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Bump, im surprised at the amount of 12 and 6 mg users. Im using 18 and its barely enough and I smoked Marlboro lights.
I smoked GPC Ultra Light 100s. Figured a medium to medium-low would be about the same so I started out with 11/12 (depending where it comes from). Occasionally bought 16/18 just to see, but the 11/12 works fine for me.
Pretty much the same here (I smoked B&H Deluxe Ultra Lights, then switched to Camel Turkish Silver when they came out -- a lot tastier!). I started off at 8; finally figured out that was way too low; then switched to the 11/12 - 15mg range.
I am mildly surprised to see how popular 12mg is -- I thought most vapers vaped at least 18-24mg or higher.
When I started, I was vaping 18mg to 36mg. Now I'm steady at 6mg
Good Lord, why? (I'm NOT trying to be snarky; I just don't understand the motivation for dropping down nic levels -- especially by so much!) You're far from the first person I've seen talk about doing/having done this; but you are the first one I've had the nerve to ask!
(Perhaps I'm one of those who really benefits greatly from nicotine's beneficial effects on mood and concentration?)
Hi Eleanore !Good Lord, why? (I'm NOT trying to be snarky; I just don't understand the motivation for dropping down nic levels -- especially by so much!) You're far from the first person I've seen talk about doing/having done this; but you are the first one I've had the nerve to ask!
(Perhaps I'm one of those who really benefits greatly from nicotine's beneficial effects on mood and concentration?)
Well, kinda goes like this......"when I started vaping" LOL!Starting out, I vaped up to 2 cartos per day from 18mg to 36mg....both from venders and what I made "DIY".
When I got down to the few flavors I really liked, I vaped more and more of it!, up to 5 mills in a day cause I enjoyed the flavor so much! Then I started getting head aches
so I lowered the nic to 12mg. Helped quite a bit but by the end of the day the head aches would come back. I had ran out of juice and vaped my wifes 6mg for two days till my order showed and got no head ache at all! Then,...got my order and the head aches came back! Since then, I just been vaping the 6mg. No head aches and I vape all I want with out the cravings Some people just want a safer alternative with no intention of ever quitting. Others want to step down to break the addiction and perhaps quit having any smoking/vaping habit. It would be nice to save that money and have one less thing to fuss over or worry about.
I think it is great that you (DM) were able to drop down from such a very high nic and still be satisfied with vaping. Not sure if I'll ever make it to 0, but I've been buying 6mg the last few orders and it's doing OK. It was the taste of 0 that put me off more than the lack of nic.
I think it is great that you (DM) were able to drop down from such a very high nic and still be satisfied with vaping. Not sure if I'll ever make it to 0, but I've been buying 6mg the last few orders and it's doing OK. It was the taste of 0 that put me off more than the lack of nic.
Dead on with the zero... I gave the 0mg a whirl and nothing for me to be satisfied with. If the flavor and TH for the 0mg was there, I'd give it a go for sure!
I think untill the kid moves out,..... I still need the nic!
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Okay, that makes sense. It sounds as if in DM's case, he was just starting out WAY too high!
I'm down to 4-6mg too. I'm vaping a lot more than I smoked, not because I need the nic, but because I like the flavors and enjoy the motion. I also think it compensates for the slower nic delivery. Whenever I try anything higher, I get uncomfortably jittery.Good Lord, why? (I'm NOT trying to be snarky; I just don't understand the motivation for dropping down nic levels -- especially by so much!) You're far from the first person I've seen talk about doing/having done this; but you are the first one I've had the nerve to ask!
(Perhaps I'm one of those who really benefits greatly from nicotine's beneficial effects on mood and concentration?)
Probably so....even tho I smoked a pack and a half every day.
One thing I do know is our bodies react differently to substances. I'm guessing that more than 2 mills of higher nic was just to much for my intake.
I think some people need to start really high until they get used to the slower nic delivery system. Then once they do, whoa! too much! And that's when they have to step it down...
Another good point.
It is true that, when I was only at 8mg, you couldn't PRY my PV away from my face!
(Didn't know about the slower nic absorption thing then! )
Exactly! It's a learning curve. I know I needed the higher nic at the time and that's what helped me dump the analogs.
Actually, personally, I think that if I started out with 6mg or 0mg, I'dd still be smoking.
Me too...and I think that might be why some of the other folks that are going that low still smoke. Blecchh! I can never go back to analogs now, not even an occasional one. They're just really nasty to me now! But yeah, if you're not making up the nic that you're craving, you end up getting it in the way that works.
I think your right Cindy. I had turned on some folks to SI a while back and 1 had ordered 6mg and the other ordered 0mg.
We had a BBQ with them over the weekend and both were smoking and said it just didn't do it for them
Dang that analog stinks!
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