My take on Nic levels

[AmandaD]

I'm still working on adjusting my nic levels. Even with a slow draw into my mouth, at least 50% of the time I still can't pull the vapor into my lungs without having a coughing fit. But I haven't had a nic fit once, so - yeah - it's getting absorbed in any event

 

[sawlight]

In my time here I've seen 1/2 PAD smokers need 24mg and 2 PAD smokers say that 12mg was too strong for them! There really is no rhyme or reason to it at all! Depending, I normally suggest 12-24mg for new members, then see how that works for them.

 

[sdandert10]

Well for me I smoked lucky strike pack a day for 10yrs switched to Reds 17 yrs so I wouldn't get pneumonia so much!
I need a lot of Nic but lower you go the more flavor so I do 18mg & vape my brains out all day!


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[FlamingoTutu]

I have been trying to get my husband to vape for a year now. Smokes are so damn expensive. we bought him a set up and 24mg of nic that we think was way too strong he would vape and it gave him headaches. Now he says it drys his throat out. Not sure what to try/do next. I love to vape saves me tons of $$ except for all the mods I want and juice flavors LOL

I used to get the dry throat too. Vaping dries you out which is why it is ALWAYS recommended that everyone drink a lot of water—not soda, coffee, beer etc. Drank lots of water, wore a path in the carpet to the potty room, still had a dry, irritated throat. What worked for me was ice cream. It coats the throat. Milk works and I’ve seen some other suggestions here and apologize that I can’t remember them. The dry throat is no fun at all. You can whine about it and go back to smoking or stick with it and your body will likely adjust. It’s the season of peppermint candy ice cream, splurge on him, lol.

If somebody doesn’t chime in with other ideas, start your own thread asking for suggestions. BTW, I used to live in Eugene, a long time ago.

I'm still working on adjusting my nic levels. Even with a slow draw into my mouth, at least 50% of the time I still can't pull the vapor into my lungs without having a coughing fit. But I haven't had a nic fit once, so - yeah - it's getting absorbed in any event

I’m pretty sure adjusting nic levels can become a lifelong quest.

I had trouble with the coughing and converting to ecigs. Use the ecig, cough, cough, have a cig, cough, cough, use the ecig, cough, cough, have a cig, cough, cough… I upped my nic to 24mg after three plus months and was able to kick the cigarettes. That was a little over nine months ago but I still get a wee cough every now and then, usually from Key Lime vape. You could try coating your throat like I mentioned above and perhaps that would help. And of course the good old sage advice, drinkmorewaterdamnit. I really do empathize, it can be miserable for a while.

 

[KjAthena]

I am an odd ball...I started vapeing with 38MG juice and it was needed to get me off the smokes...I now vape 24MG in the am and during strong cravings...drop to 18MG during the day and down to 12MG during the nights when I tend to chain vape....soon I will drop to 18MG in am(and cravings) 12MG days and 6MG nights...it works for me

 

[FlamingoTutu]

Well for me I smoked lucky strike pack a day for 10yrs switched to Reds 17 yrs so I wouldn't get pneumonia so much!
I need a lot of Nic but lower you go the more flavor so I do 18mg & vape my brains out all day!


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Welcome to ECF sdanert10! There are more than a few people here that call the ecigs their pacifiers.

 

[FlamingoTutu]

You are just hardcore KjAthena! That would have killed me. But the only thing that really counts is what works for the individual. I think I was on the 24mg for about a month and then, quite abruptly, it was too much. Had to get a bunch of 0mg to thin the stuff down. Now I’m mostly at 0mg with 14-16mg backup when needed.

 

[damagicfrog]

The problem with OP's logic is that I smoked lights but I smoked 2 packs of camel lights a day. 12 mg liquid, which I started at, just didn't do anything for me. I would want a cigarette immediately after vaping for a good 10 minutes. I went up to 24 mg nicotine and I never felt like I needed a cigarette again. I now use 18 mg liquid as i found the 24 mg liquid to have too harsh a throat hit. My theory is that you need to retrain your brain to think the best way to get your nicotine fix is from an e-cig so going higher nicotine level at first is a must.

Also is there any data that says light cigarettes have less nicotine than full flavors?

 

[KjAthena]

You are just hardcore KjAthena! That would have killed me. But the only thing that really counts is what works for the individual. I think I was on the 24mg for about a month and then, quite abruptly, it was too much. Had to get a bunch of 0mg to thin the stuff down. Now I’m mostly at 0mg with 14-16mg backup when needed.

You may be right 34 years of full flavor 100's the last 5-7 bouncing between 1 1/2 to 2 PAD...this was just what worked for me....only over nic'd one time when I filled a 5ML nybrid dual coil RBA with the wrong bottle of Frost blossom and vaped at 10 watts......now I know what over nicing feals like....never again

 

[StrikeIII]

I find that the amount of NIC also depends on what kind of device your smoking out of. I can't vape higher NIC e-juice in a RBA because it just hits so much harder (ie. from my KF Clone). But can take them fine on standard clearos.

 

[Solid]

In my experience vaping out of Cartos, Clearos, Protanks, I need my NIC level to be at 12-16mg.

Now out of rebuildables, RDA, RBAs the flavor and vapor is intensified and its hard to vape 12-16mg of NIC so I lower it to 6-8mg of NIC...works the same as far as a nice throat hit.

I want to get to ZERO NIC very soon but after trying a 0mg NIC blueberry vape out of an RDA it just didn't do it for me...I might stay on 6-8mg for a very long time. Who knows...

 

[Slipshod Cavalier]

First off, I agree with all the others who have said that nicotine needs vary so much from person to person.

FWIW, my own experience. 12-year PAD smoker, most of which was non-filtered RYO.

Starting out vaping, I figured that non-filtered meant that I needed more nicotine, so I started at 24 mg. It didn't take too long (3 or 4 days) until I realized this was way too much.

Went down to 18 mg for awhile. Kept me off the analogs, and I felt okay, although I was getting frequent headaches and was having trouble sleeping. I was happy staying at 18 mg for the foreseeable future, until on a whim I took my blood pressure at the free machine at the local CVS. It was through the roof--higher than it's ever been!

Out of panic, I immediately cut my nicotine by 2/3--from 18 mg down to 6 mg. Started checking my blood pressure regularly, and it's better than it's ever been. I was (pleasantly) surprised at how easy it was to go from 18 mg down to 6 mg. The only thing I miss is the throat hit. I'm still getting throat hit at 6 mg, but it's not the same as 18 mg. I'm getting used to it, though.

So, as of now, I'm at 6 mg, with no plans of changing. The nice thing is that I can chain-vape in the evenings with no worries of overdoing the nic.

The takeaway: Unfortunately, this varies so much from person to person. Nothing can replace your own experience/experimentation.

 

[lychee]

or live in Canada where they think having nic in the vap is bad! though I have heard of a few places to get it.

 

[mattovdawn]

I started out on 24mg a few months ago, now, I'm down to 18mg. Though I do keep a couple juices in 24mg still, as sometimes I need a little more kick first thing in the morning. I do plan on dropping down to a lower lever after New Years. It hasn't been as hard as I thought it would be honestly.