These figures are interesting and they are testimony to how little we know about both inhalation of pure nicotine and about what it is people get from cigarettes. Public health has reduced cigarette smoking to "nicotine addiction" in an effort to dismiss its importance to people. "It's just an addiction" (has no meaning, benefits, etc.). People clearly get a lot out of smoking and it is not all about nicotine or addiction. I think there are many reasons that we experience vaping differently than tobacco. A big difference is that the carbon monoxide is an important part of the "high" we get from cigarettes and a big part of the short term impulse to smoke more: as the carbon monoxide dissipates in the blood, we get light headed and jittery and desire more CO. I also think that the nicotine from cigarettes is absorbed differently by the blood supply in the lungs because of the presence of carbon monoxide (and perhaps a lot of other things in tobacco smoke). Etc., etc. Physiologically it's a very complex subject. For me, I have to be careful to not vape too much because I easily ingest too much nicotine and feel it in my gut when that happens. And I am using only 6-8 mg liquid. Like others, I am inclined to vape all day as if I were smoking a pipe and because I feel I am not getting something. For me, that something is the CO. I confirmed this recently by deliberately inhaling some very pure CO (from a tank I use to calibrate a CO detector system in aircraft). The CO is the high I get from tobacco that I am not getting from vaping (and also the heavy-headedness from too much tobacco). I would also add that the lack of CO in vaping is one of the things that makes it hard to pace the vaping--I am used to the CO effects as a clue to regulating smoking. In any case, I find vaping a much better experience than smoking tobacco.
Wally
P.S. Because of the general level of sophistication on the forum I didn't think to add a warning about carbon monoxide. I am *not* at all suggesting inhaling CO for a high or to simulate tobacco smoking. CO is extremely dangerous and can easily produce severe, permanent brain damage and death. I mentioned the experiment only for purposes of analysis.
Wally
P.S. Because of the general level of sophistication on the forum I didn't think to add a warning about carbon monoxide. I am *not* at all suggesting inhaling CO for a high or to simulate tobacco smoking. CO is extremely dangerous and can easily produce severe, permanent brain damage and death. I mentioned the experiment only for purposes of analysis.
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