My girlfriend tried my ego...

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FleetFoxes

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..and she was disgusted): She said it burned her throat and lungs and that her lungs felt heavy. I'm smoking 24mg juice and she doesn't smoke as much as I used to smoke. Since I quit analogs she only smokes about 7 cigs a day now. Could it be that the nicotine was too strong? I know it wasn't the cart cause I took a drag after she did and it was fine and didn't burn. Please help I don't want BT and BP to win over her. I want her to feel like I now do and want for her to open her mind to this great alternative!
 

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I started out at 24mg, and I didn't get the throat burning or lungs feeling heavy thing from it at all. Maybe try a nice, cool minty juice? But yeah, 24mg is a good level to start at for moderate to heavy smokers. I'm down to 6mg now and I don't notice any difference. Good luck and don't give up on her.
 

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May be the flavor too. My husband hates my juices and vice versa. Get a nice 6mg fruity or dessert flavor for her to try.

Thanks! I ordered a Rasberry flavor today so I'm hoping she will like that! Nice to hear that from a lady like yourself. Its good to be reasured ( I dont think I spelt that right ) as it is a suprise. I don't want her to have too much time to think about it. lol
 

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I started out at 24mg, and I didn't get the throat burning or lungs feeling heavy thing from it at all. Maybe try a nice, cool minty juice? But yeah, 24mg is a good level to start at for moderate to heavy smokers. I'm down to 6mg now and I don't notice any difference. Good luck and don't give up on her.

I definetly wont give up on her. I just hope she still has an open mind about it. But ill keep trying until I get it right.
 

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I would agree with the others. 24mg is pretty harsh for a light smoker. I know I am at 12mg and I used to smoke a pack of cigars from Capitan Black a day. Some people are just looking for the enjoyment of the act of smoking. I hope the lighter strength juice does the job. You could also try a sweeter tobacco flavor if the fruit or sweets do not appeal to her. Something like honey or flue cured tobacco which should be sweeter instead of dry.
 

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definitely the nicotine, possibly the voltage, maybe even both. everyone smokes cigarettes differently. i don think it matters which brand, how often, or how many cigarettes you smoked. i think the bigger deciding factor on determining appropriate vapor setup is HOW you smoked. i for one took deep drags. i constantly craved the th )although i had no idea it even had a name when i smoked). i got to a point where i would steep my cigs! at the time i jokingly called it aging. but what the end result was, was a harsher draw. once the freshness of the cig evaporated, they would become much better to me. i never packed them, in fact i often loosened them up (especially once the "fire safe" cigarretes replaced the "normal" ones). however, i only smoked about 5-8 cigs a day.

so, all in all, its all about how you smoked. if you puffed lightly and daintily, your gonna want like 3.7v and lower. if you took decent sized drags, maybe more voltage and more than low nicotine. deep drags, and th fanatics high mg, higher than normal voltage. but as always, YMMV.

..and she was disgusted): She said it burned her throat and lungs and that her lungs felt heavy. I'm smoking 24mg juice and she doesn't smoke as much as I used to smoke. Since I quit analogs she only smokes about 7 cigs a day now. Could it be that the nicotine was too strong? I know it wasn't the cart cause I took a drag after she did and it was fine and didn't burn. Please help I don't want BT and BP to win over her. I want her to feel like I now do and want for her to open her mind to this great alternative!
 
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I definetly wont give up on her. I just hope she still has an open mind about it. But ill keep trying until I get it right.

my buddy who smokes and has little interest in vaping, has always taken random puffs of my ecigs. some flavors he thinks are okay, some he hates. it wasnt until he tried ectgo plasma that he said out loud, wow this is a flavor that could get me to quit cigarettes.
so keep trying man! get your girlie somehitng she digs, as hard as that may be.

my gf and i got lucky for her juice. she loves menthol, but nothing else. i think its boring but she loves it.
 

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While nicotine level can hit the throat pretty hard, it may also be sensitivity to PG. What level are you using? I found with my first juice orders that the PG would may me dry cough really badly. Upping to 100% VG and as much as VG as possible with other juices that don't do 100% VG helped erormously. Gandalf from Heathers Heavenly Vapes may be something she'll enjoy, otherwise ALice in Vapeland and Ahlusion do great fruits and teas. Pchelas Poison form Mom N Pops is a wonderful concoction too with a coffee flavor among many others. If she's only smoking 7 cigs a day, I'd suggest a 12 mg. Good luck!
 

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I hope it's not the case, but she may not be ready to quit yet. Sometimes people make excuses. My SIL says she gets dizzy from one drag of my 12 mg juice. Obviously she is either doing something very wrong, or she just doesn't want to try it. (She also says she doesn't smoke enough to need to quit... cause you know, there is a safe # of cigs you can smoke every day. :lol: )

You know her better than we do, and there is really not enough info to make that call, but you know as well as we all do that if you are not ready to quit smoking no one can change your mind but you. Keep trying, but if she is not ready give her some room to make the decision herself. We all get very excited with our life saving hobby, but everyone is not ready to make the switch. <3
 

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my buddy who smokes and has little interest in vaping, has always taken random puffs of my ecigs. some flavors he thinks are okay, some he hates. it wasnt until he tried ectgo plasma that he said out loud, wow this is a flavor that could get me to quit cigarettes.
so keep trying man! get your girlie somehitng she digs, as hard as that may be.

my gf and i got lucky for her juice. she loves menthol, but nothing else. i think its boring but she loves it.

That's kind of funny actually, I like different flavors too, but it seems like I always end up dripping a couple drops of Ice Ice
in them to "mentholize" them, and then I love them. All except my hazelnut coffee, that needs nothing. :laugh:
 
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