How much is too much?

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Hi and welcome..! CONGRATS to you too! what a great place..just hang in there..there will be lots of people who will come and help you trust me...just the greatest place....good luck to you ...I am new too...I can tell you I used even more than that! I think we vape a bit more than we think in the beginning....but wait and you'll hear from more ...take good care..!
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Congrats on kickin' the stinkies to the curb. New Vapers usually vape lots for the first 2 weeks and it seems the amount you're Vaping is on the low side. As long as you're not getting headaches it's all good. Remember to drink lottsa of water A's Vaping dehydrates.
Happy Vaping.

Does coffee count for hydration? ;)
 

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Personally, I think that's not very much at all!

I smoked about 1 pack per day for ~15yrs and usually vape 3-5ml per day of 18mg-24mg.
I started at 36mg for about a week, realized it was too strong (headache and palpitations), decreased to 24mg and now am on to 18mg.
I'm planning to continue to decrease over the next months - goal is 0mg.

Still will likely continue to vape at 0mg - I just like to vape!

Keep on doing what works for you!
Just so long as you stop the cancer sticks!
 

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You are fine. We all vape more than we smoked, especially in the beginning. If you are only going through 2 ml of 6-12 mg nicotine, you are only vaping the nicotine equivalent of about 6-10 full strength analogs and thats not even what you are absorbing. The average analog has about 2mg of absorbed nicotine per cig.
 

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Since I dropped down to 6mg I seem to be going through more, upping the nicotine level will be more satisfying and I do use that when I'm not able to vape alot. I seem to go thru at least-10 mls a day...:shock:

Does coffee count for hydration? ;)

Sorry :blink: actually no.....wish it was I'd be all set! Caffeine is very dehydrating, so get lot's of water!
 

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Average cig is 0.8 - 1 mg of absorbed nicotine. The numbers posted for cigs are average absorbed, based on testing. A pack saying 20 mg is for the entire pack.

Eliquid nicotine is base value, not absorbed. From the limited test info available, work by people like Etter measuring cotinine levels, it looks like we absorb around 1/5 - 1/6 of the nicotine in eliquid. That means we absorb about 1 mg per ml of 6 mg/ml eliquid, about one full strength cigarette's worth. Absorption varies depending on experience and equipment, but it appears to be consistently a small fraction.

(The same is true for cigarettes - an unburned cig has a lot more than 1 mg of nicotine in it.)
 
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