Brand New & Converting Nicotine Levels??

[lindseykgeorge]

Hey Ya'll,
I'm writing from Beaumont, Texas and JUST got my very first E-Cig. It's an Aspire Premium Kit with a Mini nautilus tank. I bought three different juices, and the one I love the most says it's "18 nic/ 50 pg/ 50 vg" what does all this mean? I'm trying to wean myself off of cigarettes and I've been smoking about 1/2 pack of the light blue American Spirit (Full Bodied) cigarettes for the last 2 years. Any input or help would be awesome!

 

[Robino1]

18mg nic is pretty standard for those just coming off of cigs. After a while, when you start really tasting the peppery flavor of the nic, that's pretty much when it is time to drop a bit either to 15 or 12mg.

The 50/50 PG/VG

PG = Propylene Glycol - that is mostly, but not always, where the flavor and throat hit come to play

VG = Vegetable Glycerin - that is where the vapor comes into play. The higher the VG content, the more vapor that is made when you heat the liquid.

Welcome to the forum

 

[Susan~S]

Hello and welcome to the forum. Glad to have you here!

Eliquid usually contains 4 things:

1. PG = Propylene Glycol - the "flavor carrier" of e-liquid. A secondary source of "throat hit", but not as strong as the nicotine concentration. Some people have a sensitivity or even an allergy to PG.

2. VG = Vegetable Glycerin - the "vapor maker" of e-liquid. Used as a sweeter in many food sources, and also as a skin emollient.

3. Flavorings
4. Nicotine - expressed in milligrams (mg) - the higher the number, the more nicotine.

Someone will come along and give you a recommendation based on your history. I see Robino just did!

 

[WhiteHighlights]

Based on my experience, you may find the 18mg too much nicotine. I smoked closer to a pack a day and started at 18mg which worked to get me off cigarettes. I was able to drop my nic level about a month later. Since you smoked about half a pack, you might be ok with less nicotine soon.

If you start feeling a little buzzy or slightly sick, you might have vaped too much. Take a break. Also, make sure you drink plenty of water. Vaping can dehydrate you and make it worse.

You're off to a great start - sometimes the hardest thing is to find a juice that you really like. Having a juice you like makes quitting so much easier.

Congrats and welcome to ECF!

 

[lindseykgeorge]

I apologize for my lack of ECF etiquette in advance.. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to read responses and respond to everyone in my next post, OR if I'm supposed to respond to each post via 'reply' button, so please forgive me. I've never EVER posted in a forum in my 26 years of life, much less gotten a response. So, I'm incredibly grateful for your help!! Here is THIS post showing my sincerest gratitude for all three of you for responding! I purchased my set up (the Aspire Premium Kit) about 3 weeks ago (along with three different 'juice' flavors, Arabic Apple (a tobacco flavor + other flavors (very detailed and insightful, I know.)), Swindler's Swag (an actual tobacco flavor (although it's no American Spirit ( ), then left this past Friday morning for my 3 hour road trip, to spend the weekend camping at the Texas Renaissance Festival, I charged it about a week before I left, and it died on Saturday night, which seems like a substantially higher-than-average life span. I instantly fell in love with the thing, despite my negative skepticism towards it. It was fantastic, I could peep 'a stogue' whenever I want and wherever I want (tobacco/smoking is illegal on my university campus) BUT... BBUUTT... since I've been home, I've noticed an ACTUAL effect of nicotine on me after puffing on it for a few minutes or so, which, after being a cigarette smoker since I was 18 (~8 years), I never experienced a nicotine high one single time. Also, I realize the thing will take some getting used to and all that jazz, but it's like, once I go for....idk, say.. 6 hours (a sleep-ish cycle) without it, and then puff it for the first time, it's like I'm an infant trying to smoke a blunt rolled with dro for the first time ever, and I've had plennnnnty of experience smoking weed.... It seems like it burns the back of my throat too badly for me to enjoy, and subsequently, I end up coughing for like........... 12 minutes straight. That's not an attractive thing. At all. But then today I experimented with a cigarette, and I feel like it burned the back of my throat just as much, in the most heavenly way possible. So, why is it that the real cigarette smoke hits the back of my throat just as hard and I exhale it just as hard, yet it's sooooooo much less painful ?(probably not the word I meant) and 1 billion times more satisfying than the ecig?? Right now I have my Nautilus adjusted to second to highest air flow and my voltage at second to highest (4.3 ...I think)
Luckily, I have a super amazing vape shop in town to help me out, but it's also really nice to hear the unadulterated opinions of strangers.
ANY help at all would be so gratefully appreciated, and again, I thank ya'll so much for your responses!! Learning more everyday!

 

[daleron]

I apologize for my lack of ECF etiquette in advance.. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to read responses and respond to everyone in my next post, OR if I'm supposed to respond to each post via 'reply' button, so please forgive me. I've never EVER posted in a forum in my 26 years of life, much less gotten a response. So, I'm incredibly grateful for your help!! Here is THIS post showing my sincerest gratitude for all three of you for responding! I purchased my set up (the Aspire Premium Kit) about 3 weeks ago (along with three different 'juice' flavors, Arabic Apple (a tobacco flavor + other flavors (very detailed and insightful, I know.)), Swindler's Swag (an actual tobacco flavor (although it's no American Spirit ( ), then left this past Friday morning for my 3 hour road trip, to spend the weekend camping at the Texas Renaissance Festival, I charged it about a week before I left, and it died on Saturday night, which seems like a substantially higher-than-average life span. I instantly fell in love with the thing, despite my negative skepticism towards it. It was fantastic, I could peep 'a stogue' whenever I want and wherever I want (tobacco/smoking is illegal on my university campus) BUT... BBUUTT... since I've been home, I've noticed an ACTUAL effect of nicotine on me after puffing on it for a few minutes or so, which, after being a cigarette smoker since I was 18 (~8 years), I never experienced a nicotine high one single time. Also, I realize the thing will take some getting used to and all that jazz, but it's like, once I go for....idk, say.. 6 hours (a sleep-ish cycle) without it, and then puff it for the first time, it's like I'm an infant trying to smoke a blunt rolled with dro for the first time ever, and I've had plennnnnty of experience smoking weed.... It seems like it burns the back of my throat too badly for me to enjoy, and subsequently, I end up coughing for like........... 12 minutes straight. That's not an attractive thing. At all. But then today I experimented with a cigarette, and I feel like it burned the back of my throat just as much, in the most heavenly way possible. So, why is it that the real cigarette smoke hits the back of my throat just as hard and I exhale it just as hard, yet it's sooooooo much less painful ?(probably not the word I meant) and 1 billion times more satisfying than the ecig?? Right now I have my Nautilus adjusted to second to highest air flow and my voltage at second to highest (4.3 ...I think)
Luckily, I have a super amazing vape shop in town to help me out, but it's also really nice to hear the unadulterated opinions of strangers.
ANY help at all would be so gratefully appreciated, and again, I thank ya'll so much for your responses!! Learning more everyday!

Welcome to ECF Lindsey

Maybe try turning your voltage down a bit, lowering your nicotine level.
How are you inhaling? E-cigs are best inhaled to the mouth and exhaled through the nose ... long slow draw.

Cigarette's have something in them that numb your senses, this could be a part of the problem also.



Don't forget to drink LOT's of water!!

Edit:
As for forum etiquette, respond to what you want to, or not

 

[Warpigs]

I started out with 36-38nic. After a year or so I'm now down to 24nic.