Is vaping nicotine juice addictive? I tried a little experiment

[McG]

Just one persons experience, but I definitely WAS addicted to nic. Last year I started decreasing the nic level in my juices. I reduced 6mg each month. At each step I experienced nic cravings and vaped more often. When I made the final leap from 6mg to 0 nic I had unmistakable physical cravings for a couple of weeks.

 

[wdave]

Since I was an ex smoker for over 4 years before vaping I was worried about becoming addicted to vaping. I have been vaping 12mg nicotine juice for the most part since May, vaping all together since March. I thought getting a little nicotine might help me keep my weight down (I know- my bad) so most of my juices are about 12mg nic.

Well I went 48 hours without vaping. I didn't suffer any withdrawl that I noticed. I missed vaping at night which is when I usually am tempted to snack and overeat. But missing it is not the same as addicted to the nicotine it provides.

I am not saying that vaping nic juices doesn't mean I am not absorbing nicotine. I am saying that the horrible withdrawl that I went through when I quit smoking just wasn't there. Probally all the horrible chemicals in the cigarettes that I was mostly addicted to then. Another thing I have noticed is that my resting heart rate has not increased since vaping. When I smoked I had a very fast heart rate.

All in all I am very happy about this.

Your expectations may be leading you to become disappointed. Keep vaping no matter what.

 

[Anima]

I'm addicted to nicotine, but it is much like my addiction to caffeine. Abstaining causes mild discomfort, not sickness.

 

[DC2]

Then again, this also doesn't really fully answer the question of 'how' addictive nicotine is while vaping. In order to properly gauge these types of results (and I could be wrong), but I imagine it would have to be studied on someone who has never been subjected to the increased, altered version of nicotine (in a cigarette).

Here is the experience of one such never-smoker turned vaper...
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...considering-starting-ecigs-3.html#post3507354

 

[DC2]

If there is one thing we learn here, it is that everyone is different.
I don't see any reason why that couldn't be true for this subject as well.


I believe I am someone who was never addicted to nicotine in the first place.

I smked on average about 5 cigarettes per day for 27 years, and never felt a physical craving for a cigarette...
And this was true no matter how long I went without one.

But I had VERY strong psychological cravings.

I could go all day without even thinking about a cigarette until I saw someone having one.
That usually triggered me to want one, and once I wanted one I pretty much had to have one no matter what.

 

[Ralikar]

This really depends on what "vaping 12mg means"? Like a few puffs/hour? Or 24/7?

 

[subversive]

If there is one thing we learn here, it is that everyone is different.
I don't see any reason why that couldn't be true for this subject as well.


I believe I am someone who was never addicted to nicotine in the first place.

I smked on average about 5 cigarettes per day for 27 years, and never felt a physical craving for a cigarette...
And this was true no matter how long I went without one.

But I had VERY strong psychological cravings.

I could go all day without even thinking about a cigarette until I saw someone having one.
That usually triggered me to want one, and once I wanted one I pretty much had to have one no matter what.

I smoked 2+ packs a day. A psychological craving is easy to identify..it happens when I see someone smoking or I'm in a situation that is triggering...conversation with a bunch of smokers, driving in the car, after meals, etc.

Physical craving ( for me) is more like a burning feeling in my chest and body, feeling uncomfortable, jumpy, and unable to focus, and extreme irritability. With cigarettes, I would say I could go at most an hour without feeling that way.

I know for sure I am having physical cravings for nic from vaping, it just takes a little longer to appear. After grocery shopping for 2 hours the other day, I felt all the physical symptoms. I also carry nicotine lozenges for when I am unable to vape. I treat my PV like a cigarette as far as where I use it, and I definitely need to have the lozenges to keep me comfortable if the time is going to be 2 hours or more without a vape. I use 36mg liquid. I've used as low as 18mg, and I had cigarette cravings then. It's possible that TH was more of a contributing factor in my lack of satisfaction, but now I always use 36mg.

 

[Incognito™]

Yep I believe that you really get severe withdrawal from all of the other addictive chemicals in cigarettes. I think nicotine is easier to kick.

However, I seriously enjoy vaping. I would "miss" it too if I couldn't do it. Its whats called a "mental addiction". With analog cigs, its "physical addiction" as well.

Just my 2¢.

 

[Pipeous]

I am trying to give up vaping myself right now. There is some withdrawal, no doubt. I stopped and felt discomfort day 1 that was actually pretty intense by the end of day 2. I did have a few pulls off the pv last night. The withdrawal was nowhere near as intense as quitting analogs by any means, but still there. I have no doubt I will beat this too as I am not vaping often now, and I don't want to replace vaping with food stuffing (which had become the case)... when you can't see to pee you need to slow the food intake down haha