The proper way to absorb nicotine.

[crxess]

So I've heard a lot of people debating on this. Some say full mouth to lung, and hold it. Some say straight to lung and hold it.

Others say mouth to back of throat for the hit, then blow out slowly from the nose for the best absorption.
Is there any proven way to vape that gets the maximum nicotine? I always alternate but I'm curious to what everyone does/think.

Why not just Enjoy the fact your vaping instead of Smoking no matter how you do it.

 

[Shotglass]

You see...that's what's sooooo much better about vaping than smoking (besides the tobacco harm reduction). We aren't pigeon holed into regular or menthol, full flavored or lights, filter or non. As long as it keeps you off of the stinkies then who's to say that mouth to lung, lung hits, French inhales, sub-ohm, high or low wattage/voltage, higher ohms, mech or regulated, tank - RDA or REO, high or low PG/VG ratio, authentic or clone, cloud chasing or tootle puffing is correct. The bottom line is that ANYONE who tells you that one way is a more correct way to vape is full of

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As long as you're being safe and not doing something ridiculous like trying to breathe through your rectum - like so many US politicians these days

 

[AndriaD]

All I know for sure is that, once I got down to 1 cigarette per day, I found it impossible to dispense with that 1, the morning smoke, until I paid attention to how I was inhaling it. I mouth-to-lung inhaled as a smoker, and I do the same now, but what I found was necessary was just slowing it down -- no short hard deep inhale, but a longer, slower draw, a longer, slower inhale, and letting a great deal of the exhalation come from my nose.

The satisfaction will not be immediate as it is with cigarettes, just because it takes longer with vapor than it did with smoke inhaled to the lungs, but if you are patient, you CAN get the same satisfaction, or at least enough of it to make abstaining from smoking FAR easier.

And it's true, you don't actually have to inhale vapor to the lungs at all, to get the nicotine, it's just that most of us are in the habit. Nothing wrong with inhaling to the lungs once you've let it hang around in the mouth and throat for a few seconds, but that mouth/throat exposure is necessary to get the max amount; exhaling via the nose is also an excellent way to get max nicotine.

Those doing direct lung inhales are probably using the type of cloud-making devices that deliver so much vapor and hence nicotine, that none of this is necessary, but most don't start out with that type of device.

Andria

 

[LeftofCenter]

I vape just as I smoked, but I was always about the ritual. I have always taken smoke/vapor into my mouth slowly pull it into my lungs and then slowly exhale. I enjoy watching the clouds slowly exiting and drifting away. It is a complete ritual for me.

It took me a while using a bit of WTA to get over my initial jitters and panic, but after that and upgrading to an RTA that gives me nice vapor I could most likely go to 3mg or no nic and not even think twice about it. I think I stick with my 12mg as kind of a safety net, but I honestly believe once we get past the addiction to all the other stuff in tobacco, we really don't need it.

Of course I may change my tune right quick when I finally go to zero!

 

[DaveP]

In my transition from 24mg to lower nic I stopped at 6mg. I thought about zero, but decided that a little nic might be a good thing for mental acuity. After all, doctors are prescribing the patch for older patients with memory problems.

Wait ... what was I talking about?

Oh yeah, a little nic might be a good thing.