I sent out a text to all the remaining smokers I know to count how many puffs they have on a cig before they stub it out. Asked them to count over at least 10cigs before they texted me back the results.
Only one of them smoked tailor mades, the others smoked RYO.
Average amount of puffs from one cigarette for all of the RYO smokers was 13. The premade guy got about 8-10. I discounted his puff count because tailor mades werent something I ever bothered with.
The heaviest RYO smoker smoked 29(av) cigs a day and her puff count came in right on average. She puffed 377 puffs a day, 13x29.
Out of the 9 RYO smokers the average amount of cigs smoked a day was 18.7(reoccurring) or 244 puffs a day. I know some rolled fat cigs and some rolled racehorses. I know some stubbed out 3/4 ay though and some smoked right down to the filter. Some didnt use filters.
I set my puff counter every day for a week using 9mg juice and puffed between 300-400 times a day at about 2.5 seconds per puff. About 15minutes a day I spent vaping. It sometimes seems like Im just puffing away all day, but Im not! Good to know.
In that week I used just under 30ml of 9mg juice, 4.28ml a day. About 34.3mg of nic was inhaled each day and I guess a fair whack of that was also exhaled.
As a smoker in my final year of smoking I smoked 10-12 RYO cigs a day, 156 puffs a day. I only ever smoked out side even at places where smoking inside was acceptable. I vape inside the house, in the car but dont vape in the garden when Im working in it or enjoying it, some plants dont like even a whiff of nicotine. I never smoked in the garden or touched plants without washing my hands first after smoking.
I think because vaping is less offensive smelling(flavourless) I tend to vape in places I wouldnt think of smoking in and therefore my vape puff count is much higher than my tobacco puff count.
I dont think Im getting as much nicotine despite the higher puff count. It doesnt seem to matter though, I can vape 3mg up to 9mg and vape the same amount of liquid daily. Its only when I get to 12mg that my puff count and the amount of liquid I use goes down. From 12mg to 18mg there is a dramatic tapering down of the amount of juice I use. At 12mg I vape 3ml a day and at 18mg I use 1.5ml a day. Vaping 18mg messes me up after a day or two. I want to puff but I cant take it and feel good. My physical hand to mouth, mtl, staying busy habit is much stronger than my nic habit.
At the end of it all, none of the above really matters. The improved health is incredibly obvious and was even after 3weeks, and changes in my ways of thinking and approach to different situations is what stands out to me.
I think thats all that matters. Tobacco use masked so much and for so long, I didnt realise how much it shaped my life. Its nice to step out from its shackles and have a look around and feel things differently.
Sorry for the word salad.