Nicotine Strengths

[WildChameleon]

I know this subject has been posted on here before, but i need to get my head around the nicotine issue and how it works in general. I been vaping for about 6 months now, but i'm also smoking. I've managed to cut down quite a lot on the analogues 4 or 5 a day.

I was recommended to start on 18 mg Nicotine strength juice and have kept with that, i once tried 24 mg strength and had to throw it away. Now 18 mg is the strength of the whole bottle ?

I read that a cigarette is equivalent to 1 mg in nicotine strength ? in theory this would make a 20 pack 20 + in nicotine ?

now if i'm vaping on a Aspire Nautilus 5ml tank and i'm vaping roughly 1 or 2 ml a day then how much nicotine hit am i getting from vaping ?

As i said earlier i am still on the analogues i guess being they taste different to my juice and another reason being that it's a quicker experience to say vaping. I also own a Alantis which i think is a 2.5 ml tank, i do swap out during the day as i have different liquids in each tank.

I just want to grasp this nicotine ratio to smoking analogues.

 

[Robert Cromwell]

It is 18 mg of nicotine per ml of liquid. Or 1.8% nicotine.

There is no direct equating of nicotine in eliquid to the nicotine from smokiing. You get more lots faster by smoking. What the ratio is though not sure if anyone knows exactly.

 

[Susan~S]

A "general guideline" for nicotine concentration in e-liquid to the number of cigarettes smoked per day:

06 mg = 10 cigarettes or less
12 mg = 20 cigarettes
18 mg = 30 cigarettes
24 mg = 40 cigarettes

 

[WildChameleon]

But is that referring to a whole bottle of E Juice ?

 

[sprki]

But is that referring to a whole bottle of E Juice ?

It doesn't matter if you're talking about the bottle or a ml of liquid if you look at it in percentages.
3mg = 0.3% volume of the liquid
6mg = 0.6% volume of the liquid
12mg = 1.2% volume of the liquid
18mg = 1.8% volume of the liquid

On the other hand, as Robert mentioned already, XXmg refers to mg per ml. There is no direct way to equate smoking absobtion of nicotine to mg in a ml of e-liquid. There is a rough approximation which Susan stated above. This approximation is only a guideline because cigarretes vary on nic content, delivery, and technique - even on the same brand and type.

The important points are:
1) If you're using a clearo or cartomizer and smoke a pack of full flavored then go 18mg to start. Lights go 12mg to start. You might want to go lower to ease throat hit or to decrease your consumption of overall nic.
2) If you start using a RTAs, RBAs, etc... You will most probably have to lower your nic strenght to 6mg, or even 3mg becuase of the increased volume and vaporization efficiency.

 

[ElConquistador]

I don't think there's really a 1 to 1 comparison. You just need to find the level that satisfies you. I was smoking a little less than a pack a day of ultra lights, and the salesperson recommended that I buy 12 mg/ml nic strength when I started. It was just right for me, and still is.