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He said that he has been smoking just 4 cigarettes a day. That's hardly any nic consumption from smoking at all unless he has been smoking unfiltered full flavor Camels.
However, I said previously that he might need to start out with 6 mg nic in his e-liquid in the beginning. Most all new vapors vape more frequently than they smoked after making the transition from smoking to vaping.
When I worked at the vape shop, we all used this chart on how much nic to start new vapers on:
1/2 pack per day or less = 6 mg nicotine
1 ppd = 12 mg
1 1/2 ppd = 18 mg
2 ppd = 24 mg
Should you choose to use a sub-ohm juice attachment (coil less than 1.0 ohm); drop the above recommendations by half.
1 ppd = 12 mg
1 1/2 ppd = 18 mg
2 ppd = 24 mg
Should you choose to use a sub-ohm juice attachment (coil less than 1.0 ohm); drop the above recommendations by half.
One thing to know about mouth to lung is that doing that same as a drag from a cigarette can lead to unspent juice in the airflow chamber. It's yummy at best, annoying at worst. I call it the slurpees.
Anyway, if you end up plagued by slurpees you can help relieve it by taking a slower drag, letting off the power button before your finished with the drag to ensure all the steam is gone from the chimney.
If you take a drag and see a wisp of steam left in the tip, that leads to slurpees from condensation as well. It takes a little practice but soon becomes a habit.
I have found the slow, methodical style also gives a more satisfying experience when using low amounts of nicotine.
Anyway, if you end up plagued by slurpees you can help relieve it by taking a slower drag, letting off the power button before your finished with the drag to ensure all the steam is gone from the chimney.
If you take a drag and see a wisp of steam left in the tip, that leads to slurpees from condensation as well. It takes a little practice but soon becomes a habit.
I have found the slow, methodical style also gives a more satisfying experience when using low amounts of nicotine.
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Welcome Vape Tintin. As the ubiquitous and prescient Baditude has ably explained, your present setup may not be right for you. DTL tanks are not for everyone. For me DTL feels like sucking on nothing and I just couldn't get used to it, so nowadays I use only MTL tanks, and at power levels below 20W.
Seriously... 4 low-nicotine cigarettes? and you are taking up Vaping at 50w.
Now, I try not to judge, but you could *consider if you could quit* cold turkey in a few days.
Vaping is expensive at the power unless you DIY your e-liquid and build you own coils (or find a coil with at least 5-7 days life).
Again, it's not my normal style to tell people what to do (although I tell them what NOT to buy)... but you are opening a can of worms man. A big one.
You'll be crashing through coils and juice like a fiend vaping like that.
In reality, a $15 pod system (refillable, so not Juul or Blu) with 6mg liquid would have sorted you. But... do you want to vape forever? because IF you carry on with this madness you might be addicted to vaping forever.
10 years of a few cigarettes a day is not very addicted, unless you were waking up and smoking in the first 5 minutes then denying yourself with willpower... in which case, you have the willpower to neither smoke or vape.
You could even sell your Smok and avoid running the gauntlet of their questionable reliability.
Be happy man. Do what you want... but give it some thought. Some of us have been around long enough to see every type of vaper from A-Z.
Dave
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Seriously... 4 low-nicotine cigarettes? and you are taking up Vaping at 50w.
Now, I try not to judge, but you could have quit cold turkey in 2 days.
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Everyone is Different. And I'm not going to try to speak For the OP.
But for Me, I got down to 4 Cigarettes per day Many Times. And if Cold Turkey had worked any of the 4 or 5 Times I had tried it, I wouldn't have become a Member of the ECF.
I don't disagree with your comment generally, of course not.
25 years of 15-20 a day (me) vs. 10 years of (recently?) 4 per day. Not quite the same I would hope.
For some people, those last four cigarettes are the hardest ones to give up. I'm kinda surprised by your comments, Dave. I think that you may indeed be judging him unfairly.Seriously... 4 low-nicotine cigarettes? and you are taking up Vaping at 50w.
Now, I try not to judge, but you could have quit cold turkey in 2 days.
Speaking for myself, I could never have quit smoking cold turkey. I had no luck with nic patches, nic gum, prescription drugs, or hypnosis. The only success I had was when I took up vaping.
Remember, its not always just the nicotine and byproducts of smoke that we are addicted to. The psychological behaviors of hand-to-mouth and inhaling-exhaling are just as much a part of the addiction as the physical nicotine part.
I already explained to him that he probably picked the wrong setup. All he needs to do is get a good MTL tank and shelve his sub-ohm tank. I'm very optimistic that he is well on his way to get off of the cigarettes for good.
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I thought I was presenting another possible side of a multi-dimensional problem.
We've got the nicotine and the act of puffing or ritual etc.
At this time, we don't know enough... 10 years of 4 cig's a day has got to be worth giving a go cold turkey. IF we are talking 10 years of a packet-a-day, reduced to 4 with medium/low nicotine in recent times, then clearly, my idea is not so likely to be successful.
4 'lites' in the UK is usually 2.0 to 3.6mg of nicotine. That's not a lot. Then again, we also need to know when the devil raises it's head... in the morning, after food etc.
I can honestly say I do not know a single smoker of such low numbers who didn't quit quite easily. Were we asking friends and colleagues about how they quit smoking for years before vaping became a 'thing' - I was anyway.
Going via vaping seems to carry a risk that the total nicotine yield will go up, the costs could mount and the ritual grow stronger. Either I was dreaming or in the US some lawyers are seriously considering seeing Juul in court for increasing the addiction to nicotine (whether you agree with that either way) of young people who weren't fully fledged smokers. Juul might do it with 1ml x 50mg liquid. Sub-ohming 3mg might do the same. Obviously 5ml of 3mg isn't quite the same yield.
Let's see. If the OP is young, started young and never smoked more than 4-8 a day, I think he's in with a chance.
If he took up smoking at 50, was smoking like a crazy man and is now scared of the known risks to smokers, especially of increasing years, then I'll stand down.
Let's ask @VapeTintin - what do you feel? Worth a try?
Dave
For Me, this was Oh So Tragically True.
I cannot disagree with you.. It is a can of worms and I can feel so. I want to completely get rid of 4 cigs a day and the urge to smoke whenever I can like running errands ... Or after having a drink .. I think I want to try MTL if it works ..Seriously... 4 low-nicotine cigarettes? and you are taking up Vaping at 50w.
Now, I try not to judge, but you could *consider if you could quit* cold turkey in a few days.
Vaping is expensive at the power unless you DIY your e-liquid and build you own coils (or find a coil with at least 5-7 days life).
Again, it's not my normal style to tell people what to do (although I tell them what NOT to buy)... but you are opening a can of worms man. A big one.
You'll be crashing through coils and juice like a fiend vaping like that.
In reality, a $15 pod system (refillable, so not Juul or Blu) with 6mg liquid would have sorted you. But... do you want to vape forever? because IF you carry on with this madness you might be addicted to vaping forever.
10 years of a few cigarettes a day is not very addicted, unless you were waking up and smoking in the first 5 minutes then denying yourself with willpower... in which case, you have the willpower to neither smoke or vape.
You could even sell your Smok and avoid running the gauntlet of their questionable reliability.
Be happy man. Do what you want... but give it some thought. Some of us have been around long enough to see every type of vaper from A-Z.
Dave
Yup. I needed 24mg Hangsen nasty-TH-juice to kill the last 3 or 4 even after vaping for about a month.
Yeah... I had to use 36mg/ml to Squash those last couple of Cancer Sticks.
NOTE: For anyone reading this that thinks We are Crazy. Notice the Start Dates of both Myself and djsvapour. And Trust me when I say this... The Hardware we used in 2010/2012 was Much Different than what is Mainstream Today.
Kinda like Rubbing Sticks Together verses Flamethrower Different.
Hi @VapeTintin welcome to ECF I showed up here with a sub0hm setup and not much success, it's not completely unusual. I wasn't doing well with that setuop and quickly switched to MTL (and remained there) and did well. So, don't worry about switching up, it may help you a great deal I know it did me. I still had to work at those last few cigarettes but the important thing is I got there, and well I got to MTL and it worked a great deal better for me. It wasn't an immediate cure, but it made vaping a lot easier, Good luck and Welcome I wish you well in your quest.
Anna
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I was at 14-18 cigs a day before I made the transition. I started with 24mg on pen style ecigs. Coz really 12mg didn't work for me. Although I was doing both for a long period of time. If I had bought a proper mod, I would have ditched ciggs much sooner. The pen kits are poor at nic delivery in my opinion.
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