Throat hit?

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Proverb31

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I guess I'm the dissenting opinion. I think you can replicate the throat hit of nicotine with no nicotine with ginger. I cut a piece of ginger root into small pieces and dried it at 170 degrees, then added the ginger to a jar and filled with PG. I let it steep 24 hours strained and vaped. I was shocked at the throat hit, even made mental note when I am ready for 0 mg, ginger will be what I vape. I will also mention I tried this because I love ginger, but also I read some research that says ginger may help people stop smoking. Now this research wasn't talking about vaping, just that ginger is known to help with upset stomach and now some believe that it may have properties that help relieve the cravings of nicotine addiction.

It packs quite a throat hit by the way and if you aren't used to vaping 36 mg 100% PG I would dilute the extract. I found the straight extract to have a similar but slightly stronger throat hit than 100% PG 36 mg nicotine.
 

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I guess I'm the dissenting opinion. I think you can replicate the throat hit of nicotine with no nicotine with ginger. I cut a piece of ginger root into small pieces and dried it at 170 degrees, then added the ginger to a jar and filled with PG. I let it steep 24 hours strained and vaped. I was shocked at the throat hit, even made mental note when I am ready for 0 mg, ginger will be what I vape. I will also mention I tried this because I love ginger, but also I read some research that says ginger may help people stop smoking. Now this research wasn't talking about vaping, just that ginger is known to help with upset stomach and now some believe that it may have properties that help relieve the cravings of nicotine addiction.

It packs quite a throat hit by the way and if you aren't used to vaping 36 mg 100% PG I would dilute the extract. I found the straight extract to have a similar but slightly stronger throat hit than 100% PG 36 mg nicotine.

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Throat irritation, yes. (Diablo loco or chilli seeds steeped in pg/vg)
Throat hit, no.

Interesting. I'll have to google those. Sounds like some devil juice lol.

It might depend on how one defines "throat hit."

To me TH = bite at the back of your mouth top of throat. Sometimes it is like a heavy punch, sometimes just a little tickle depending on nic level. I am getting to were I don't care about TH anymore, I just want flavor, lots of flavor :) LOL bnrk

I agree with bnrkwest. I used to smoke marlboro menthol lights and sometimes newports or kools depending what was in stock during deployments on the ship. I guess a menthol flavor might give that feeling? One reason why I stopped smoking was because my throat was getting torn up by the menthols. At one point I had a really raspy/sharp pain in my throat.

I think that the guy who can isolate what makes nicotine give you a throat hit and replicate it in a juice without actual nic will make tons of $$$

I'd like to be that guy lol.

I guess I'm the dissenting opinion. I think you can replicate the throat hit of nicotine with no nicotine with ginger. I cut a piece of ginger root into small pieces and dried it at 170 degrees, then added the ginger to a jar and filled with PG. I let it steep 24 hours strained and vaped. I was shocked at the throat hit, even made mental note when I am ready for 0 mg, ginger will be what I vape. I will also mention I tried this because I love ginger, but also I read some research that says ginger may help people stop smoking. Now this research wasn't talking about vaping, just that ginger is known to help with upset stomach and now some believe that it may have properties that help relieve the cravings of nicotine addiction.

It packs quite a throat hit by the way and if you aren't used to vaping 36 mg 100% PG I would dilute the extract. I found the straight extract to have a similar but slightly stronger throat hit than 100% PG 36 mg nicotine.

Interesting. I'm assuming it tastes like ginger? I used about an inch of ginger when I juice or sometimes in my tea. It does give it that kick/bite that can wake you up. Too much and it can ruin your drink =\ Is there a reason why you dry the ginger rather than chopping it up and steeping?

BTW, the benefits of ginger are great!
 

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Sorry if this is in the wrong section. I couldn't decide between this and the e-liquid section.

So my question...is it possible to experience the throat hit effect without any nicotine?

Well, everyone is different, but the one time I tried 0 nic e-liquid (that I had ordered out of curiosity) I didn't get anything from it. The flavor was there (butterscotch), but no TH whatsoever. It was unsatisfying, to me. That bottle has been collecting dust for months now. Sometimes I wonder if I'll always be a slave to nicotine. :p
 
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