Do I need to cut down the nicotine?

[SirVette]

In general
Full flavor 1 pk/day start 18-24mg
Lights 1 pk/day start about 12mg

DVap has researched it & come up w/ a good formula.
EXAMPLE 1PK/DAY

We had 20 full flavor analogs per day delivering 20 mg of nicotine per day. I've found that we need to vape 2.5X the nicotine, or 50 mg/day, so we might vape ~2.5 mL of 20 mg or ~1.5 mg of 36 mg. We're putting ~ 50 mg of nicotine onto the atomizer coil because of that 50 mg, only 40% or 20 mg of nicotine makes it into the vapor and into our bodies. So by vaping 50 mg of nicotine per day, we are delivering 20 mg of nicotine per day to our bodies.

Most are vaping 2-3ml/day.

So a good starting point for 20/day full flavor is 24mg.

Lights cigs. are considered 1/2 so a good starting point for 20/day lights is 12mg.

 

[KrisBKream]

I'm with the lower-the-nic-level camp on this one. At least to try it. If you really want to come as close to confirming it as a home trial can, try not to change anything else about your nightly routine. Then, if the only thing changed besides nic level is that you feel better, you've nailed it. If nothing changes except the nic level, you know there's likely another culprit.

 

[El Diablo Marrón]

I smoked about 25 to 28 smokes a day. more on weekend or long drives.
So when i started vaping the guy at one of the vaping stores gave me 24mg liquid.
It was fine for about 3 weeks.
But as i noticed my breathing getting back to normal, If i vaped the 24 mg liquid my ears rang and the left side of my body became numb and tingly.
So i got 18mg liquid when i went back and everything was fine.
I have tried lower nic liquids. But i vape more using them I already vape about 4ml or so a day.

It costs me more to vape then smoke.
But the not sweating while working is worth more to me than money.

 

[SirVette]

She has classic sym. of too much nic. To try cutting won't hurt...

I realize just thinking of lowering nic. level is hard for some of us, been there, done that.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/nicotine/103851-tips-order-lower-nicotine-level.html

 

[swedishfish]

The thing I notice about people that post that they vape low nicotine juice- they vape mass quantities of it. If you do that so you can vape non-stop, go for it.

If you want to for whatever reason, reduce the amount of nicotine you consume you either have to continue to vape the amount you currently vape but decrease the nicotine content, or vape less.

But if you decrease your nicotine strength and vape 3x as much, you're spinning your wheels.

 

[swedishfish]

In general
Full flavor 1 pk/day start 18-24mg
Lights 1 pk/day start about 12mg

DVap has researched it & come up w/ a good formula.
EXAMPLE 1PK/DAY

Most are vaping 2-3ml/day.

So a good starting point for 20/day full flavor is 24mg.

Lights cigs. are considered 1/2 so a good starting point for 20/day lights is 12mg.

They both deliver the same amount of nicotine to the brain.

Do 'light' cigarettes deliver less nicotine to the brain than regular cigarettes? / UCLA Newsroom

 

[sandybeach]

I smoked for 35 years. Then I quit for 10 years!!! I smoked Newports. For some godawful stupid reason, I started smoking again this past May. So I only smoked for 6 months. I got up to half a pack a day; never got back to the two packs a day I was smoking before. So maybe that's why I am so sensitive to nicotine now. It can't hurt to try 12 mg. The worst that can happen is that I go back up to 18 mg.
Thanks for all your thoughtful replies, much appreciated.
Sandy