What makes the throat hit?

[CrazyTerrie11]

I'll give it a try.

Nicotine produces a throat hit, but compared to an analog, it doesn't have quite the right "feel", not the same "tingle and "burn". Alkaloids are simply the psychoactive components of tobacco, possessing alkaline properties due to the way nitrogen is incorporated into the molecules. These alkaloids tend to individually possess a potent taste and smell. When we smoke an analog, all of these alkaloids hit the throat, and collectively are responsible for what we perceive as the throat hit.

Compare the throat hit of an analog versus an e-cig to to a well seasoned soup versus a soup seasoned only with salt. The nicotine is the salt, the fundamental seasoning. It provides much of what is needed, but it can't do the job by itself. It needs some help from other seasonings to provide the rounded flavor that is desired. These other seasonings are the minor alkaloids present in tobacco.

Gotcha!! Now if I up my nic level, I vape 36mg, since it has a taste of its own it will somewhat mess with the taste of my juice. So therefore I need to decide whats more important to me: good throat hit with a little flavor difference or keep my great tasting flavors and forget trying to get that throat hit?

 

[Guineahill]

To simulate an analog throat hit (or my perception of it) I add a bit of vodka, increase the nic level, or add menthol. Those all seem to have an impact for me regardless of the equipment I'm using at the time.

 

[boredoutofmynut]

the freezer experiment sounds intresting i will try

 

[bobbysox10]

i was under the impression that throat hit came from the pg and the nicotine and every drop of vg takes the throat hit away.

 

[Taelor]

Add pepper FArt liquid, it will give a nice throat hit

 

[tokes]

Now this is gonna sound dumb, but I'll say it anyway.
You could get hypnotized to believe there was a huge throat hit
when really there is none.

sigh... I'm just sayin'