Smoked a pack a day for 10 years. Advise on Nicotine concentration?

[Xenile]

I smoke a P1/2AD on Marlboro Mediums and 12mg suites me fine.

I would suggest to go to your local B&M who lets you tests different mg of nic. I did that local and that where I decided to go with 12mg.

 

[crazy098]

I smoked 1.5 -2 packs a day of Newports. I started with 24mg but find that is a bit much for me as I vape a lot. I'd go with 18 and work your way down.

 

[Caducity]

I started at 18/15 mg/ml 3 months ago and I've settled in at 10mg/ml. I find the higher nic masks the taste of my fav juices with a strong "peppery" taste and 10mg/ml is just right for me. That said, I have a bottle of 6mg/ml for when I'm sitting at the computer and chain vaping just for the flavor.

 

[AaronM]

18mg should be a good place to start for you. I smoked 1.5 - 2 packs of Marlboro/Winston Reds for for 10+ years and had smoked for well over 20 years. I started on 18mg and I never felt satisfied, even chain vaping 24/7. I moved up to 24mg and was fine as long as I never put it down and vaped it 24/7, just a minute or two after I stopped vaping I was picking it up again. I now vape 36mg and I can finally put down my PV and walk away from it feeling fine for 15 - 20 minutes before I calmly start vaping again.

 

[JHorning]

Start at 24mg, then go south.

 

[New Orleans]

my aunt smoked about a pack a day for nearly 30 years. she started on 12mg nic, and was only smoking 2 to 3 cigarettes a day instantly. I think the lower you start at the better, but if 12 isn't cutting it, definitely step up to 18mg

 

[RooRooBears]

Smoked a pack a day for 10 years(MAR Lights). Advise on nicotine concentration?

I always tell people to start with a high nicotine dosage rather than a mediocre or lower dosage. Since you used to smoke 1 PPD for 10 years, I would recommend that you start at 24mg nicotine. If that's too strong, work your way down to 18mg. Reason being is this - if you start at a lower or mediocre nicotine dosage than what you're expecting, you might end up going back to analogs to get that "feel" and "hit" you're looking for. Better idea to start high then work your way down to avoid those nasty analogs altogether.

1 PPD: 24 mg nicotine
5-10 sticks per day: 18 mg nicotine
Few sticks per day: 12 mg nicotine
Occasional smoker: 6 mg nicotine

 

[gmendoza]

i smoked for 10 years too. when i first started vaping my nic was 18. now im down to 12/16 mg nic ^_^

 

[Walter Alfaro]

Same I smoked mar lights as well for about 10 years. I'd start 24mg then progress to 12mg. That's where I'm at now and I'm contemplating dropping to drop to 6mg since I've made a switch to genesis attys. keep at it you'll find that smoking analogs are discussing after a while