when I first started, I had one or the other in my hand a reg cig or a blu cig, I was doing both!, but I cut my cig use down to a pack a day instead of 2, in fact I was in the hospital after emergency appendix removal with 24mg patches and smoking blu e-cigs and sleeping with my girlfriend in bed, at hospital. Surprised they didn't kick me out! But I found a local B&M and tested different nic levels, 24mg was my first on a ego 650 and disposable
tank, I thought I was going to pass out. So I did the 18mg and have stuck with it since day one. Been experimenting with different pg/vg amounts and finally found the sweet spot 70/30. I did have issues the first 3-4 weeks with cough,headaches,sore
throat, rashes. But the culprit from that was the quality of the
juice... I think***, So I am finding better juices and seeing better results. I do find drinking plenty of water and more skin lotion helps alot. I don't see myself going below 18mg nicotine level anytime soon.