Which nicotine strength to get?
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Here's another way to put it in perspective. My wife was never a smoker but she enjoys vaping away for an hour or two in the evening while she watches her favorite TV show or continues her work for the day on her laptop. I only keep 12mg on hand and she will vape casually for a half hour or more using a nautilus mini with absolutely no ill effects from the nicotine. I still maintain that one cigarette hits as hard as chain vaping 18mg liquid for five minutes. I'd still recommend starting with 12mg. It's not like you have to sit there and vape steadily all day like some here make it seem. At four cigs a day your hand to mouth habit is much less established than a chain smoker. Just have a vape at a level that feels normal to you based on your smoking habit and put it down until you need it next. If you're vaping all day long then the nic level is too low.
If you already have 12mg, you may as well give it a try. It'll be an easy transition to go lower for you regardless.
I smoked a pack of lights a day. When I started vaping, it was recommended that I vape 18nic. It Killed Me!!! It almost turned me off Vaping. Did more research, ordered a 10mil in each 12 and 6. The 12 ended up being too high also. I've been smoke free for 4months, haven't touched a cig. My husband on the other hand, is a pk a day smoker and uses 24mg nic.
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Honestly, at just 4 cigarettes per day it's unlikely that you have any level of nicotine dependency. You could probably just skip the nicotine entirely and use a 0 nic juice and be just as satisfied.
This is why you should use advice on nic strength only as rough guidance and find your own way through it. No one can tell you what you need.
seems to me 12 is a good place to start if you are addicted to nic. 4 smokes a day makes me think you are not that addicted. i was a 1-1 1/2 pad smoker and began vaping 24 nic. way too high, but it sure kept me from the smokes. after less than a year i'm down to 6 with a mini and 3 with an atlantis. using a high nic juice at first will keep you from the analogs. if it's too much just "sip" a hit or two at a time. keep it up - you'll find your spot.
In fact, it is more like a half hour on 18mg as this study indicates. This is a good read for new vapers trying to quit. It explains, among other things, that 18mg, for example, is not all that terribly strong. It takes a 30 minute vape at 18mg to equal the hit from one 5 minute cig smoke. And by extension it explains why it is difficult to maintain nic levels by taking smoke breaks designed for cig smokers.
Nicotine absorption from electronic cigarette use: comparison between first and new-generation devices : Scientific Reports : Nature Publishing Group
I can say from my limited experience(only on day 8 of vaping).18mg was fine on the first few days and only 5 cigs per day. I intermixed 12 mg also on the 4th day Now I can't handle either with my Atlantis they are making me dizzy. Just ordered the same juice with 0 nic to mix up. I have to say with 4 cigs a day 6mg nic is a better place to start i was smoking a pack to a pack and half a day before I got my Atlantis.
I can say with over a year of experience vaping that you are doing it right. Let your body and your brain guide you. The 0mg nic diluter will be very helpful.
Buy a bottle of 12mg and a bottle of 0mg and mix until you find your level. No one can tell you except yourself after some trials
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