My introduction to vaping

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Riggs

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Hello folks. I recently moved to a new state and was fortunate enough to have a former co-worker and friend help me out as I'm not really supposed to be driving due to a medical issue. During the 14 hour trip up here I was smoking, just as I'd done for the last 18 years, and my friend was vaping on his SMY. We spent a lot of time talking about vaping and he ended up giving me a crash-course in vaping over 10 hours or so and by the time we arrived I was pretty determined to finally quit smoking.
Once we got the truck unloaded we went straight to the local B&M for him to get a quick coil rebuild and for me to get started. I ended up getting a simple EMOW starter kit and some Cuttwood and unlike my previous attempts to quit I found I wasn't even craving a cigarette.
My wife sure appreciated the change but after a week and a half I was finding that I was having issues with cravings while my single battery was charging so I went and bought a second one. That has worked well and I'm currently about a month out from my last cigarette. Since I bought my first kit I've been doing research in these forums and elsewhere for any and all information I could find about my new hobby and to be honest was completely overwhelmed for some time.
After 2 months of research I finally decided on a set up and placed my order yesterday. After all the time I have spent reading these forums I felt I should sign up and introduce myself in the hopes of continuing to learn and hopefully to give back to the community that has helped this smoker become an ex-smoker. I realize this post is long and I apologize it is the writer in me but as a way of saying thank you I wanted to explain where I'm coming from.
 

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Hello and welcome to the forum @Riggs. Glad to have you here!:)

If you are interested in learning more about e-cigarettes (and all the parts and pieces) below is a blog post by ECF member @Baditude that I highly recommend for someone new to vaping.
Here are a few more links from New Members Information <= Link covers many topics. Here are two of them:
Nicotine

A "general guideline" for nicotine concentration in e-liquid to the number of cigarettes smoked per day. If you are subohming (resistance under 1.0Ω) cut these nicotine levels by at least 50%.

06 mg = 10 cigarettes or less
12 mg = 20 cigarettes
18 mg = 30 cigarettes
24 mg = 40 cigarettes

eLiquid/Juice

PG = Propylene Glycol - the "flavor carrier" of e-liquid. A secondary source of "throat hit", but not as strong as the nicotine concentration. Some people have a sensitivity or even an allergy to PG. It's very thin.

VG = Vegetable Glycerin - the "vapor maker" of e-liquid. Used as a sweeter in many food sources, and also as a skin emollient. It's very thick. Often labeled just "Glycerine"

PG and VG are often used together in different ratios in e-liquid. For example, a 50/50 PG/VG ratio. Some juice vendors offer a range of different ratios as far as PG/VG.
 

Riggs

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Finally.
 
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