Nicotine in e-cigs compared to in tobacco cigs ?

[Justin Proctor]

Was just wondering how they compare ? I get a really big high when i take a regular cig. It has been a the guts of a few months since i last tried one but just wondering do they have more nicotine or is it just all the other crap in them that does it ?

As an example lets say how does the nicotine dose compare if you had 5ml of 16mg e-juice a day compared to a 20 a day smoker. Feel free to use your own example but from my research it looks like this is what most vapors smoke...not me personally.

 

[Sugar_and_Spice]

Hi Justin,
Really you can't compare it that way. The delivery to the body is totally different with ecigs.
When you smoke an analog you take a direct hit to the lungs and it gives you that light headed feeling--it is really the lack of oxygen that is making you light headed not the nic.
With the ecig the nic is absorbed through the mouth, nose and throat and takes a little longer before entering the blood stream.

Nic ejuice has (in your example of 16mg) 16mg of nic in 1 ml of juice. Not sure how you would compare that to an analog, except that with the analog you probably blow most of that back out.
Hope I didn't just create more questions, but as you can see, this has no easy answer.

 

[Topwater Elvis]

There is no accurate way to determine xx ml of xx mg nic juice = xx cigarettes.

Your ' high ' is coming from a lack of oxygen to the brain caused by inhaling tobacco smoke instead of air.

 

[Justin Proctor]

Just noticed on the side of a cig packet it says ..mg nicotine so i figured it was easy enough to work out....I just couldn't wrap my head around it Looks like the answer is more complex than expected