Why do most smokers cough from using my e cig?

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ardelleg

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To me it felt like my throat would slam shut like I was trying to inhale water... I guess my throat could tell the difference between smoke and water vapor.... but I figured even with that it had to be easier than the coughing and choking I went through to get hooked on the cigarettes.....

I soon got over it, most of the time now I use my ecig like a cigar, not inhaling at all.... my think seems to be hand to mouth and creating the cloud..... everyone is different, just like with flavors....
 

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Interesting...

I never did "lung hits" while I smoked my Marlboro red 100's, I always filled my mouth then inhaled. It seemed (to me) to cool down the smoke some. Of course, there were never "how to smoke" classes, so I thought I was doing what everyone else did. I smoke my e-cig the same way as I smoked my stinkies.

I just tried a lung hit with me e-cig...nope, don't like that either. I coughed like a mutha.
 

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Maybe the coughing is a reaction to more nicotine in the vapour (not that we necessarily absorb more nicotine vaping) because of higher concentration of nic in the juice. There is only about 1mg nicotine in a whole cig versus for example 12mg in a ml of juice. Each drag probably has more nicotine than a drag on a cigarette. Therefore more throat hit.
 

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It seems like every smoker I let use mine end up coughing from it even though they smoke 10 to 20 cigs a day. I've never had this problem coming from smoking. It just seems weird to me.

I coughed the first few times I vaped. Even now the first vape in the morning seems to hit my lungs harder than at any other time.

Try telling people to just draw it into their mouth before inhaling.
 

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I never imagined anybody straight drawing on anything but a illegal roll your own for heavens sake. Never like those. But with cigs? I've never seen such a thing. Learn something new every day. I like that puffing on cigar deal too....well not the scent association of course. I'm about 60 - 40 with that myself. But that throat hit is good to me and. Hadn't smoked for 10 years before I vaped. I was chewing Nicorette right? But that throat hit is like good for me. Like a ice cold splash of soda grabbing at the throat.
 

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i was all about th when i smoked and i'm all about th now that i vape. i used to take a long draw and then inhale ( when smoked ). now i do the same thing and i'm very happy. i usually vape 18mg 20/80 PG/VG and although it is a low PG lvl liquid the th is very strong when vaped in a genesis. i used to cough a lot when smoking, but now i don't. don't have coughing problems since i started vaping about 2 years ago.

if you first draw and then inhale, chances are you wont cough imo
 

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I had a hard time vaping all-PG juice. It made me cough. No problem with VG.
Agreed. This stuff is cough mixture. I.E it makes me cough. VG is great but a little too thick. I find 65/35 in favour of VG best for me. This mix doesn't make me hack as much and is just about o.k for viscosity.
 

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First time I tried vaping was my son's cigalike and I coughed on first draw. It was strong juice because my heart also began racing. I vape no more than 12mg now without problems. One thing could be that there's a difference in quantity inhaled... look at the amount of vapor exhaled compared to amount a smoke exhaled... big difference... first draws would be a shocker.
 

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it really sux that this happens to some ppl (not me though) cuz my son refuses to use an ecig and quit smoking cuz the ecigs make him cough everytime... different ecigs and i even showed him how to hit mine (light weight esmart ecig). he still coughs like the vapor is killing him.
 
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