Greetings all,
I started vaping about 3 weeks ago. My nicotine background briefly: Heavy smoker till 2007 then quit because of a health scare. Turned out to be nothing but by the time I found that out I had quit smoking for a week and was on nicotine gum. Never went back to cigs however I have been hooked on the nicotine gum since then. Has not cost too much compared with tobacco cigs but still about $1000 a year for gum (12 pieces/day).
About a year and a half ago for whatever stupid reason I started smoking a pipe and before a month had passed I was inhaling it AND still doing the same level of gum. In any case I noticed by breathing was getting harder so I tried a drugstore Ecig and it worked! I have only had a couple of recreational pipe smokes in three weeks and only 2-3 pieces of nicotine gum per day. This past week I bought a Kanger EVOD 1100mah kit with a bottle of Johnson Creek Red Oak 24mg ejuice at a local vape shop. WOW! The throat hit is just as strong as inhaling off my pipe and it is quite satisfying.
The only thing I am noting is a mild irritation in my throat which I never got with the pipe. I am wondering is 24mg nicotine too strong for someone with my relatively moderate (recent) smoking background? Is it the nicotine that causes the irritation or possibly the glycol/glycerin base? or both? In any case my breathing is much better after only three weeks and I don't smell anymore. I'd be grateful for some feedback regarding my nicotine level/throat question. I plan to try some fruit/sweet flavors as well as sample bottles of each in lower nicotine level.
regards,
Bill
I started vaping about 3 weeks ago. My nicotine background briefly: Heavy smoker till 2007 then quit because of a health scare. Turned out to be nothing but by the time I found that out I had quit smoking for a week and was on nicotine gum. Never went back to cigs however I have been hooked on the nicotine gum since then. Has not cost too much compared with tobacco cigs but still about $1000 a year for gum (12 pieces/day).
About a year and a half ago for whatever stupid reason I started smoking a pipe and before a month had passed I was inhaling it AND still doing the same level of gum. In any case I noticed by breathing was getting harder so I tried a drugstore Ecig and it worked! I have only had a couple of recreational pipe smokes in three weeks and only 2-3 pieces of nicotine gum per day. This past week I bought a Kanger EVOD 1100mah kit with a bottle of Johnson Creek Red Oak 24mg ejuice at a local vape shop. WOW! The throat hit is just as strong as inhaling off my pipe and it is quite satisfying.
The only thing I am noting is a mild irritation in my throat which I never got with the pipe. I am wondering is 24mg nicotine too strong for someone with my relatively moderate (recent) smoking background? Is it the nicotine that causes the irritation or possibly the glycol/glycerin base? or both? In any case my breathing is much better after only three weeks and I don't smell anymore. I'd be grateful for some feedback regarding my nicotine level/throat question. I plan to try some fruit/sweet flavors as well as sample bottles of each in lower nicotine level.
regards,
Bill
