How much do you vape daily -vs- how many manuals you used to smoke?

[lefthooked]

I used to smoke 1.5packs of "Reds" daily. Just got the GotVapes Ultimo which has a daily running total. I've noticed my total vapes at nights-end has been around 280-290 since having the devices with 24mg e-juice.

1) Is there any equation to see if I am getting more/less nicotine now than before?
2) How many vapes do you take daily?

 

[Glam]

280-290? Packs, cigarettes, what is it counting? I used to smoke less than a half a pack a day....but vaping tastes so much better. So I went from being a fairly light smoker to a mega, heavy duty, cannot get enough, never put it down, this tastes so great, loving this vape, kind of vaper.

 

[leftfeild]

Well, it's a tough question to answer because of the absorption rate of nicotine from vaping. So far there is no set percentage for that.

So, what I'll say is in theory based on what research I've read so far and the status quo.

Here is how much liquid people vape in a day:

We measure intake by ml rather than by per inhale.

It's easier to do this because the nicotine we're taking in is also measured by ml. If you look at a bottle of liquid it will be in a mg per ml rating, something like 24mg or 12mg. That is per ml. So if you vape 1ml of 24mg in one day you will absorb at most 24mg.

Ok, so that's not so tough but now we have absorption rate to consider:

One cigarette has around 10mg of nicotine in it to start with but you actually absorb around 1mg of that which is where the nicotine content rating comes from on the cigarette packaging. So there's your first guidestone: one cigatte = 1mg absorbed.

As I said before we can tell how much nicotine we get by how many ml of liquid we vape but that does not take into account absorption rate. If we assume that the absorption rate is the same as a real cigarette then that is 10%. Therefore, your 24mg would be 2.4mg per ml actually absorbed which would be roughly equal to two and a half cigarettes.

You can scale that for any liquid, 12mg would be around one cigarette per 1ml etc etc

I don't find it works that way. I use around 8mg and vape around 2ml a day. That means I should be getting about 1.6mg of nicotine a day which isn't even two cigarettes. I used to smoke 20+ rollies a day. That's a dramatic step down, but I can't vape any higher without getting symptoms of nicotine overdose, which to me is like having way too much caffeine in one day.

So it varies depending on you and how much you asorb beause I see some people use 52mg (I do not reccommend anyone vapes that much nicotine, ever) and some like me using barely anything and it's ok for them. You can base it off the mg per ml rating then apply a 10% absorption rate but it might not be that way for you. Best way to know if you're getting enough nicotine is to listen to your body that's all there really is for solid evidence by the looks of things at this time.

Edit: long post is long TL;DR vape enough until you feel you don't need to get more nicotine but don't vape so much that you get overdose symptoms and you'll be alright. Just listen to your body as there is no set in stone amount of nicotine you will need.

 

[Nomoreash]

I did a little test on my last few cigarettes, I averaged 10ish draws per cig and I smoked them right down to the filter. So if you draw the same as me your 280-290 puffs a day would = 28 to 29 cigs per day which is right at your pack and a half quote.

Nicotine intake gets a little more complicated because the body doesn't absorb as much nic when vaping and voltage, ohm, nic level of the juice, etc is going to change factors.

I average between 2 - 3ml per day of 24 mg, usualy between 4-5 volts with a 3.0ohm carto. I've never counted the puffs per day nor intend to.

 

[EJH]

According to this Harvard study from around 2005, http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nicotine/trends.pdf, on average one cigarette yields almost 2mg each (say 2 mg, which is within standard deviation) in 2005. The average amount fluctuated during the time of the study (1997-2005), climbing from 1.64 +/- .37 mg/cig absorbed to a high of 1.91 +/- .62 mg/cig.

My 2 cents.

 

[chrispete]

I smoked 1 PAD of light cigs when I quit. I started out at 18mg and was going through 3-4mL/day. I recently stepped up to 24mg and am down to about 2.5mL/day. At 18mg I was constantly vaping. At 24mg I can vape for a few minutes, set my PV down and not pick it up for 15-20 mins (much like when I was smoking analogs.)

 

[Shead]

Since I started vaping over smoking (pack and 1/2 daily) I still vape ruffly the same amount of time wise daily with varying nic strenghts 12mg-24mg depending on mood around 4-5mil a day

 

[DC2]

I smoked about 5 cigarettes per day on average.
It really ranged anywhere from 3 to 10 cigarettes per day though.

I've been using 12mg juice since I started, and that is where I am still at.
And that is where I intend to stay.

Nicotine is something I find to be helpful to the human condition.
Much like caffeine, but I am not a coffee drinker so...

 

[Keeno]

On average I vape roughly 1.5-2.0ml per day 24mg juices. I use to be a packaday Marlboro Light smoker.

 

[Griff]

Was at 1.5 PAD Marlboro Lights when I started vaping. Currently averaging 3-4ml of 6mg juice.

 

[lefthooked]

Thanks all for the replies.

 

[madjack]

I smoked 3ppd worth of "light" funkarettes...I now vape around 5ml/day of 16mg juice...have absolutely no idea how that relates.............
madjack

 

[Ratchet]

I used to smoke about 1.5 packs a day, light menthols, now i'm vaping about 3-4 ml of 18 mg juice a day. Am I vaping too much in comparison to my smoking, but I love it. Can't seem to put the darn thing down for more than a few minutes. I'm playing with juice flavors, on a LavaTube at about 4.5 v with 7 ml Tank set-up. Don't have the patience to drip so a tank works much better for me.

 

[Keita]

I was a 2 pack a day smoker for Marlboro Smooths 100's (like reds but menthol) so that is maybe closer to 3 packs a day.

When I first started vaping i was at 24mg at about 1.5-2 ml and no cigs at all.

A year or two later I vape 2mg of nicotine and about 5ml of juice with maybe a an analog or 3 on the weekend that I bum from friends but never bought my own pack. I do however smoke when I go on vacation but I also vape at night (when to lazy to go downstairs in the morning or at night. However I don't go back to smoking analogs once I get back home.

 

[1stGenRex]

1 PAD smoker, I now vape about 5-8 ML a day, with a nic concentration of anywhere between 18-6mg.

 

[Sissylala]

About 30 cigs a day vs. 5 mils or so a day now.

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[Andy Thatcher]

25 a day Ultra Lights 100's to between 3 - 4ml of 18mg at day.

Still settling down into vaping so no idea how this will change. Last month I was up at 6 - 8ml a day and even higher before that but slowly I have noticed it decreasing.

 

[erictho]

i used to smoke about 20 hand rolled cigarettes a day. but keep in mind i would roll them according to the "portion" i felt i needed, and any smoke i rolled didn't really compare to the size of a tailor made.
if i'm able to, i'm a chain vaper. i would have been a chain smoker had i not exercised control (and some days i didn't), but i couldn't afford to buy tobacco that often. i can now vape where i would usually think of smoking, but couldn't. for example: walking from the bus stop into my place of work. say only a block and a half, but i wouldn't have time for a smoke. that's one of the beauties of a pv, you can pick it up and put it away as needed without committing to burning something.

 

[Quasimojo]

I was about a 1 PAD smoker. I now vape almost constantly (usually not more than four or five minutes between vapes) of 24mg juice. Like others have said, I don't know how that translates, but I've not wandered into the nicotine overdose symptom territory at any point.

 

[ChinMullet]

I smoked 1.5 PAD of ultralights. I vape about 3-4ml per day. Started on 12mg, bumped it to 18mg because I couldn't feel the nic kick, now back down to 12mg and doing ok. Not feeling the nic kick again, but am not suffering from lack of it.

I am going to try easing into 6mg in a couple of months. Ultimately, I would like to throw away my PVs, same as I did with my cigs. I don't want to be addicted to this for the rest of my life any more than I wanted to be addicted to cigs. However, I am ok with the PV forever, as a compromise to cigs. I'd prefer neither, but I have an addictive personality and am generally weak willed.