Well, a couple points...
1) I can't afford to vape more; it would seriously distress my asthma -- in fact, if I could vape less by raising my nic level, I would probably try it, but I know that I'm going to vape a certain amount, no matter the nic level. I was going to stick at 5mg, but then all this deeming shit came down, and I decided that I'd probably better go ahead and get down to 3mg and stick there.
And 2) I have no plans to EVER get completely nic-free, thx to 2 different kinds of dementia in my gene pool, from my 2 grandmothers, one who suffered Alzheimers, and one who suffered "ordinary" geriatric dementia, a/k/a senile dementia. Which is why I have now almost 2.5 liters of nic in my freezer, and will probably try to get another half-liter before Aug 8, to bring it to about 3 liters; I'm 55, and at 3mg, roughly 5ml per day, 3 liters of 100mg nicotine should be more than enough to see out my lifetime.
I see no benefit whatever to living longer thx to quitting smoking, if I lose my marbles because of no longer using nicotine. The fact that I'm 55 and have zero evidence of Alzheimers probably means I won't suffer that one, since it does seem to have a rather earlier onset than mid-50s, but the other one, senile dementia, is a definite risk; not only did one of my grandmothers suffer it, but her mother did too; neither of them were ever smokers or any other type of tobacco-user.
I'm also afraid that abstaining from all nicotine would cause my metabolism to slow even more than it has already, causing extreme weight gain, and considering that diabetes GALLOPS thru my family, that's a serious concern. I'm roughly 10-15 lbs overweight, and I'd like to never be more overweight than that, and less if I can manage it.
Andria