Determining the right nicotine level

[Dan_V]

When I smoked rolling tobacco, I never gave a thought to how much nicotine I was consuming.
What sort of mg level in an e-liquid would be equal to smoking a hand rolled cigarette - such as Golden Virginia?

 

[smacuser]

When I smoked rolling tobacco, I never gave a thought to how much nicotine I was consuming.
What sort of mg level in an e-liquid would be equal to smoking a hand rolled cigarette - such as Golden Virginia?

It really depends on how much you smoked and what will keep you off those rollies. I was a pack a day and started at 18mg, and now have worked myself down to 6mg. Also, factor in if you plan to use nic salts and if your vaping style is direct to lung, mouth to lung, and are using sub-ohm coils or not.

 

[Real-ist]

When I smoked rolling tobacco, I never gave a thought to how much nicotine I was consuming.
What sort of mg level in an e-liquid would be equal to smoking a hand rolled cigarette - such as Golden Virginia?

I smoked Newports mainly. In my transition, I started at 24mg. A key thing for me was how much (often) I pulled on it. Too often would lead to my getting Nic Sick.

Dependent on your cigs/day/brand is a factor to give the best suggestion to you. 18mg (low watt/MTL) is likely a good starting point.

 

[Dan_V]

Of course! The thing missing from my post is my set up... Sorry!

These days the nichrome coils (in my RDA) come in at around 3.9 0.39 ohms, drawing 35 Watts from a regulated box mod. Previously, I was at 3.0 0.3 ohms, drawing 50 Watts on the same mod. I also use a single 18650 hybrid mechanical with the same RDA, which has three settings available, via the MOSFET. The result feels about the same with both.

I have it in mind to go MTL, after more than a decade of DTL vaping. I expect I may end up coiling to a higher resistance for the new RDA.

Either way, I'm trying to find out the general nicotine level one could expect from a cigarette. Not about what levels people use to come off cigarettes. Because giving up nicotine has never really been on my agenda. For me, vaping is all about the nicotine. It's not a cessation aid.

 

[Real-ist]

I'm of no help.

 

[UncLeJunkLe]

3.9 ohms, drawing 35 Watts

3.0 ohms, drawing 50 Watts

I never heard of such ohms/wattage combianations. Surely you must me 0.39 and 0.3 ohms?

 

[Dan_V]

I never heard of such ohms/wattage combianations. Surely you must me 0.39 and 0.3 ohms?

Exactly. Like I said, I misread numbers all the time.
What I meant was 0.39 and 0.3 ohms.

Sorry about that.

 

[Coyote628]

It's all but impossible to determine the vape equivalent to a tobacco cigarette.