If e-cigs are not supposed to be inhaled like a traditional cigarette, or analogue, as stated in this article, then what is the value of the TH or throat hit that it seems is used as one gauge for both fluids and equipment? The article/thread makes mention that e-cigs should be smoked more like cigars of pipes and can be inhaled if desired; this makes sense but unless inhaling you don't get what I consider a TH from cigars or pipes either. Call me dumb if you want I am just curious now since I'm such a newb.
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IMO part of the success in quitting analogs is in the TH. Most smokers want to simulate the experience in their PV devices and if they don't get that they are unsatisfied. While the nicotine from the liquids get absorbed into the mouth as soon as the vapor enters the mouth the TH is what really does it for people who use PV's to quit analogs. While you don't NEED to inhale, most of us do anyway.
others who know more will pipe in but that's my take on it
others who know more will pipe in but that's my take on it
Unlike a certain former president I do inhale.
I read the article you've linked to several times and it does demonstrate that people use different techniques with regards both analogs and vaping.
My vaping techniques are very similar to what my analog ones were - draw with the cheeks then inhale and exhale and that is how I was able to make the substitution successful.
I watch a lot of video reviews and the reviewers seem to utilize the same vaping techniques as I do.
Either way it comes down to your personal preferences as alluded to in the article so do whatever it takes to transition and adjust from there according to your personal tastes and experiences.
Vape On!
I read the article you've linked to several times and it does demonstrate that people use different techniques with regards both analogs and vaping.
My vaping techniques are very similar to what my analog ones were - draw with the cheeks then inhale and exhale and that is how I was able to make the substitution successful.
I watch a lot of video reviews and the reviewers seem to utilize the same vaping techniques as I do.
Either way it comes down to your personal preferences as alluded to in the article so do whatever it takes to transition and adjust from there according to your personal tastes and experiences.
Vape On!
Wow its like you read my mind I was just reading this earlier today and thinking the same stuff
About to pose the question and you did for me Thanks
About to pose the question and you did for me Thanks
Even when I was smoking analogs I never inhaled directly to lungs; I always primed in the mouth first then inhaled. So the transition to ecigs was very smooth for me.
Maybe I've been smoking analogs wrong for the last 20 years...I never drew directly into my lungs, I always drew into my mouth first and then inhaled. I do the same with my PV.
KarenB's statement about nicotine absorbtion in the mouth and throat is correct. Inhalation of vaper into the lungs is not necessary for nicotine absorbtion, but it does simulate the sensation experienced by inhaling tobacco smoke, thus the success of vaping in helping people quit the analogs.
I might add to the techniques of vaping that in order to fully "taste" e-liquids, allow some vapor to be exhaled through the nose. Much of our sense of taste is related to our sense of smell. This is why food or drink loses flavor when we are congested or have a head cold.
I might add to the techniques of vaping that in order to fully "taste" e-liquids, allow some vapor to be exhaled through the nose. Much of our sense of taste is related to our sense of smell. This is why food or drink loses flavor when we are congested or have a head cold.
Me too. I never even thought about direct inhaling. Who does that with a cigarette? In all the time I spent smoking and watching others smoke, I can not remember seeing a single person who smoked that way. Guess we are all doing it wrong.
The people I have known long term that directly inhaled seem to have more problems health wise. Just something I have noticed after smoking 48yrs. I have always held the smoke in my mouth then inhaled. So far I'm in good shape.
Me too. I never even thought about direct inhaling. Who does that with a cigarette? In all the time I spent smoking and watching others smoke, I can not remember seeing a single person who smoked that way. Guess we are all doing it wrong.
I always inhaled directly in one step when smoking a cigarette, though it could be fast or slow. I guess I figured most people did that since it just seems more intuitive to me. but I haven't watched all the smokers I've known that closely and analyzed how they were smoking. Actually, it often might not be obvious from outside whether it is taking 1 step or 2. So I ( and the author of that article) might have just assumed others were smoking cigs my way, inhaling directly into the lungs . And people who do it in a 2 step process might just assume everyone else is doing it their way. LOL. I wonder what the real ratio is. an I wonder if the differences are just totally random or whether it's in any way related to any other factors like regional, generational, etc.
I read in the v4l blog that you are supposed to take a slow draw in your mouth for around 5 seconds and then inhale into your lungs. That is the proper way to smoke an e-cig. Correct me if I'm wrong.
That is basically what the guy in the store said. well he did not specifically say 5 seconds, but a slow draw. He said I was doing it wrong by treating it like a cigarette and trying to inhale too hard into the lungs from the PV and that could flood the atty.
Seems I get a bunch more vapor from the direct inhale. Maybe I should go do a vaping video.
@ cwolfman13, you got it correct. if you were smoking say something else that you may have rolled yourself, then that smoke would go directly into your lungs. but we won't talk about that here please.
but we won't talk about that here please. 
Jeeze! Who directly inhaled(s) their cigarette? Thats a friggin' suicide mission! Always mouth first, then lungs. Then again... When I was Friends with Mary Jane, THAT was a direct inhale... but never a cigarette or when I vape. Just eww.
Ok, so I'm not alone here then lol. In the 17 or 18 years that I've been smoking cigarettes I always took a drag, then inhaled usually through both the mouth and nose or just the mouth often blowing some out before hand. I don't recall ever direct inhaling cigs regularly even when I was having a nic fit. Other recreational smoking, like boardplay inferred, was a different thing all together.
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