Talk to me about nicotine content
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Hi Papillion. To me looking at the numbers it's apples and oranges. I tried vape too low for 12 days, and struggled to quit the analogs. Once I raised my level up a notch, I hit my nicotine level my body was craving and haven't picked one cig up since. If .6 is working for you, don't worry over the numbers. I started at 1.2 dropped to 1.0, now .9 and some .6, but that's whats working for me.
Thanks for your quick response.
I'm not having any trouble with the nicotine level - in the sense that I am not craving analogue smokes or anything. I just wished to compare nicotine intake te see whether I am actually taking in less or more than formerly since I'm sure I am vaping more than I used to smoke, although I don't inhale so much.
I'm not having any trouble with the nicotine level - in the sense that I am not craving analogue smokes or anything. I just wished to compare nicotine intake te see whether I am actually taking in less or more than formerly since I'm sure I am vaping more than I used to smoke, although I don't inhale so much.
If I were to guess based from my own usage, I would pick that the nic level is a little low. When your body gets used to the lower level you won't need to vape as much. But...you also have to consider the "habit" aspect of smoking and vape. My body told me when I had enough nicotine and I got rid of the analogs. I don't need to vape as much as I do, but part of that is my "habit" and the pleasure of the vape. 99% of my vapes are sweet to a degree, and in being that way I noticed my "sweet tooth" hasn't need fed and I've actually dropped weight. Vape is different for everyone, but same to a degree.
I smoked 1.0mg cigarettes and needed 18mg on standard eGo type hardware.
I started with 24mg in a cig-a-like and it didn't work. (Long story, I've probably told some of it...)
Anyway. The simple answer is 0.6% (6mg) liquid is low nicotine and doesn't even get the user close to the same as cigarettes. Even higher strengths don't achieve this - there is no easy comparison.
Let me say this.
10 cigarettes at 0.8mg is 8mg of nicotine YIELD as measured by a smoking machine. (The machines come out UNDER a normal smoker).
1ml of 0.6% (6mg) liquid is 6mg before you vape it. The yield is almost certainly over 10% and under 40% (from what we assume) so 1ml of 6mg liquid is the same as 1-3 of your cigarettes.
Anybody who remembers the early days (not the very early days) of supermarkets cig-a-likes will know the lies that the makers told users of the product(s).
"One refill is 40 cigarettes" (E-Lites, UK)
Actually, one refill was only about 200 puffs (not 400) and the yield was actually 10-40% of 0.8ml of 24mg liquid. SO - about 3 to 6 cigarettes.
3-6 cigarettes in yield for £3.99. One pack of medium cigarettes would cost you possibly £12-20 in refills.
I started with 24mg in a cig-a-like and it didn't work. (Long story, I've probably told some of it...)
Anyway. The simple answer is 0.6% (6mg) liquid is low nicotine and doesn't even get the user close to the same as cigarettes. Even higher strengths don't achieve this - there is no easy comparison.
Let me say this.
10 cigarettes at 0.8mg is 8mg of nicotine YIELD as measured by a smoking machine. (The machines come out UNDER a normal smoker).
1ml of 0.6% (6mg) liquid is 6mg before you vape it. The yield is almost certainly over 10% and under 40% (from what we assume) so 1ml of 6mg liquid is the same as 1-3 of your cigarettes.
Anybody who remembers the early days (not the very early days) of supermarkets cig-a-likes will know the lies that the makers told users of the product(s).
"One refill is 40 cigarettes" (E-Lites, UK)
Actually, one refill was only about 200 puffs (not 400) and the yield was actually 10-40% of 0.8ml of 24mg liquid. SO - about 3 to 6 cigarettes.
3-6 cigarettes in yield for £3.99. One pack of medium cigarettes would cost you possibly £12-20 in refills.
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Also heavily depends on what device vaporizes the liquid. Some of the punchier custom rigs will be much more efficient that lesser ones, so liquid nic level also depends heavily on what you vaporize it with.
That 6mg is per ml. How many ml's do you vape in a day, and how many of the .8mg/ea cigs did you smoke?
Yes... Yes! Exactly this.
The Electronic Cigarette Trading Association of Canada (you know the one... LOL ) tested some hardware in 2014 (2015?) and found the Nicotine level in the vapour of an eGo battery with a EVOD clearomiser was higher than a cig-a-like system.
Using VV/VW increases vapour and nicotine. Using advanced atomizers at higher power increases it again.
No surprise many "power" vapers are using the low % mixes.
I used to smoke 20 a day, sometimes a little less. As to how many mls I am vaping now I really have no idea. I'm still using up the 1.2% cartos that came with my Green Smoke starter pack and once they are spent I top them up with 0.6 juices that I bought... so really I have no way to measure and so far it's been a little hit and miss. That's one reason I have now ordered some proper gear so I really know what I am doing. Once it arrives it should be a little easier to measure and get a better picture.
Like I said, in this past week I have not once craved an analogue smoke. I have a pack with about 4 cigs in it that is still there untouched on my kitchen counter. Still, I do vape more than I used to smoke (I had my strategies for smoking less
) so I want to make sure I am not overdoing it.Thanks all for your input.
That is the better question as a .8 would be multiplied by 20 for a pack of cigarettes (16 mg per pack) and equal to one ml of 16 mg nicotine. If you are vaping 6 mg per ml then you are well below the nicotine intake for a pack of cigarettes based on nicotine per ml. At 6 mg/ml it would be 2.67 (Average.) ml to equal the same amount of nicotine in a 20 pack of 8 mg/.8% cigarettes.
Those are just the hard numbers and shouldn't be taken as gospel. They do not take into account devices used or inhale type to calculate nicotine absorption and liquid usage via the vaporization process. Which is why the question about how much you smoked compared to how much you vape is relevant. At least to get a ballpark idea of where you are currently and where you would like to be given time.
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