E-cig making me cough

[susan_1981]

I am a mouth to lung smoker so that's the same way I vape. Will read the rest of the responses a bit later as I'm at work. Thanks.

 

[ExNihil0]

When I first started vaping back in '012, with Blu and then pens like eGo & Kanger, I coughed quite a lot. Many other first-starting vapers did as well. When you go off analog cigarettes, your body, lungs, cilia hairs, inner cheek lining, etc all begin to heal and coughing is helping your lungs dispel tar and other nastiness from those anaolg cigarettes. I would wager that you're gonna hack quite a bit, for a good while. You can try different ratios of VG/PG and the other things the previous commenters suggested to help ease you into the transition, just bear in mind that coughing out the analog cigarettes' nasty accumulation is a good thing. The coughing will eventually pass as your lungs heal and cilia hairs regrow.

You may find your mouth will get very dry and you could possibly develop some very painful sores on your tongue and inner cheeks, and this too (should it occur), will also pass. Drink lots of water and keep on keeping on.

It's easier for some than others. My transition was brutal and I fell off the wagon a few times, but in the end, when you're cigarette free, it's worth it.

 

[Nikomas89]

I coughed a lot when I first started vaping. I had my nicotine too high, and I was a dual user (cigs and vape) for a few months. About a week after going off the cigs completely, my vape coughing disappeared. I think it takes some time to get used to vaping instead of smoking, and for me, the longer I smoked, the longer it took me to get used to it.

 

[dhood]

I, like so many others, did a lot of coughing when I first started. I rationalized it like this... when you smoke, you are inhaling very dry, burnt smoke. When you vape, there is a lot of moisture in there. It's sort of like walking into a steam room and getting hit with all that moisture in the air. Your lungs think that level of moisture is you drowning and they initially reject it. I just turned down the voltage on my pen and took smaller puffs and didn't inhale as deeply until I got used to it. That took about a week or so.

 

[Frenchfry1942]

I was a smoker and I imagine, since I don't remember, I put the smoke in my lungs. I don't remember my initial vaping technique, but I inhale in to the mouth and exhale out the nose.

I know the vapor is absorbed in both places. I get some taste in the mouth but most seems to be sensed via smelling. Anyway, I started at 24mg and am at the finishing end of 3mg.

I imagine some gets into my throat, but, not much. It all happened overnight.

 

[Laughing Lizard]

My wife was a pack a day smoker. When she first tried vaping, at the same time as me, she was coughing up a lung on anything she tried. She stuck it out for a while but she was coughing so bad she gave it up. She tried all the different vg/pg combos, nic levels, etc., all made her cough.

About 3 months ago, I convinced her to try again. I found a shop that has been excellent in working with her to get her to the point of enjoying the vaping experience. This is what worked for her:

Temperature control mod set at 350F
Freemax StarrePro tank with .25 ohm coil
Max VG, 3mg nicotine or less.

She still coughs if she takes too big of a hit, but she is down to about 5 cigarettes a day now and enjoying the vaping experience. I think the big thing for her was the combination of temperature control and nicotine level.

Hope you figure it out!

 

[Toronnah]

Everyone above is 100% incorrect.

Respiratory intake is divided into 5 group:
Gass
Vapors
Fumes
Mists
Dusts

Vape exhaust is a mist. Cigarette exhaust is a fume. The mists are small liquid droplets that settle in the upper lung. Cigarette fumes are microscopic condensate from a burning solid that reach the bottom of the lung.

Coughing from vape exhaust is a normal physical response to a foreign mist entering the lung. Vape long enough and you both build up a tolerance and learn how to draw to eliminate the cough response.

 

[Lova]

When I vape, it makes me cough. Smoking normal cigarettes doesn't (I smoke Mayfair Smooth - a lighter cigarette). Do you think that the liquid is too strong for me? I have Virginia Mist Tobacco and it says 18mg on the bottle. Should I try something lower? I've ordered some different flavours which I'm waiting to come but just wondered if you guys knew or have had this problem?

FYI: This is what I've ordered:

Menthol - 10ml
Nicotine Strength
12mg/ml
British Tobacco - 10ml
Nicotine Strength
12mg/ml
Very Berry - 10ml
Nicotine Strength
12mg/ml
RY4 - 10ml
Nicotine Strength
24mg/ml
Strawberry Milkshake - 10ml
Nicotine Strength
12mg/ml
Pina Colada - 10ml
Nicotine Strength
18mg/ml

Hello, and welcome to ECF!

What you are feeling is most likely adaptation to vaping instead of smoking. The vapor produced by an ecig is more dense than cigarette smoke (some people say it feels like inhaling water into your lungs) and it doesn't contain anasthetical properties or chemicals in it.

If you had too strong liquids, your chest would tighten up and you would feel like being constantly under breath. You would feel like it's hard to breathe and you would feel constantly winded up.

Coughing also comes from your lungs cleaning themselves up, you will be coughing up lots of tar and other nasty stuff from your lungs for the first couple of weeks when switch to vaping.

Coughing mostly comes from adaptating to the density and feeling of vapor in your lungs.

Hope this helps

 

[GregoryHomes]

@susan_1981 Maybe you should go to the doctor and see if you are allergic to some of the substances in the e-cigarette. Be very careful because if you are, your throat may swell up which will stop your breathing. This ain't a child's play ...