are things we don't have nailed down at this point. To measure such would require studies that involve actual blood tests. Something not much of which has been done yet.
But the simple fact is, all vapers have some level of nicotine to which they are accustomed and will seek that same level as vapers. What this means depends on the person and the variability is quite striking.
With smokes, I smoke 12mg cigarettes...
No single cigarette contains that much nicotine. If you mean a
pack, that would make some sense. I don't know how much is in a single pack in your country (it varies, here in the US, a pack is 20 cigarettes) but to come up with the per cigarette amount, you'd have to divide the pack amount by the number of cigarettes in the pack.
But what this means in terms of how much nicotine you actually get? I have no idea.
The amount of nicotine put in a cigarette or e-liquid does not tell you how much nicotine is available when combusted (cigarettes) or vaporized (e-liquids). A few tests put e-liquids maybe around 50% is available. So one ml of 24mg/ml liquid would yield roughly 12mg available nicotine total (not per puff but total for the entire ml).
Next question is how much of the available nicotine is absorbed? To find that out, we'd have to do blood tests. That is, if you want exact numbers.
There is no direct correlation between the amount of nicotine in a product and the amount circulating in your blood stream. It's more complex than some straight across kind of figuring. There are too many variables in there to say X mg e-liquids put Y mg nicotine into circulation. Vapers (like smokers) go by what their bodies tell them. I reach for my PV to vape because my body "wants some". Just like when I smoked. I lit up because my body "wanted some". The "some" being nicotine. I'm maintaining some level of nicotine in my system. Whatever level that may be.
I don't buy there is such a thing as "more" addicted. At least not in this case. Smokers and vapers both (as well as other users of other products containing nicotine... gum and patches and inhalers
included) seek to maintain a level of nicotine. If there is any meaning to "more addicted", it's an issue of genetics. There may be people who are predisposed to stronger attachments to nicotine than others may be. I suspect I may be one such person. My nicotine withdrawal experiences were all horrific, awful, nightmarish things. I don't think I can quit nicotine. Not without some major medical advance or some such. Something very futuristic and Star Trek and all.
Nicotine levels are a very personal thing. The amount that works for one person is too much for another or too low for a third. There is no way to predict what will work for any one person. Only experience can tell you how much works for you.
Short of actual blood tests, the only way to find your nicotine level in vaping is by experience.
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