Article you read was not accurate. Since cigarettes and vape deliver nicotine differently, the only actual way to get a valid comparison is by measuring blood nicotine levels after smoking or vaping. At any rate, just vape at whatever dosage of nicotine keeps you off cigarettes. You will probably end up lowering that as you go. I kept having to drop MGs about every 4 weeks as the less I used, the more sensitive to nicotine I got. Like I was getting a harsh throat hit off 6mg where I was vaping 12mg 2 months before. Just use it as a personal gauge as to what nicotine level you like.
See, it isn't the nicotine that causes the problems. It is all the other crap in cigarettes. Nicotine on its own without the additives, is about the same as caffeine in coffee. Of course, it is an irritant, so the lower mg you use, the better your throat and lungs are going to feel.(I found it more in my throat than lungs though)
What I understood of it was in vaping you absorb roughly half of the percentage or dose strength. For example I vape 18mg/ml, ergo each ml I vape, I absorb 0.09mg nicotine. I chose 18mg/ml as at one time that was what was suggested to be in
brand name and generic king sized cigarettes, per cigarette, again roughly estimated.
Been vaping about two years now and continuing to vape 18mg/ml. I vape roughly the same as I smoked cigarettes. Get busy doing for a spell, take a break and have a coffee and vape. Set the vape aside, go back to doing again. Like to vape after a meal, of a morning like a morning cigarette. There are some times when I feel a wee bit
over on my nicotine consumption, get a mild buzz going. This is when I knock off for a longer duration to let it get through my body's system, degrade itself.
Over all I feel like the nicotine attained from vaping is akin to what ****** addicts describe as an
even flow compared to the hard hitting
spike of a cigarette. The nicotine can build up in my system to a good
base level and through the day I can replenish that level a bit at a time to
maintain what I feel is a
good level of nicotine in my body. There's no deep craving for the vaping. Yes I vape but it's not all consuming like the
hunger for a cigarette. Yes I enjoy vaping. The risk reduction entailed, the more affordable direct financial cost, the cleanliness of it all contribute to that enjoyment.
But I'm an oddball that is a moderate in nearly every aspect of life and, I vape to use nicotine as the main reason I vape.
Don't foresee myself reducing my nicotine level any time soon. I might think "gee, I'd like to get to 6mg/ml ..." but I just cannot seem to ahem motivate myself into dropping my 18mg/ml. Fine, fine, *chuckles* I lack discipline somewhat.
ETA: When I used tanks and regulated mods I only used about 1.5ml juice daily. Since I have switched to squonking on mechanicals I find I use about 3 to 4ml daily. I know my ear is good ear, what I'm a slight bit unsure of is my setting up of it, i.e. the coil build/s & the wick process. I think I've done a fair job of it, though someone else might disagree.
Possibly, I enjoy the vaping more and do vape more using squonking, rdas, mechanicals. That contributes to more juice used, likely.
I do not think it's from inefficient gear, or my set up is
that bad. hehe, awe well, life is what life will be.
