Electronic Cigarettes yield 90.5% nicotine vapor compared to traditional cigarettes.

[NickelName]

E-cigs yield 90.5% less nicotine vapor (by mass) compared to traditional cigarettes;

Hello folks, I got sidetracked while doing some organic chemistry research and happened across some interesting information from another college. A mechanical engineering professor had put together a slideshow on an electronic cigarette testing system which included some software (labview) I have actually used in some of my early engineering classes. Anyway down to the point; for those of you wondering why you are puffing away so much more on your electronic cigarette than a traditional one, it is because you recieve a smaller mass of nicotine vapor. Using a 16mg strength cartomizer the professor found that per 2 second puff only 19*10-6g or 19E-6g of nicotine was released. A 2 second puff from a traditional cigarette yields 200*10^-6g. This is a 90.5% lower yield in nicotine.

Link: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&...uxn65j&sig=AHIEtbSLS3AwoohGLeSeq-bLwNkh8VANVw

Sorry for the ambiguous title
Happy vaping

 

[zoiDman]

Thank you Very Much for Posting this.

 

[dtucker78]

I thought this was the case. Thanks for the info!

 

[Talyon]

So going by this data, we now have a puff comparable cigarette vs ecig Nicotene to use when this question is asked and has been hundreds of times.

So I'll assume that a 2 second puff on an cigarette is like 90.5 2 second puffs on an ecig to acquire same nic input. So if this is correct then a cigarette is smoked using about 10 puffs which means to compare I'd have to Vape 900 puffs to equal 1 cigarette. Is my math correct here?

Can others chime in here....

 

[Talyon]

Nobody, I cant believe Im only seeing this post today.

 

[ClippinWings]

Nobody, I cant believe Im only seeing this post today.

I'm more interested in the implications this has for fighting the silly second hand vapor argument some are using to prop up their misguided usage bans...

Sent from my mobile, using Tapatalk... so ignore the typos.

 

[Talyon]

I'm more interested in the implications this has for fighting the silly second hand vapor argument some are using to prop up their misguided usage bans...

Sent from my mobile, using Tapatalk... so ignore the typos.

In 1 of my blogs is a study on second hand vapor.

 

[slider]

I've known e-cigarettes are a inefficient nicotine delivery method for quite some time. If I remember correctly it has something to do with the vapor particles being 10x the size of ash particles. Never new a % till I read this though.

 

[Talyon]

Yeah ive known about the particles as well, first time for me to. Thing is how real is this study and can it be validated because I've read many many posts of people wanting to know this answer that this study is revealing.

 

[lbjustintime]

Really interesting and a good read.

 

[zoiDman]

Here is an Interesting link to some of Dr. Robinson's work.

http://edge.rit.edu/content/P12055/public/Home

 

[Cool_Breeze]

...So I'll assume that a 2 second puff on an cigarette is like 90.5 2 second puffs on an ecig to acquire same nic input. So if this is correct then a cigarette is smoked using about 10 puffs which means to compare I'd have to Vape 900 puffs to equal 1 cigarette. Is my math correct here?

Can others chime in here....

100% - 90.5% = 9.5%. A 2 second puff on an ecig would yield 9.5% of the nicotine found in a 2 second puff on a cigarette. Ergo, 100%/9.5% = ~10.5 ecig puffs per cigarette puff. The amount of nicotine found in 10 cigarette puffs would require about 105 ecig puffs.

 

[supertrunker]

or - if you only get 10% of what you do with a cigarette, then it's 10 puffs of e-cig - to one of ciggie?

T

 

[zoiDman]

or - if you only get 10% of what you do with a cigarette, then it's 10 puffs of e-cig - to one of ciggie?

T

How many 2 Second Puffs did you take off 1 Cigarette when you Smoked?

 

[Cool_Breeze]

As best I recall, my cigarette puffs were significantly shorter than my ecig puffs. I think I would take about 14 or 15 puffs on a king-size cigarette.

 

[zoiDman]

As best I recall, my cigarette puffs were significantly shorter than my ecig puffs. I think I would take about 14 or 15 puffs on a king-size cigarette.

Yeah... and my e-Cigarette "Puffs" tend to be About 4 seconds vs. 2 seconds.

But as Always. YMMV

 

[zoiDman]

BTW - Not saying that this is Completely Accurate...

But if a Person did the Math and came up with a Nicotine per Second per mg/ml Baseline, than someone could get a Guesstimation as to Nicotine Intake.

 

[supertrunker]

How many 2 Second Puffs did you take off 1 Cigarette when you Smoked?

Well since you ask - i'd demolish 3 in a 10 minute break, but if i took 4 second puffs - nothing changes, i'd still need a 36 second puff on my PV for the same effective nicotine no?

T

 

[zoiDman]

Well since you ask - i'd demolish 3 in a 10 minute break, but if i took 4 second puffs - nothing changes, i'd still need a 36 second puff on my PV for the same effective nicotine no?

T

Before we start throwing Math at it...

What type of Cigarette was it? What was its mg Rating? How many Puffs? How Long was Each Puff?

What type of e-Liquid was it? What was its mg Rating?

 

[slider]

Let me test my blood. Mmm vape tastes like about 9-10% nicotine compared to the cig.