Both provide exactly the same same amount of nicotine (60 mg/day), but with the latter, one is inhaling four times as much PG/VG/Flavorings as with the former.
Juul takes this even further. A bit over 1ml of Juul liquid would provide the same amount of nic.
The question for any particular individual is: How much vapor do you need with your nic to feel satisfied? I understand the answer varies.
Another variable to consider is the hand-to-mouth habit.
I definitely fall more into the 20ml/3mg vs the 5ml at 12 mg because I do vape frequently throughout the day/night. I use mostly VG, 3mg and use coils in the .5 to .8 range at 20 to 25 watts.
When I smoked analogs I smoked full flavor and smoked with extremely high frequency. Was almost always puffing on a cig (ick), Much of it was (I now believe) because of the addiction but a good portion of it was also I was just so used to doing it. I do know that if I was forced to buy a light version because maybe my brand was sold out I would blow through a pack very quickly. I understand that had to do with the nic content but I also believe it had to with the many other ingredients in analogs. I say this because even as someone who vapes a lot I can go for long periods without my vape if I am busy or out to dinner, or involved in a project etc ... but I still overall vape frequently because, in my case, I have a strong hand-to-mouth habit.
Decreasing my nic at this point - going from my current 2 to 3mg to 0 to 1 will absolutely cause some discomfort and will likely cause me to vape a bit more to compensate but it will not be crazy and will be overall minor.
Now if I were to increase my nic - I firmly believe I'd get sick before I stopped because I have a very strong hand to mouth habit that has developed for so many MANY years. So it is as much about that hand-to-mouth as the nic satisfaction.
I started at 50 nic 6 and 1/2 years ago and am now down to between 2 and 3. There was no way that a small amount of ejuice even at high crazy nic levels would satisfy me totally because I was used to smoking frequently. Yes, I now use different equipment BUT I still vape with approximately the same amount of frequency as I did all those years ago. A big difference for me -- a huge difference - is I can go without for hours, even a full day without wanting to rip someones head off. Someone I know was in the hospital and I stayed overnight a few times. Most nights I did not even go out to vape until the morning and I only thought about it then because I was getting coffee. For me, that would never have happened with analogs.
The Juul creators, somehow with their proprietary formulation of nic salts, ingredients and delivery seem to have emulated what analogs do --create a strong sense of satisfaction coupled with a strong (gotta have more) addiction.
My opinion, of course
