Nicotiene amounts and the TH (Throat Hit) feeling.

[Signal30]

The limited research I did, I saw that there is approximately 1 MG of Nicotiene in a cigarette and I am vaping 18MG juice. I Vape a specific flavor and I need that throat hit but I don't want to make myself sick taking in too much Nicotiene. I want to be able to take the approximate amount of draws I would of taken with a cigarette with a TH feeling. Would simply getting the smallest percentage of Nicotiene available of my juice work?

So much to learn about this, thank you for reading.


Tom

 

[AttyPops]

Welcome to ECF.

OK....vaping nic and smoking nic are NOT the same.

There are people that need 24 mg juice that smoked a pack a day. Others use 12 mg and had smoked 3 packs of unfiltered per day. So....it all depends on absorption and technique and PV and the absorption is totally different between the two.

Get the nic you need 1st. Worry about TH 2nd.

However, the nic is responsible for most of the TH, followed by PG and flavorings. High VG is smoother than high PG even at the same nic level and flavoring. There are things that people do to juice to alter TH, but it's more of a DIY-juice thing, not a purchasing juice thing. Unless you find a vendor that has more TH in their juice.

 

[kottonmouth401]

I can't speak with any authority on very low nicotine juices; haven't tried any yet. But i have tried 36, 24 & 16mg, and I never noticed much of a difference in TH between the 3 of them. As far as getting sick from too much nic intake, all i can tell you is i definitely take more puffs per day now than i did with analogs without experiencing any ill effects. But if thats something you're concerned about, it might be worth a shot to try a 6 or 12 mg juice. Its all trial & error, finding what best suits you.

 

[AttyPops]

I can't speak with any authority on very low nicotine juices; haven't tried any yet. But i have tried 36, 24 & 16mg, and I never noticed much of a difference in TH between the 3 of them. As far as getting sick from too much nic intake, all i can tell you is i definitely take more puffs per day now than i did with analogs without experiencing any ill effects. But if thats something you're concerned about, it might be worth a shot to try a 6 or 12 mg juice. Its all trial & error, finding what best suits you.

Welcome to you too. However, if you don't notice a diff between 36 mg and 16 mg juice...you're doing it wrong somehow.

Good point about the puffs too. Vaping totally is not the same.

 

[GameDesigner]

Coming from a pack a day I started with 24mg, then for every subsequent juice order I dialed it down. Hasn't even been a month and I'm down to 6mg and have several Omg options as well. Take your time, but I suspect you'll be surprised at how easy it is to dial it down, especially with a good liquid. My current main is Ahlusion's Cherry House Blend (not cherry fruit, but cherry pipe). Cherry Blend Tobacco E-Liquid

 

[FatBastard]

2 pack a day former smoker I have found nicotine levels dont really matter that much for me and I am ordering 6 mg juices because I love e ciggs so much I am giving myself nicotine headaches. I still get about the same throat hit no matter the nicotine levels. Vg gives less Pg gives more flavoring like cinnamon can compensate alot.

 

[Signal30]

I don't want to ever smoke again. I'm vaping Volt Country 18mg and I will get a bottle of 12 and 6 later today.


Does holding in the vapor make a difference in nicotine intake?

 

[kottonmouth401]

Cool...just make sure you still have some of the 18mg on hand in case the lighter stuff doesn't do it for you.

 

[Signal30]

By the way, my main unit is a itaste SVD.

 

[kiwivap]

By the way, my main unit is a itaste SVD.

I'm sitting here vaping with an SVD myself. Nice mods aren't they. On the juice and nic - my advice is there is no rush to lower nic levels. If 18mg is good for you then that's fine. Try 12mg - see how it goes. Keep some of the 18 mg handy. Sometimes you need a different hit depending on the time of day or what's happening. For me the first vape of the day was where I needed more nic, while the evening was where I was ok with less.
I'm been vaping over a year. I cut my nic down as a natural process - just trying lower nic when I felt like I was ready.

 

[Bill's Magic Vapor]

From numerous threads on this site you will find that nicotine absorption from vaping is way different than from smoking. The current thinking is around 50%, but no studies prove this yet. However, that's very misleading too. The mechanism of action with vaping is also different, the uptake of smoking through the lungs hits the brain in about 5 seconds, and the mechanism of vaping is through the mouth and throat nasal passages and is about 30 seconds to the brain. Not only are we getting a lot less nicotine, but the nicotine we are getting is far less addictive, making changing strengths (downward) much easier. I've noticed this in my own vaping. Traveling weekly, trapped on planes, I have no where near the behavioral response to vaping as I had with smoking, making it far easier to go longer between vapes than I ever could have with analogs. There are leading authorities and studies that show that transdermal uptake is even slower, so slow, in fact, that studies show transdermal nicotine addiction is not even likely. In other words, if one uses the patch, they don't get hooked on nicotine. Anyway, there's some very interesting studies out there and I wouldn't be too worried about how much nicotine you're getting. There also is apparently no known case of nicotine poisoning from vaping, and, again, studies show it is not possible, given the uptake mechanism. My two cents.

 

[SlyJ]

Very informative post billbeckusa. You answered a lot of my questions and worries in one reply. Thanks.