new vaper

[Ron Pinckard]

Greetings. As the title says, im a new vaper. Tried a few diffrent types of ecigs and always seemed to go back to the analogs. that was until last week when i ordered my new smoktek eGo-K 1100 CE4 Clearomizer E-Cigarette Kit with silver carry case - K8.
Man i love that thing, put down the analogs sat morning and realy havent thought about lighting up again. walking around a few from work in just a few short days being off them i can smell the smoke coming off them. Uhg, and to think i smelled like that also .

 

[potatotr0ll]

Congrats! Enjoy
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[Rodderik]

welcome to ECF and congrats on your transistion!

 

[daPorkchop]

the want to not smoke might come back. in a week or two. I just ignore it or just vape more if that happens though. I did the same thing. Straight from smoking a pack a day to vaping exclusively. Good luck.

 

[Rachy_B]

Gross, isn't it?! The worst thing I now find is that I can't take my laundry home from uni for my mum to do as she smokes and it comes away smelling worse than when I took it! Mum's thrilled! Lol!x

 

[Chain Fogger]

Welcome to ECF!

Keep vaping...you won't even want a cigarette

 

[Ghost Bear]

Vape on. ECF is a great community and an amazing source of information.

 

[E_steam]

Just stick with it.

 

[Strangebrew]

Congrats! My smoking is gone yet I buy a carton every week. A few months she'll be the age I was, when I quit, to the day. Now, just contemplating to have the strength to say, "Enough, get on the vaping wagon or go get them yourself!" or maybe something more subtle.

 

[air1max]

Congrats! it's been a little over 3 weeks w/o smoking for me. I noticed though, I'm vaping way, way more than I was smoking. I guess sometimes you could call it chain vaping. I'm trying to tell myself this is ok. is it? I'm hoping because I'm new to it, it will eventually die down at least a little. Have any of you veterans experienced the same thing, like constantly vaping when you first started and now down to a normal level, whatever that is? I'm seriously wondering if I'm vaping too much. I also caught a cold after I quit, so it's not like I'm feeling the healthy benefits of quitting smoking. still little congested. sorry, if this is off, but just thought a new vaper, like me, and hopefully the op would like to hear from the long time vapers.

 

[daventura]

Congrats and welcome to the neighborhood.

Lots of good people and information here.

 

[dbeast64]

Started w/ a conv store cigalike and now on a 1100mah & Vision VT tank. Straight from the sticks to vaping,never looking back


Gratz on dropping the tar sticks

 

[Uncle Sam]

I too have noticed that I chain vape these things. I am largely unconcerned as the amount of nicotine injusted does not equal what it was with regular smokes. Average pack of cig have around 20-25mg nicotine. Though the nic juice can be comparable if you are hitting some high concentrations, the volitization of nicotine is not absorbed as readily as combusted nic and the rest of the thousands of chemical shiites notwithstanding, of course.

Chief it up!!

You will be better off.

 

[daPorkchop]

I too have noticed that I chain vape these things. I am largely unconcerned as the amount of nicotine injusted does not equal what it was with regular smokes. Average pack of cig have around 20-25mg nicotine. Though the nic juice can be comparable if you are hitting some high concentrations, the volitization of nicotine is not absorbed as readily as combusted nic and the rest of the thousands of chemical shiites notwithstanding, of course.

Chief it up!!

You will be better off.

Actually, while you are correct, it's for different reasons. It's assumed (maybe proven) that, with cigarettes, we only absorb 10% of the amount of nicotine in a cigarette. There is about 10mg in each cigarette. Meaning we only absorb 1mg per cigarette. So, since we inhale vapor much like smoking a cigarette, many people assume we absorb around the same amount, 10%. So, if you vape 10ml of 24mg/ml strength nic liquid, we can assume (not proven) that we would take in 24mg of nicotine. Which is about the same as a pack of cigarettes.

With that said, there is no proof (other than the leathal dosage (20mg of pure nicotine)) that nicotine is anymore harmful than caffeine (lethal dosage is 150mg of that). So other than reaching lethal dosage (through vaping I would get sick well before the lethal dosage), I honestly don't care if I chain vape all day. I don't want to quit nicotine, at the moment. Also, I am vaping cheaper than smoking and have what 4000 less carcinogens in my system each time?

Just my .02cents!

 

[D4rk50ul]

Fail edit. I read somewhere that the LD50 for nicotine was like 60mg. Caffeine was like 250mg. It is if course a timed thing not cumulative.

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[daPorkchop]

You're right. I misunderstood what I read.

MSDS for Caffeine

Toxicological Data on Ingredients: Caffeine: ORAL (LD50): Acute: 192 mg/kg [Rat]. 127 mg/kg [Mouse]. 224 mg/kg
[ Rabbit].

MSDS for Nicotine

Toxicological Data on Ingredients: L-Nicotine: ORAL (LD50): Acute: 3.34 mg/kg [Mouse]. 50 mg/kg [Rat]. DERMAL (LD50):
Acute: 50 mg/kg [Rabbit]. 140 mg/kg [Rat].