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Hi and welcome to ECF!
If 6mg is keeping the cravings away there's no timetable to drop your nicotine levels further. Many of us started at a much higher level, with some of us still using 24+mg after many years. The point is that each of us has a different level of need to keep from smoking.
I started at 24mg, low wattage, over nine years ago. After about a year I dropped to 18mg, then 12 and have settled in at about 8-9mg for the last few years. Anything less and the desire to smoke pops back up.
I'd suggest giving yourself at least six months before dropping your nic level. Another way of thinking is to wait until you haven't thought about having a smoke in over a month. You can always drop your nic level with the idea that you can raise it if the cravings start. Good luck!
If 6mg is keeping the cravings away there's no timetable to drop your nicotine levels further. Many of us started at a much higher level, with some of us still using 24+mg after many years. The point is that each of us has a different level of need to keep from smoking.
I started at 24mg, low wattage, over nine years ago. After about a year I dropped to 18mg, then 12 and have settled in at about 8-9mg for the last few years. Anything less and the desire to smoke pops back up.
I'd suggest giving yourself at least six months before dropping your nic level. Another way of thinking is to wait until you haven't thought about having a smoke in over a month. You can always drop your nic level with the idea that you can raise it if the cravings start. Good luck!
Until it feels right; no need to push it.
And when/if you do, you can gradiently combine 3+6 to proportion down to the lower in steps. You've already taken a big jump to get to 6 and that's great. Don't feel that you have to. Pushing hard can leave you wanting. There's a threshold I believe as you drop from 6 or thereabouts where cravings will be gone for good. That can take a while or be an obstacle getting beyond. Using the above method I did.
Congrats and good luck.
Think about dropping it when either:
In case you're wondering, we're not advising caution because we want to keep you vaping; it's just that we've seen a lot of people return to smoking because they decreased their nicotine levels too fast.
Whenever you do start lowering your nic, make sure you keep some of the old, higher nic juice on hand in case you start craving a smoke.
- You don't want to smoke anymore (an occasional feeling that a cigarette would be nice is OK, but don't decrease it until you're definitely free of cravings)
- You're getting dizzy or lightheaded from vaping (an indication you're getting too much nicotine)
In case you're wondering, we're not advising caution because we want to keep you vaping; it's just that we've seen a lot of people return to smoking because they decreased their nicotine levels too fast.
Whenever you do start lowering your nic, make sure you keep some of the old, higher nic juice on hand in case you start craving a smoke.
Yeah a jump to 4.5 might be less jarring. As an experiment I took my very favorite flavors and reduced the nic by a smidge (I am kinda a scardy cat) and, well, it was all fine, I did not find myself AVOIDING my favorite flavors due to them having less nic.
The scattershot approach CAN work if you don't go to fast because you aren't really sure (if you are me) (by the end) which juice is which nic level but I have too many setups.
Good luck. Everyone has their own goals with nic reduction and I hope yours work for you.
Anna
The scattershot approach CAN work if you don't go to fast because you aren't really sure (if you are me) (by the end) which juice is which nic level but I have too many setups.
Good luck. Everyone has their own goals with nic reduction and I hope yours work for you.
Anna
There is no reason to drop nic 3mg at a time. Try just adding a few drops of 3mg to a tank of 6mg. If you start vaping more you probably aren't ready to drop down the mg just yet. If you are tolerating 5mg okay just continue with it for awhile. Nic in and of itself isn't harmful so unless you are looking to quit vaping as well don't worry about the mg this early. Settle in and enjoy your victory over combustible tobacco.
Till you feel comfortable going to 5mg.
I currently want to smoke & my old mod is working less & less. Should I go buy a pack of cigarettes
Does the place you buy juice sell 0mg juice too? You can make 4.5 or 5 mg juice out of 6 mg juice by adding a bit of zero to the 6mg and shaking it up. I always hated that 24,18, 12,6, 3, 0 thing, it’s not linear and it gets sharper as you go down. It’s stupid. It gets harder as one approaches zero not easier. It’s like it’s designed to make it hard to quit vaping or something. As you drop nic level the cuts need to be smaller not bigger.
Thanks everyone for your suggestions! I felt like I had to reduce my nic intake immediately and you helped me realize that I don't need to do that. I think at this point I will stick with the 6mg for awhile and give myself the time I need to adjust. I am a bit concerned as I don't crave cigarettes themselves. I rather enjoy vaping.
My progression over the last 3 yrs went like thi....18mg in a low wattage device, I did this for about a month or so. Then i dropped to 12mg with the same low wattage device for a couple more month. When i started trying to enlarge the airflow ports in my evod top tank, I decided that I needed to go with something a little bigger. That's the day I got a subohm setup designed for direct lung hits. And 12mg was too strong for that so I switched down to 6mg. Now, like you, I thought that I was supposed to do, gradually step down my mg to the lowest point I could get and still not crave cigs. And partly, that is the ideal for most people. But in the end, it's really what your body is telling you you need to do. I've been vaping 6mg ever since and I do DL subohm still, though I've been known to vape 50mg stuff in pods on occasion. That may sound counterproductive but really a small tiny MTL hit from a pod, even with 50mg strength, gives me roughly the same nicotine as a big ol honking DL hit off my subohm high wattage at 6mg strength. So really, there are no hard, fast rules on stepping your nicotine levels down. You're just getting started with vaping and there's lots of other issues you'll eventually experience and learn to deal with later on. Like vaping an ant, maybe. Yeah I did that. And survived. The ant probably wasn't too thrilled with going out like that though. The main thing here is vape when you feel like smoking and use whatever nicotine level keeps you from craving a cig. You got this and we got you, dont worry about it.
Thanks!! I didn't realize there was so much to vaping! I'm gonna stick with my little Smok Pen 22 and my 6mg flavors and just enjoy it for now. One day at a time. Maybe I'll eventually figure all the other stuff out. As for the ant...thanks for the laugh! It might not have been so bad if it had been chocolate covered.
Just do what works best for you. There are no set rules on how to progress your vaping, the goal is to get away from cigs. I was a 2 pack per day smoker for 42 yrs, I needed at least 18mg juice to keep the cravings at bay. And I was able to go from 18 to 6mg over about 5 months. But everybody is different. I'm happy at 6mg and dont see myself going any lower. Stick with it and you'll be an ex smoker before you know it.Thanks!! I didn't realize there was so much to vaping! I'm gonna stick with my little Smok Pen 22 and my 6mg flavors and just enjoy it for now. One day at a time. Maybe I'll eventually figure all the other stuff out. As for the ant...thanks for the laugh! It might not have been so bad if it had been chocolate covered.
Just go with the flow, I was 30 cigs a day 6 years ago stated on 18%, Went down as I felt comfortable.
Don't rush it and end up back on the cigs use whatever feels good to you.
If you buy ready made juice get an other bottle at a lower nicotine content, Try it if it doesn't work get a bottle of nicotine shot and just add a few drops till it tells like the right hit.
Good luck mate stick with the vape better than the cigs.
Don't rush it and end up back on the cigs use whatever feels good to you.
If you buy ready made juice get an other bottle at a lower nicotine content, Try it if it doesn't work get a bottle of nicotine shot and just add a few drops till it tells like the right hit.
Good luck mate stick with the vape better than the cigs.
I'm glad you asked. I tried to start a conversation in this forum the other day, about dropping your nic level, but I couldn't figure out how to do it.
My advice is not to experiment with dropping your nic level for at least quite a while, unless your current level is making you feel jumpy. I stopped smoking by vaping in 2012, and I have never looked back. I started at 18 mg. nic because it was recommended by my friends who put me onto vaping. They said it was similar in strength to the Marlboro lights that were my poison of choice. After the first six weeks I felt wired all the time, and couldn't sleep, so I dropped my nic from 18 to 12 mg. There I've stayed until now, nearly eight years later.
I recently met up with a friend I'd not seen in a while. She also quit smoking with 18 mg. vaping, then dropped to 12 mg., where she stayed for years. I was sad to discover that she later dropped from there to 6 mg, and then quit vaping. Then started smoking again one day.
Another friend quit smoking by vaping, for only two years, before being heroic, dropping her nic from 18 to 12 to 6, then quitting altogether. She bought a pack of cigarettes a few months after that. She said it was if she was possessed, and she is once again a smoker.
My point is that quitting cigarettes is the greatest thing that vaping does for us. Then many of us start to feel heroic. We eat better, drink more water, exercise more. Then we look for more improvements to make, including dropping our nic level, including quitting vaping and being totally free of addiction. When I speak to fellow vapers I make it a point to bring it up, that vaping helps me stay off cigarettes, not become a hero, not become a better person, not become more fit or more attractive. Vaping simply continues to save my life by keeping me off cigarettes. It's wonderful to get through every holiday season without raging bronchitis. It's wonderful not to have a chronic cough. I love living in a place that doesn't smell like an ashtray. I want to win prizes and achieve great things and make the world a better place, but dropping my nic level isn't likely to help me achieve any of those things. Staying off cigarettes has to be enough.
Omygosh, are you seriously asking if you should get a pack of cigarettes? First try a small bottle of the next higher nic level than you're currently vaping.
How long has it been since you last smoked?
If you only recently quit cigarettes altogether, then you're the boss. Dual use is sometimes the thing, but don't give up.
Absolutely! I wish I had never loan out my original e-Cig. I stopped smoking after 45yrs. For 4Years. Started smoking again for 2 yrs. Now here I am again 24days with a broken mod without a cigarette, without a drink, without happy pills, complaining, ...National Death Toll Rises at a Malfeasance Alter of Greed & Incompetence. Am I an idiot or whatThanks!! I didn't realize there was so much to vaping! I'm gonna stick with my little Smok Pen 22 and my 6mg flavors and just enjoy it for now. One day at a time. Maybe I'll eventually figure all the other stuff out. As for the ant...thanks for the laugh! It might not have been so bad if it had been chocolate covered.
@Fstop do you need immediate assistance? I can't promise IMMEDIATE assistance as we just moved but honestly (especially if you like DL vapes) PM me I can probably put something together for you. In fact, I WON something that is super direct lung that I will NEVER use. I'd be happy to send it I am just like.... Insanely busy but I think I can figure it out in a week and get it to you ? Focus on the nic. Use unflavored if you have to. Your coils will last forever.
I do mean it been saving that setup for something like this. Just gotta find it;.
You aren't an idiot stuff happens. IT does.
Anna
I do mean it been saving that setup for something like this. Just gotta find it;.
You aren't an idiot stuff happens. IT does.
Anna
@ST Anna @markfm Thank you, you guys are great supportive, community members. Your support is just what I needed, to get me through my habitual unease with non smoking, it passes, I'd be outside working if it weren't so hot. Or rebuilding by bathroom, just too hot, even to eat. I'm just complaining rather than acting out! My Buddies wants to put me up for adoption. Wish we were neighbors Then there would be a prob. I could borrow a battery Namaste
I believe buying a Juul was mentioned on another thread. Please let us know how you are doing and know that we support you.
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