For a noob like me, 1 PAD smoker, how much mg and ml should I get if I'd want to totally stop analog?
I was on ~1 pack of lights a day. I went straight for the 6mg as I felt it would be better to start off low and increase strength if I have to. As I said I vape 4-5ml a day, find I have to vape for at least 10+ mins in the morning, after a meal, those times I really crave the nicotine and it's a very gradual dose of nicotine rather than the straight hit within seconds you get with an analog.
After trawling the forums I found lots of different threads with info saying nicotine uptake could be anywhere from 10% to 50% from vaping.
So if I just take the max % for calculations, say 3mg per ml is being absorbed, times 4 is 12mg, times 5 is 15mg.
A pack of lights is 0.8mg absorbed by your body per stick (best guess, I'm sure the side of the box isn't 100% accurate), times 20 is 16mg.
I found this is to reasonably accurate as far as satisfying my nicotine craving goes. Note I do still have an occasional analog, 1 or 2 per day, but it's still just my first week vaping and those times I have analogs are always in public places. I will try a bottle of 12mg to compare as soon as I can. Your mileage may vary!