Trying to lower nic level

[mona paschal]

I've been using 18mg nic since i started vaping 2yrs. ago, Im seeing more juice makers starting to only make 12mg their highest level, so i jus was wondering how much difference anyone noticed in the nic drop? Was it a hard adjustment?
I really do need to lower my nic anyway!

 

[Sir2fyablyNutz]

hi @mona paschal and welcome to the forum. What I did was to buy juice in the lower level and start vaping it. When I got an "itch" lower nic juice couldn't scratch I'd use a cheap clearo filled with the higher nic juice and hit it once. Then I'd go back to my lower nic juice. It usually took from 3 days to a week to get adjusted and you do have to make a conscious effort, but after the first reduction the rest are easy. Good luck in your vape journey.

 

[mona paschal]

Thanks, thats a great idea!

 

[dcfluegel]

keep in mind also that depending on device/ coils/ setup (notably sub-ohm type rigs) you seem to get more bang for your buck nic-wise... I don't use anything above a 6mg juice on any of my subohm coils and I had started with an ego pen setup around 18mg...

 

[Traijan]

For me it was unnoticeable when I dropped from 18 to 12. And again a year later and I dropped from 12 to 6 and haven't even noticed it. Honestly after a year and a half I think somebody could give me liquid that is 0 nic and tell me it's 6 and I'd really not notice.

YMMV

 

[Completely Average]

Most people will notice a 6mg drop in nicotine levels. What many people end up doing is vaping more to compensate for the sudden drop, so if you were to vape 4ml per day of 18mg and then dropped to 12mg juice you may start vaping 6ml per day to make up for the missing nicotine.

This is just one of the MANY reasons why I got into DIY juices. I'm able to control my nicotine levels to a much finer degree. I generally drop by just 2mg rather than 6mg. I also give myself a month between drops to let my body fully adjust to the lower level. I don't even notice the drops in nicotine, and don't increase how much juice I'm going through either. I started on a 24mg juice and now I only use a 10mg juice in my Nautilus and 3mg on my subohm tanks.

 

[kkiet]

You can also try two strengths, I used to use higher strength during the day (at Work) and a lower strength when I got home. Eventually went to the lower strength. Hope this helps

 

[Wolfenstark]

When I started using rebuildables and especially rda's it was most easy to lower the nic.
More vapour and more efficient the device is enables most people to use a lower nic level than when they first started.

 

[rgerber]

I've gone from 24 to 24 and I can't tell any difference...go figure!

 

[JAZT]

I've gone from 18 > 12 > 6 > 3 in the few years that I've been vaping. Switching strictly to rebuildables and sub-ohm tanks exclusively made it easy to step down. Anything above 6 is way to harsh for me now.

 

[Topwater Elvis]

I've gone from mid 30's to 6mg in 2 mg steps using normal resistance ranges.
And from 12mg to 3mg using subohm ranges.
Never noticed much of anything.

 

[evan le'garde]

I went from 45mg's down to 9. Wasn't made possible with low powered devices though, not for me anyway. Just started using high powered devices which create more vapour. More vapour produced means having to lower nicotine percentage. May sound like i'm still using the same amount of nicotine but the clouds produced aren't to scale, if you understand what i mean. So yeah !, i'm using a lot less nicotine. When i feel the need for more, i just switch my high powered mod for a low powered mod with a Kayfun V4 or Russian 91% with 24mg's for five minutes.

It's the kind of thing i suspect some people do with their ego type setups. I have no doubts some people that vape with these are still smoking tobacco. When the vapour aint working they just light up a cigarette. It's at that point where i break out my provari and Kayfun.

 

[bd94]

I started with 12mg and just made the drop to 6mg. I didn't notice the drop too much. Just been vaping a bit more these last two days. The suggestion to have some spare juice is a solid idea though. I'll be stealing that idea.

 

[Steepage]

I like 12mg nic level, smoother than my old juice, it was 20mg.

 

[Puff2K]

I'm still bouncing around between 18 and 12, with some 6 and 24 here and there... I have no idea how or when I'll step it down.

 

[Darth Omerta]

In less than a year i went from 18 down to zero. Honestly what really worked for me was just doing it. I ordered all my juices from a place about 4 hours away from the island i live on. All their juices are completely customizable but they all need to sit for a while or they are just bland. I usually ordered a month in advance, so each time i ordered i just went 2mg less than the last time. The first tank usually sucked but then i got used to it.

 

[Retro138]

In less then a year I also went from 24 down to 6. I started at 24 with the ego / carto setups but once I got into rebuildables and sub ohm tanks it made it a lot easier. I also bought 2 of the same juice and added different percentages of lower nic to high nic to make the taper easier. Lots of water also helped. Helps vaping in general but...

Anyway I did notice vaping more like someone else stated, so over to wizard labs and got all my DIY products to make my own juice. The recipes people share are very precise and I'm grateful for it, financially and physically.

 

[Flukethought]

I went from vaping 48 nic to 36 and so on but when I started dripping along time ago. I realized I kept vaping more which in term all I did was up my nic back and I was good. Sometimes cutting nic takes take but I did find that when cutting it with vodka I was able to lower my nic and still get the same throat hit.

 

[mona paschal]

This is awesome guys! Thanks for all your responses to my thread! VAPE ON!