Help! Confused on how much to take. I smoked 2 American Spirit Lights a day (at night before bed). How much/what strength e-juice do I need?

[americanspirit]

The title basically says my whole problem. I smoked 2 American Spirit lights every night before bed. I know that's less than most people here, but I've luckily been able to keep it at that same amount for years now. I just don't desire it during the day. It calms be down and gets me into a deep sleep mode...I enjoy my 2 each evening. So now I'm doing the e-cig. Got a 510 and I just want to know how much to take and what strength. I can't gauge it well, and I worry I am going to vape too much and become more dependent on nicotine. Anyone have suggestions or help? Thanks. I am enjoying this a lot more than expected. Will definitely recommend it to some friends that want to quit.

Lastly, anyone know of any flavors resembling American Spirits. The hit is fine, just wanted something closer to the taste if available.

 

[PandaMonia]

FreedomSmokeUSA They actually have an American Spirit blend FreedomSmokeUSA Nicotine for most people is like caffeine it makes you alert, so what I would suggest is getting it at about 12mg nicotine the price for their 5ml bottle is $4.00 this website also offers "samples" which run you about $2.50 per/3ml of juice if you have a certain particular flavor in mind it wouldn't hurt trying out a few sample flavors since the shipping is a flat rate of $5.00 (fits it ships from USPS)

 

[walkindown33]

I think you should be careful with your nic concentration. You run a real risk of getting more addicted than you ever were to analogs. Definitely start with (at the most) the low concentration (10 mg if I'm not mistaken) and see what that does for you.

As for flavor, I'd recommend you just experiment. In my experience none of the fauxbacco flavors taste anything like an analog, at least in any way that is satisfying at all. In terms of all day vapes with woody/rich/not too sweet flavors, I love ECOPure Rich (I order from Cignot) and Tennessee from VaporStation.

Hope this helps!

 

[americanspirit]

Wow...awesome response time here. Thanks for the suggestions. My main concern now is, is there a certain amount or amount of time I need to smoke? Like I said, it's hard for me to gauge how much I'm getting with the vape, but as you said walkindown33, I don't want to get more hooked on nicotine, so I'd like to keep it around the same level of what I was getting before, I just don't think I understand how to get that amount specifically. Thanks again for the responses.

 

[PandaMonia]

Wow...awesome response time here. Thanks for the suggestions. My main concern now is, is there a certain amount or amount of time I need to smoke? Like I said, it's hard for me to gauge how much I'm getting with the vape, but as you said walkindown33, I don't want to get more hooked on nicotine, so I'd like to keep it around the same level of what I was getting before, I just don't think I understand how to get that amount specifically. Thanks again for the responses.

You can start out on even 0mg of nicotine kind of like a placebo effect that your placing upon yourself it just varies from vaper to vaper I personally Like mine High in the 24-36 area but that's because I smoked a pack a day now I'm down to a pack every 3-7 days (depends on how the weeks going) but from freedomsmokeusa.com you can go anywhere from 0,6,12,18,24 and so on just to be safe Try either the 0 or 6 mg strength just to try it out, but be careful Vaping is addicting especially once you find a flavor that suites you lol =) some people even spend more on vaping than they do on cigarettes take me for example

 

[sweetniko]

Wouldn't you get some kind of side effect if your body couldn't handle it?
Like the hic up's or a headache or something they warn about on nicotine replacement products?

But ...you hardly smoke so I would think a VERY low strength would be fine.
If you find yourself vaping too much then place an order an even lower strength.

 

[PandaMonia]

I believe the "E-go" has something called a Low Resistance Atomizer that can be purchased for it it gives you a warmer vaping experience since you said you smoked 2 cigarettes a night before going to bed if you can recall the warmth of the smoke from either being burned all the way down to the filter or when you light up a second cigarette following the first its that "warmth" that you get when you try a LR atomizer you may want to look into this in the future after you have had time to bond with you e-cig I personally love the warmer vapor 1) its getting colder outside so its a nice feeling 2) It's the only thing that has kept me away from going outside and lighting up a cigarette every hour.

 

[LowThudd]

If you were only smoking two cigs a day, I doubt you are addicted to nicotine. This may seems strange, but have you considered trying 0nic juice? If it is just the ritual of smoking that relaxes you in the evening, maybe you don't need any nicotine. In all likelyhood, you will vape more frequently than you smoked. If you are not addicted to nicotine and you start using it more frequently, you soon will be. If you choose to use nic, I advise to go w/ the lowest level nic juice you can find(like 6mg).

 

[PandaMonia]

FreedomSmokeUSA Here is the link for the Low resistance atomizer bookmark it for the future if you ever get curious


**Actually disregard this I thought you had an e-go sorry it just said e-cig 510** my mistake =)

 

[Automaton]

You're absolutely right that you run the risk of becoming more dependent than you currently are. But there are many ways to be an addicted smoker - not everyone who is smokes a lot. I find it most likely that you are not actually addicted to nicotine - you are probably only addicted to the habit. But habitual addictions are real.

Here's what I'd suggest.

Buy ONE 510 battery. Only one. This way, when it needs charging, you're cut off for at least an hour or two. This makes it impossible for you to start vaping full-time. Or, if you really trust yourself, have a spare battery, but keep it tucked away in a box somewhere.

Get 2 atomizers. Just so you have one for back-up. 5 blank carts. A wall charger (don't get a PCC - get a wall charger so you can't viably use it while you're out for long).

Buy 3 5ml bottles of juice. One no-nic, one 8mg, and one 12mg. Start with no-nic. If that doesn't do it, try 8mg. If that doesn't do it, try 12mg. I can't imagine you would want anything higher than 12mg with your current smoking habits.

And that's it.

1x 510 battery (maybe 2, if you are sure that you can leave it in a box and not touch it unless you have a battery failure)
2x 510 atomizers
5x blank 510 carts
1x wall charger
3x 5ml bottles of juice (no-nic, 8mg, 12mg)

You can pick all that stuff up at CigNot, FreedomSmokeUSA (who have great juice), LiteCigUSA, and ElectroNicStix, to name a few vendors that I personally trust (there's lots more too).

Keeping yourself very controlled on supplies will help prevent you from picking this up full-time.

As for your before-bed habit... don't start until you're in bed, and limit yourself to 20 minutes - which is a little longer than it takes to smoke 2 cigarettes. The reason you should give yourself a little longer, is sometimes the absorption time with e-cigs is a bit slow.

 

[Godzilla]

I would try 0 nic juice myself with only 2 cigs a day. keep you real ones handy, and order the lowest mg of nic possible, like 4 or 6 or 8 if poss.

 

[LowThudd]

Oh, and the closest e-juice I've had to an actual cigarette is goodprophets VG 555. He is going to be having a sale tomorrow starting at 12noon EST. His sales are usually really good, and he does stock *some* 0 nic juice. Try a different flavor than tobacco matbe, GP cola is excelent, the Pear is to die for, and the blackcurrant is just incredible. And, you get a 30ml bottle of juice for your first order and free shipping over $30. Good Prophets

 

[americanspirit]

I am still in shock at how quick and responsive this community is. Thanks for all the feedback, I just ordered a 5ml of 6mg American Spirit flavor. I will try to just limit my time with the vapor to my normal routine where I go outside with my dog and have my smoke (which for the record, even the 2 that I have are spaced out about 30 minutes apart, on rare occasions I have a third). I appreciate everyone's feedback, I will try to update you in a couple of weeks and let you know how it's going thus far.

 

[americanspirit]

BTW, because of the suggestions, I went ahead and ordered a 0mg bottle as well, just to see if it gives me my fix. Thanks again!

 

[PandaMonia]

BTW, because of the suggestions, I went ahead and ordered a 0mg bottle as well, just to see if it gives me my fix. Thanks again!

That's what were here for any questions day/night 24/7 lol someone is going to be awake vaping 100mg of pure nicotine and will answer your question if not by the you should be able to Private Message people just bookmark this place and when you want to ask someone a question just click on their name and select private message (PM)

 

[LowThudd]

BTW, because of the suggestions, I went ahead and ordered a 0mg bottle as well, just to see if it gives me my fix. Thanks again!

Good to hear. If 0nic works for you, you can always sell the nic juice in the clasifieds or try and swap it for some 0nic juice. There are quite a few people here who vape 0nic.