Finding the right strength of E liquid

[chiveg]

Hello, I'm new to the forum and vaping. I just quit smoking and started vaping. I used to smoke a pack a day of light cigarettes and was wondering what the right nicotine level is. Also, how do you know that your not putting more nicotine into your body then when you were actually smoking? Any help would be great.

 

[Cullin Kin]

I would start at 18mg. Then judge whether that is too much or too little and move up or down to 24mg or 12mg. The bioavailability of nicotine in vapor is a lot different than in smoke. Many notice they are chain vaping when they first start because they're not getting as much nicotine as they're used to. As everything in life, it evens out and you will be the best judge of what works for you.

 

[siktirgit]

I used to smoke 2 packs a day light cigarettes, when I switched to vaping tried 24mg nicotine level but it was too much, so immediately switched to 18mg and been vaping 18mg for at least 4 to 6 months which is enough, my thinking would be 18mg might work for you but I would not recommend buying a bunch of liquids, it would be a good idea to get 1-2 bottles to see if it is the right amount of nicotine.

 

[joesquid]

Welcome to ECF! What level are you vaping? Is it keeping the urges away? If not, step it up a bit. Remember, it's not really the nic in cigarettes that's bad for you it's all the other stuff.

 

[Alien Traveler]

how do you know that your not putting more nicotine into your body then when you were actually smoking?

You do not know about amount of nicotine. Depending of their preferences vapers may go both ways. But in the beginning it does not matter. First thing first: quit smoking; if you need to vape for quitting cigarettes – vape! Nicotine itself is not really damaging to health (in some cases even beneficial), its cigarette smoke that makes main damage. Nicotine addictive. If you want to get rid of not only smoking, but nicotine addiction as well, first quit smoking – nicotine in conjunction with smoke is more addictive than in vape form. When you are safely out of cigarettes and vaiping, you may want to decrease nicotine level in your juice or/and decrease amount of juice vaped. It will help in getting rid of nicotine if you will stay away from too effective vapor tools like RDA and RBA and try to avoid chain vaping.

And I agree that juice strength 18 mg is a good starting point.

 

[Warpigs]

18 sounds about right, then you can stay there move up/down. I started at 36-38nic but I smoked 2-3 packs a day and chewed 2-3 bags of Red Man a week. Took about 1 year and now I'm down to 24nic.

 

[sheerlucksherlock]

I started at 18mg nic and have tapered down to 3mg nic. I think I'll be going back up to 6mg nic because I go through a lot of juice. I think it's due to not enough nic. Something you might want to consider.

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[CdnDiva]

I started at 18 but I'm going to move down to 12, it's stronger than I expected!

 

[kvinna]

curious what the effective vapor tools RDA and RBA is Alien Traveler.
I don't have much knowledge on vaping so don't know what initials stand for.

 

[JRohrer]

When you start vaping, you might find that you vape much more then you did smoking. I started at 24, then moved to 18, now I've stayed at 6.

 

[mila25]

back back way in the day when joytech 510 mega's were the couture of the vaping world the old advice was double what you smoked and start there and work backwards. but everyone else has offered solid advice as well

 

[mndh1007]

Try starting at 18 and ween your way down slowly

 

[Katya]

I started at 12 and I'm still at 12 mg/ml--5 years later.

It's a good idea to have e-liquids in various strengths at the beginning--your body will tell you how much is too much. If you have a bottle of 12mg/ml and one of 24 mg/ml, you can mix those two eliquids together as needed (same flavor, of course).

Or get a bottle of 36 mg/ml unflavored base so you can add a few drops to your regular 12 mg eliquid to make it stronger.

You'll figure it out in no time. And keep it low(ish) if you like to chain vape.

 

[D91ICE]

I started at 18mg. And it burned my throat. I got a 12mg and found it much more enjoyable. Now I have several bottles of different flavors ranging from 6mg-18mg. 6mg for chain vaping, 12mg for my all day flavor, and 18mg for when I get a craving for a good throat hit. I have been off cigs for a month and a half and when times get stressful I still get a craving for a smoke like feeling, which I have found 18mg cures my craving. Then I switch back to my 12mg and vape all day.

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