Need help new to vaping!! from Australia

[Cheyenne23]

Hi i live in Australia and i have no idea what to buy/try but i want to try e-cigs to quit smoking the problem is that Australia has banned Nicotine based liquids so can only get 0mg liquids here i have purchased this one today

http://www.evape.com.au/products/510-Starter-Kit.html

I wonder how i use it, also is it a good choice i also purchased separately a bottle of peter jackson flavored juice of course 0mg i know it will be hard as i have no nicotine in my juices but what do you think is the above one ok to to try the e-cig out? which would you recommend? keeping in mind i live in Australia and no nicotine allowed

 

[1SicPuppy]

Hey Cheyenne welcome to ECF, I am also from australia and was also concerned with the FALSE news story and the standard response from government but after bouncing some emails around the TGA basically stated... "The TGA does not regulate for personal importation" when I asked if I could inport liquid nic.

I have had no issues and am about to order a large order from RTS Vapes (who I have ordered from before) to put in the freezer, Just incase things change

I started with a 510 myself and when I felt comfortable I upgraded and never looked back, so I think that you will be fine.

 

[bigtiime]

Welcome Cheyenne23. You might want to pick up a pack of cartomizers as well. Many find these to be a better solution than the atomizer/cartridge that will come with your kit. If you'd like to buy them from the same place here is a link to them.

 

[Cheyenne23]

thanks so much for helping me in so excited to give these a go i have tried and failed to give up smoking so many times im hopeful these will work do you think i should get some nic ones then? im not sure what would be the best way to go about it and thanks for the tip about the cartomizers what is the best e cig to use are these ones i bought ok do you think? thank you both so much for helping me

 

[bogeyjim]

Order the eGo and the boge 2.0 cartomizers. It perfect!

I think you'll enjoy it much better than the 510 kit.

 

[Cheyenne23]

thanks bogeyjim i will defiently look into that i think i will try out what i have ordered first since i already paid for it i wish i had found this forum first though! do you think i could quit somking with 0mg ecigs?

 

[Cheyenne23]

if i do buy the nictone one from overseas how do i put it in the cig do i mix it with the juice? or put it straight in? also wht does it mean when it says 36mg thats a lot of nictone!

 

[bogeyjim]

how hard did you smoke?

I smoked like a pack a day and got 24mg and Im good to go.

You never know, I'd try the zero and see. A big part of smoking for me was the throat hit and exhaling smoke...

I couldnt quit on 0mg but everyone is different. I'd order some with nic today though so you're not waiting too long if the 0 mg doesnt work out.

Jim

 

[singu]

I smoked 1.5 PAD of lights and went with 24mg and i'm doing pretty well so far. Also your body differently takes nicotine from smokes than e ciggs, so no worries there.

 

[JustTired]

If you can't get/use nicotine because of the law, this is what I did. I cant use nicotine for a few months due to health reasons. I had my regular analogs and my 0 nic ecig. Was smoking a pack a day and stepped it down gradually over a month or less. At first allowed myself 10 analogs/day. I was suprised at how easy it was to step down. The hard part was going to 0. I was fine with 3-4 analogs + vaping 0 nic, but day 2 cig-free was the hardest. I'd get there and need some nic. Eventually I made it over the hump. Took about a month, and I've been vaping 0 nic exclusively for 2 weeks. What helped was getting all different flavored carts. Some flavors I would never vape again, but there were very interesting to try and got my mind off nic fix while I was trying different flavors. Wasn't super easy, but it was much easier to get off cigs this time around with ecigs.

 

[cactusgirl]

Cheyenne, everyone is different with respect to how much nic they might need. I was a PAD smoker of lights and started out with both 12mg and 18mg liquid....I found that the 18mg was too harsh for me and ended up just using the 12mg. After almost a year, I recently switched to 6mg.

 

[lilac7779]

Welcome, Cheyenne. I hope you can manage to order some nic juice at least at first to get you started. Best of luck.

 

[dormouse]

BTW in National Forums there is an Australia forum which should also be helpful with local issues. Once you have 5 non-spammed posts or replies in New Members and an hour wait you'll be able to post elsewhere on ECF.

 

[WVvet]

One options if you don't want to flaunt the law with nic juice, order the ecig and 0 mg juice, then use nicotine patches in conjuction stepping down to 0 nic. Might work, at least you would have a "crutch" for the physical addition.

 

[Cheyenne23]

ok guys thanks so much for all your help i really appreciate it!! there are so many flavours out there as well I think the throat hit is what i like to can i get that with 0mg?

 

[Cheyenne23]

FAUKhit eliquid delivers a throat hit even with the Zero Nicotine option.

has any one tried this does it add the throat hit?

 

[Cheyenne23]

can you guys help me with where shouldi buy some nicotine juice which is the best to buy and if i have to mix it what else would i need i basically need some advice on where to start

 

[CCC]

Hi Cheyenne, I live in QLD. What most of us Aussies do is buy unflavoured nic liquid from overseas, i use RTS Vapes. Then we buy our flavour doublers from Australia (Vapebar has nice ones, and Vapeking) and mix our own juice. An easier option to start with is to buy some pre mixed sample bottles at various strenghts, so you can work out how many mg is right for you. You can get them from anywhere overseas that will ship to Australia.

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If you do decide to mix your own with nic liquid and flavour doublers, you will need some empty bottles, and some pipettes, you can usually get these at the same websites you get your liquids, under DIY sections. Also do some research on mixing, but a simple way to do it is to order the nic liquid at double the strength you want to end up with because when you mix it it cuts it down. For example if you got 36mg nic liquid, and mixed it 50/50 with flavour doubler your final product is now 18mg.

 

[Cheyenne23]

thanks CCC for all the info! how do i mix it in if i buy the flavourless nicotine option also which strength bottle do i get its all really confusing but im so keen to try this!

ok cc and if i wanted to get down to say around 12mg? how would i do that and can you recommend a flavour i cant choose just to start off on?

Also how do i store the juice im not using at the moment is it ok high up in a cupboard of does it have to be refrigerated? or frozen?