Nicotine MG's: Liquid vs Cigarette

[Noctoru]

Anyone know the equivalence of cigarettes to e-juice regarding nicotine levels?

I know there are a few factors:
The Mg% on the bottle isn't what you're actually receiving upon inhale.
Cigarettes has other chemicals that would intensify nicotine "buzz", etc.


Full Flavor = _Mg
Lights = _Mg
Light 100's = _Mg
Ultra Lights = _Mg
Ultra Light 100's = _Mg


Thoughts? Discussed in another topic? It was too broad to find a thread, lol.

 

[Ella B]

I hope someone out there has some comparison stats. I would like a better understanding of nic %'s in juice verses analogs

 

[asti]

No, it has been asked before by myself as a matter of fact, LOL
There are some weak general numbers going around attached to a website, but everyone is different and so are the analogs you can have 3 people all smoke Marb reds and choose different mg levels in e-juice.
I can tell you I used to smoke Santa Fe strawberry cigars, almost a PAD and I've been ok with 16mg of nic, however my last two orders were of 18mg and one 26mg to cut down with the VG I already have.
Clear as mud, huh?

 

[Noctoru]

I use to smoke full flavor cigarettes and decided to buy a couple bottles of 12mg and a 1 bottle of 18mg. The first vape from the 18mg after vaping the 12mg gave me a tiny little buzz that was enough for to know I was getting nicotine in my system. Now, I don't feel any buzz at all. Not even when I sleep for 8 hours and wake up to vape. I want to step the Mg% up a bit, but I'm going in the wrong direction of quitting it seems!

 

[WomanOfHeart]

There really isn't a true comparison out there, only some close speculation. The reason is because everyone is different. Some people who smoked 2 PAD can't vape over 12 or 16mg. Others who only smoked half a pack need to vape 24mg to stay off the analogs.

 

[asti]

well, theres a 16 mg!
All kidding aside, it varies for everyone and it can vary from day to day with one, like yourself. There is nothing written that says you can't add a touch higher mg nic here and there if you should think you need to do so, but if you are just concentrating on "the buzz" effect <my opinion here> might be looking for a sign more than anything.
I am not looking at the e-cig as a quitting smoking device, should that happen all the better - if not least its way beyond better than analogs!

 

[Goldenkobold]

I smoked full flavors and lights (depending on what was cheaper) and I am fine with 16-18 mg ...but I vape more than I smoked
my wife smoked menthol lights and sometimes full flavor she prefers 24mg...but she probably vapes more like she smokes in short bursts and then puts it down...so part of it is preference part of it is how you adapt to vaping..
part of it is if you are using vaperite.com juice and you want to vape it just for the flavor so you blow through the entire bottle in a day...err maybe that is just me

 

[Ella B]

I soooooo relate to all of your points....I smoked Winston ultra lights and vaping anywhere between 8-24 ml and still have cravings for an analog much too often.

 

[silkakc]

There seems to be no rhyme or reason in what MG people vape! I've seen so many posts from heavy smokers that can only vape 12 mg and there there's some light smokers that need 36 mg. The nicotine absorption rate from Ecigs seems to have a very wide range!

Lori

 

[asti]

I don't think its just the ejuice or the ecigs either....I know people that smoke the same kind of analogs and one will lite the next one with the one they're smoking, and another will be good for a while... I think its One Of Those Things ...

 

[martha1014]

A while back somebody posted the following comparison:

Full flavor cigarette = 50 mg. X # packs per day
Compared to MG vaped a day X mg

So I smoked full flavor 50 x 3 packs a day = 150 mg.
Compared to vaping 5 ml a day x 36 mg= 180 which is pretty close.

 

[stubear62]

Moving to the General E-Smoking Discussion Forum.

 

[Sdh]

I smoked a pack of day newports/kools or pall malls. Depending on price. However, I am using 36mg fluid. I have been using between 2-5ml daily. Oh and I still smoke tw0 analogs daily. I guess I havn't found my perfect e-fluid yet. Still looking.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Really I think the only answer is to have several strengths to try, particularly if you are new. While it would be nice to have a table that said if you smoked this, you use that liquid, its not possible to be that exact. I think the chances are if you were smoking 20 lights a day you aren't going to want to vape super high 36mg liquid, and you would look to the lower strength ranges (say 8-18mg). Or if you smoked 60 unfiltered cigarettes a day you are not going to be satisfied with low strength 11mg liquid, and you would look to the higher strength ranges (probably 24-36mg) But beyond that it's difficult to say.

I personally usually vape 24-26mg liquid, but occasionally 36mg or as low as 11mg depending on mood. I smoked unfiltered rollies.

 

[KissMint]

Nic is probably different by brand. I only know for marlb.

red 0.8mg
lights 0.5mg
ultra lights 0.4mg

 

[jons]

I can only speak from what I have read on this forum. I have done no other research.
One pack of cigs = 20 to 21 mg, about 1mg per cig, Hence the "patch" which is a daily slow release nic supplement is 20-22mg. I think this only goes for the first or second stage. So the theory is that a one pack a day smoker takes in about 20 mg's a day with cigs and the patch matches it before slowly lowering the mg levels.

I read that it was also said that E liquid is measured per ml. So if the bottle says 18mg what it means is that its 18mg per ml.

This theory of nic mg measurement does support one idea... vendors say that one cart is = to one pack of cigs. Now if one cart holds one ml of juice and that juices was about 18mg to 20mg juice it would have the same amount of nic as a pack of cigs. Do you see my point? The nic mg level in that one ml of juice in the cart would hold about the same amount of nic as a full pack of full flav smokes. I know I have heard this from vendors and so have alot of other people. Its just hard to believe because its so easy to vape 1ml of juice compared to smoking one pack of smoke.

I have no idea if this is true or not but its the best explanation I've heard so far...

 

[Noctoru]

How are you guys breaking down the 0.8Mg levels? Each pack has around 20? 20/20=1mg? How do you calculate the mg % per drop?

 

[jons]

I dont think you can do it per drop, its per ml.

 

[Noctoru]

There's a mathematical equation to anything. I just have to remember how to calculate volumes and do a drip test. How many drops I can get out of a 30ML bottle based on a 18MG nic level. Wasn't sure if anyone has crunched these numbers before.

 

[Luvs5rugrats]

I wonder if it has something to do with how our bodies absorb nicotine? It's such an individual thing. Maybe some people can absorb it more efficiently with vaping.