Who here ISN'T dropping there nicotine levels?

[Dstaks]

I was on 24mg and 18mg for about 2 weeks. Then I went to 12mg and 6mg for about a month. Now I'm on zeroes but will occasionally still use my 6mg.


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[TraceyS]

I started at 24mg August 2012 and went down to 18 pretty fast and I've stayed there ever since. I don't have the desire to go down either.

Tracey

 

[roosterado]

been using 24mg for 4 months but moving into rebuildables so I may cut some of my supply of juice with PG/Vg. I have some DIY flavor extract and will try experimenting with adding a little to cut juice-like adding some Hickory Flavoring to to Tobacco flavor juice. The thick sweets like smores I think will befine cut some. My first try was adding a little strawberry flavor to cut apple juice.

 

[luke213]

As my equipment has gotten better I've dropped down allot I'm doing 6mg now started with 24-36mg. Not planning on quitting but 18mg was too strong and getting me nic sick in my kayfun.

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[Anarchy84]

I’m personally at 18mg and am not dropping down for now: I’m just not ready for that, I enjoy nicotine as well.

Ditto. I've been vaping 18mg since I started vaping and have no plans to drop down. Love it.

 

[DaveP]

I am not dropping my nicotine levels. I started with 18 mg, 2.5 years ago, and I have remained with 18 mg. I just consume less liquid now than I did then.

Usually, dropping the nic level comes when somebody uses a more elaborate device. Like those RBA coils that you make yourself. They produce a lot more vapor, so people drop their nic level.

I use store-bought atomizers, such as Vivi Nova and Evod, so the issue has not arisen for me.

Good point. When I used an eGo with a carto, 24mg didn't seem so strong. As I moved up to more complex VV and VW mods and dual coil tanks like the Nautilus and the Aerotank Mega the throat hit became more than I cared for. I find half strength nic levels to be more in the TH range I enjoy and the flavor is better without the heavy throat hit of some juices.

 

[danny4x4]

Been on 24mg and 36mg for about 18 months. Thought I would be able to lower the nic when I got better vape gear and rebuildables. Never happened for me. Even on drippers, I still needed to use 24mg. Anything lower and it would feel as if I'm just inhaling air.

 

[Virtual Realist]

I started vaping to save money, so the nic wasn't much of a concern. I dropped from 18 to 12 over the first year, but then I discovered a juice that I REALLY liked. My in-active lifestyle allows me to vape continually and I just couldn't take that much goodness. So, now I keep 3 mods in play -- one at 12, one at 8 and one at zero (not all the same juice). And I am one happy vaper!

 

[Gato del Jugo]

Started over 5 years with 36 mg and now at 10 mg.
That happened not because I wanted to but because I felt my nic level is to much at that particular level in time.

Most if not all of my stepping down was pretty much involuntary..

After a while at each new lower level, my body & brain would scream, "Too much nic! Too much nic!"


Don't ask me why, because that never happened with analogs.. But, that's the way it was with vaping..

I figured it would chill out at some point once I hit a certain range.. Nope, even at really low levels, it was still happening..


Down from 18mg, now at zero-nic, with lots of steps along the way..

Even towards the very end, I started hating the effects of nicotine...

 

[stillnotsmoking]

I AM dropping my nicotine levels, but not because I want to stop vaping or using nicotine. I was forced to drop my nicotine from 24mg to 18mg when first starting because it was too much nic for me. Now though, I have found myself dropping to 12mg when I began to upgrade my equiptment--better batteries, atomizers, sub-ohm, etc. If I were to go back to ego/ce setup or similar I would have to go back to 18mg for sure to get the same satisfaction I get out of my mech/KFL 1.0 Ohms with 12mg.

 

[Myk]

I feel it too. With 0 nic, there is something missing. No throat hit, nothing, just like inhaling air.
Like expecting a steak and getting only lettuce leaves with no dressing

I got used to it. Similar to how I got used to flavorless 18mg, it seemed like I was vaping nothing at the start, now it's part of my rotation.

As far as naturally vaping less. That's an issue I've been having and why I threw some super delivery systems in the mix. If they weren't more than cigarettes I'd switch to patches for nicotine and vape when I felt like it.

 

[cocoloco]

16-18mg since day one. Tried 24mg once ... and only once. No plans, up or down.

 

[Jman8]

I've been singing this song for the last 2+ years:

I'm 18 and I like it
Yes I like it
Oh I like it, love it, like it, love it
Eighteen eighteen eighteen eighteen and I like it

 

[Jeffk123]

Depends what I am doing to be honest if its on a tank system I want a good throat hit I use 12-14mg. For dripping I use 3-6mg depending on if I use dual or single coils. Other than that I have dropped from 36mg back in 2011 to what I use currently. That 36 had a mean throat hit with my carto tank.

 

[DavidOck]

I started at 18, didn't take. Went to 24, it did. Stayed there for about 3 months and stepped down to 18. Still at 18, and no particular desire to reduce further.

Heck, with all the data and research on nic (without smoking) as effective against cognitive disorder, IBS, and some other diseases, I'm starting to see it as medicinal...

 

[Anjaffm]

Heck, with all the data and research on nic (without smoking) as effective against cognitive disorder, IBS, and some other diseases...

Well, yes. Nicotine does something. Something that makes me feel much better than I would without it. And the research is very interesting indeed. Yes, I know why I used to smoke. I know why I started smoking too much. And I know precisely why I am so happy now that I can take that nice nicotine (which does something for me) without the harmful smoke as such

"People smoke for nicotine but they die from the tar."
Professor Michael Russell, British Medical Journal, 1976

Aren't we vapers lucky?

 

[DC2]

I've been vaping 12mg strength since I started vaping 5 years ago.
I have no intention of ever cutting down.

If I ever find a reason that I SHOULD cut down I'm sure I'll do it with no problems.
But as it stands, I find more reasons to use nicotine in moderation than to not use any at all.

After all, it improves memory, concentration, and attention.
And it may help prevent Alzheimers and Parkinsons.

And unless I ever get heart disease, which is unlikely now that I'm no longer smoking, I see nothing really bad about it.

Well, other than the fact that insurance companies now want to charge me more for the privilege.
While they sit behind their desks drinking their caffeine.

 

[RAAng]

I'm one who is cutting nic. I would love to keep it, but I'm afraid it will lead me back to cigs. I've been cig-free for three months. Got my nicotine down to 0-3mg depending. I rarely crave. But I just have no confidence that if vaping went away or I was without it that I wouldn't be right back with a cig in my hand in about three seconds. I figure losing the nic completely is the best way of permanently losing cigarettes. But no guarantee.

 

[vapero]

I started at 24, after a few months I decided to lower my nic and went all the way down to 12 and worked great until I realized that my ADHD was getting out of control and realized that nic was the culprit, after that went back to 18 and I will stay there for ever

 

[Anjaffm]

I'm one who is cutting nic. I would love to keep it, but I'm afraid it will lead me back to cigs. I've been cig-free for three months. Got my nicotine down to 0-3mg depending. I rarely crave. But I just have no confidence that if vaping went away or I was without it that I wouldn't be right back with a cig in my hand in about three seconds. I figure losing the nic completely is the best way of permanently losing cigarettes. But no guarantee.

Take it slowly, please. 3 months is not a long time.
Reducing one's nic intake too fast very often leads a person right back to tobacco cigarettes. I have seen it happen numerous times.