What level of nicotine keeps you off of tobacco?
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Consolidating all the polls into one forum appears to have given this one new life. Nice to see the additional numbers.
I wish I had recorded the numbers from when this poll first went idle a couple of months ago. As I recall the numbers were split very evenly between 36mg and 24mg, with the outlying ranges being close as well.
An increase of 30 or 35 respondents since the poll got new legs and the majority are 24mg and lower.
I was not able to 100% completely stop smoking until I started using snus. I still vape 36mg, but have gone from around 4ml a day to 0.5ml or less.
I wish I had recorded the numbers from when this poll first went idle a couple of months ago. As I recall the numbers were split very evenly between 36mg and 24mg, with the outlying ranges being close as well.
An increase of 30 or 35 respondents since the poll got new legs and the majority are 24mg and lower.
I was not able to 100% completely stop smoking until I started using snus. I still vape 36mg, but have gone from around 4ml a day to 0.5ml or less.
24mg kills my want for analogs. Nothing lower will achieve this. 10mg when vaping continuously but have to hourly switch to a cart of 24mg to keep the demon at bay. 
Not surprising, as this whole thing seems to be growing exponentially.
And there is probably now a much higher percentage of younger people than before.
And probably many of them have not smoked as much, nor for as long.
I picked over 36mg I keep 1 bottle at 48
and 1 at 36 and trying some lower amounts but not quite there yet
and 1 at 36 and trying some lower amounts but not quite there yet
I chose 18mg because it's my current e-liquid.
I vaped 18mg (hi) as my very first cartridge and it seemed too strong (I coughed at first hits), tried 14mg (med) and it was OK, then tried a 11mg (low) as 3rd cart. but.. uhmm.. too weak it looked also weak in vapour so.. I started over with 18mg (20ml bottle this time.. I had it in my kit, I'm using it eheh) btw my target is lower than 12mg and final target 0mg!
I vaped 18mg (hi) as my very first cartridge and it seemed too strong (I coughed at first hits), tried 14mg (med) and it was OK, then tried a 11mg (low) as 3rd cart. but.. uhmm.. too weak
it looked also weak in vapour so.. I started over with 18mg (20ml bottle this time.. I had it in my kit, I'm using it eheh) btw my target is lower than 12mg and final target 0mg!
Hey OTD, didn't see this the first time around. I voted the above mark. 36 and 48, sometimes higher kept me off the smokes but after the first month of doing good I started pulling my hair out over a terrible craving that wouldn't give up. I started using the Swedish spitless snus and now all is well (see my avatar). I still vape the 36mg, but only for recreation and haven't done anything higher since I got into snus .
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Hey OTD, didn't see this the first time around.
...I still vape the 36mg, but only for recreation and haven't done anything higher since I got into snus
Yep, it keeps popping back up. Wonder if there's some way to look back on the poll and see how the numbers have changed from month to month...
I did find this from a post on December 12
"Of 249 respondents the median was split somewhat closely between 18mg and 24mg. Of the upper/lower ranges, around 18% were 36mg and higher, 23% 12mg and lower."
I don't have the actual numbers for the 18mg and 24mg from 12-12-09 but I recall they were much closer than what is showing today.
Today, 1-1-2010
332 respondents
37% @ 24mg
24% @ 18
18% @36mg or higher
20% @12mg and lower
"Of 249 respondents the median was split somewhat closely between 18mg and 24mg. Of the upper/lower ranges, around 18% were 36mg and higher, 23% 12mg and lower."
I don't have the actual numbers for the 18mg and 24mg from 12-12-09 but I recall they were much closer than what is showing today.
Today, 1-1-2010
332 respondents
37% @ 24mg
24% @ 18
18% @36mg or higher
20% @12mg and lower
Whats UP Vaper World!! Mr.Smoke here,I found out that what ever Cigarettes you smoke
that is how you up are down your nic.For example.If you smoke Marlbro Lights half a pack a day you be ok vaping 18mg.But if you smoke Malbro Reds 1 to 2 packs a day,you should start out with 24 or 26mg.
that is how you up are down your nic.For example.If you smoke Marlbro Lights half a pack a day you be ok vaping 18mg.But if you smoke Malbro Reds 1 to 2 packs a day,you should start out with 24 or 26mg.
1 1/2 to 2 packs a day of RYO = 36 to 48mg, higher during full moons for me.....
I smoked about 40 menthols a day - and not light ones, either. So I was worried that 18mg would not do the trick for me, and immediately started shopping for 24mg, which is not so easy in Germany.
I needn't have bothered so much - 18mg is fine. Although, the fact that I now have no hesitation about keeping something to smoke/vape between my teeth all day long may have something to do with it.
I needn't have bothered so much - 18mg is fine. Although, the fact that I now have no hesitation about keeping something to smoke/vape between my teeth all day long may have something to do with it.
I smoked 40 ultralight cigarettes a day for 40 years. I started vaping in June. I never meant to stop smoking, just add a little variety. But with vaping, I found I was only smoking 2 cigarettes a day, so after a couple of weeks, I stopped altogether.
I found that 20mg was right for me. Whenever I felt ready, every month or 2, on a whim, I dropped 2-3mg. I won't allow myself to feel any pain or stress, because I know if I do, I will start smoking again, which I refuse to do. 6 months later, I'm down to 10mg and still very comfortable.
I have no intention of quitting vaping, but I intend to continue to drop the mgs in this manner. I don't know what will happen, but maybe, just maybe, I will be a free man someday. It could happen.
I found that 20mg was right for me. Whenever I felt ready, every month or 2, on a whim, I dropped 2-3mg. I won't allow myself to feel any pain or stress, because I know if I do, I will start smoking again, which I refuse to do. 6 months later, I'm down to 10mg and still very comfortable.
I have no intention of quitting vaping, but I intend to continue to drop the mgs in this manner. I don't know what will happen, but maybe, just maybe, I will be a free man someday. It could happen.
I vape in the 40's. I mix 36mg flavored with 60 mg unflavored in various ratios so im usually somewhere between 42 and 48mgs
...Although, the fact that I now have no hesitation about keeping something to smoke/vape between my teeth all day long may have something to do with it.
And living in Germany you've access to some nice snuffs to augment the vape. Easier access than I have for sure.
Good luck in that endeavor dr. There are several others who've succeeded in that effort
just wanted to throw something into the mix.. I know alot of people lower tapering off their nic intake .. I ended up just tapering off my vaping.. I love my 24mg nic, and it just happen I just stopped vapping so much so it's a different thought of approach... lack of vaping behavior had progressed so much I find myself not vaping a full day or 2 here and there before I realized I hadn't... so still vape 24mg.. I Think it was just making choices,, too busy to take a break to vape, and not taking my PV with me any more... wasn't much thought to it, after becomeing settled into vaping
Snuff - like pipes, snus and even - bah! - nicotine gums - just didn't work our for me. I did not even manage to reduce with them, let alone quite.
It is very easy to get, though. Pretty much every shop that carries cigarettes also carries at least some snuff.
I pacify at 24 and it keeps me off the analogs. I will bounce in and out of 36 from e-tailers and from time to time I add some nic I have on hand to pump up my 24 mg. I really think the nic we get is delivered differently with our pv's.
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