Thanks for all the GREAT replies everyone! I read them all!
Nope - vaping isn't smoking. Because it isn't the nicotine from vaping doesn't hit you over the head the way a cigarette does. It gets absorbed in your mouth more slowly - the same as that Nic-O-Gum.
So the nicotine in vaping doesn't get absorbed through your LUNGS the way cigarette nicotine does??
If you are trying to ramp your nic level up to get something like a cigarette buzz from a short vape you can make yourself sick chasing that.
That's why I was thinking of switching up to 36mg. So I can get it close to where one draw off a vape gives me about the same nicotine as a drag off a cigarette. The reasoning is, I'd like to go out on break at work with everyone else and just use my vaporizer, without having to suck on it constantly every breath.
That can be a problem when you are starting vaping/quitting smoking if you are restricted to limited vape breaks at work. This works best if you can pace your vaping out on a consistent basis.
Nah, I work in a factory and we can vape while we work
It sounds like your bigger problem right now is expecting vaping to be the same thing as smoking. It isn't. A lot of people new to vaping have to work up to vaping enough and on a consistent enough basis to deal with the cravings. Random vape breaks here and there throughout the day seldom work well when you are starting.
I was hoping that MORE mg's and LESS vaping would work, because each draw I take off the vape would give me more nicotine if I upped the nicotine content.
I would suggest trying some of the newer tanks that tend to give better vapor (am hearing a lot of positive about Nautilus these days, but I moved to a RBA with protank II as my backup at this point in time). Also, not sure what pg/vg mix you're getting. But I find something with more VG.. like a 50/50 or 30pg/70vg seemed to help.
There is also something to be said for a VV or VV/VW battery as well. I definitely found my Vision Spinner to be a help as well. One, it lasted longer than my eGo batteries, and I would get the voltage I set it for to the last puff.
I ordered an eGo Twist which should be here any time now, and I have a f16 clearomizer as well, but I like the small size of the Ego-U with CE4. If it's due to the fact the CE4 can't vaporize enough nicotine each drag from it, I think upping the nicotine % should do the trick.
ie: I can either take 20 drags (I hate using that term for vaping) off a 24mg solution to get my nicotine 'fix', or 12 drags using a 36mg solution.
If so, then you need to try taking longer pulls, to create more vapor - like a 5 or 6 count, not a 2 or 3 count like you can with a cigarette (depending on how good your gear is - lower quality stuff might need to have as long as 10 seconds of a draw). I had to learn this when I started out, and it helped me stop chain vaping as much.
Hehe, that's exactly what I'm trying to avoid. I'm trying to STOP using it like someone hooked up to an oxygen mask system
I'd like each vape to be more POTENT with nicotine so I don't have to vape as much.
Concentrate on the cravings - are they gone after vaping for a while? That's when you put it down.
That's a good point. While I'm vaping I'm often asking myself, ok, how would I feel about going for a cigarette. And a lot of the time it's like "I couldn't even think about going for a smoke right now as it would probably make me sick". Meaning, my body has enough nicotine flowing through it. I just want the nicotine from vaping to get in to me FASTER so I don't have to suck on the thing 50x in 2mins to feel it.
When smoking, reaching the end gives your head a visual cue when you're "done", vaping doesn't, and you have to get used to that, too.
Yah that's one thing I really have to get used to. My body is 'tricked' by the visual imagery of a cigarette down to it's but, that it says to itself "yep, you've got your fix". You don't get that with vaping.
It's also possible you need 36mg for a while, it's not unusual. And, many, many of us chain vaped constantly when we started - and still do at time. It's all about squashing those cravings, and learning to enjoy vaping, it can take a while to shake the cigarette and the habits you built up with it. I'll admit, I had a couple moments of doubt early on - but after 4 months now, I can't imagine going back, and am starting to forget what it was like to smoke.
Great reply - thanks! Yah I'll try and get some 36mg (even 48) to see if I can get it were just 5 or 6 vapes over a period of a minute or two gives me that "yep, there's the nicotine" feeling. Some people say 48mg is crazy, but I think they're comparing it to how they vape 16 or 24mg. I'd like something I can go out on break with, have a few drags off, and be done. Obviously on 36 or 48 I wouldn't be sucking on it the same as if it were 16 or 24mg.
Agree with all of the comments here even though I've only been vaping for about 5 weeks now. I was a 2 PAD smoker, started with 24mg juice and continued to smoke for a few weeks but immediately without even trying was down to 1 PAD.
Just wondering why everyone calls PACKS of cigarettes, PADS? At first I thought it was just at type-o, but it's happening on replies by different people.. ??
After several days that dropped to about half a pack and then I decided to try a day without any analogs. Been 3 weeks now vaping only and only once in a while do I think about smoking.
It would be good to use to SUPPLEMENT my smoking, to get me to cut down, but the problem is I'm not a regular smoker. 'Been smoking out of habit for 25yrs, but have never smoked at home, or gone outside while at home, for a cigarette. It's only while I'm driving, or at work on break. Which is kind of why vaping got me scared - I think the nice taste and lack of smoke would cause me to start vaping at home, which would actually INCREASE my nicotine addiction (or at least give me a nicotine addiction, as I rarely ever crave a cigarette). But I do like to have that nicotine feeling when I'm driving, or outside at work with the guys on break.
I'll try some 36mg in my CE4 tank, with the Ego Twist and see how it goes. I'm trying to vape LESS to get that same nicotine, so using my clearomizer or using a stronger voltage and/or lower resistance coil, is kind of defeating the purpose. I just want to get a stronger 'hit' from each vape, so I don't have to vape as much.
THanks for all the great replies everyone!!
