I smoke a pack a day of Marb Lights and I'm wondering if the 11mg liquid would be to weak for me? What mg would you suggest?
What mg of nicotine should I purchase?
- Thread starter hess312004
- Start date
- th_trl_thread_readers 0
- Status
I would start off with about 16mg at the least. You don't want it too weak and not be able to get rid of the cigarette craving. With 11mg you may find yourself chain vaping 
but nothing wrong with that...I don't put down my PV unless I'm sleeping.
but nothing wrong with that...I don't put down my PV unless I'm sleeping.
Last edited:
Yeah, 11mg is probably not going to be satisfying. I usually recommend 24mg for the first 30ml or so, but plan on dropping to 16mg pretty quickly.
Smoked 2 packs of Marlboro Reg for almost 40 years . The 18mg did the trick for me with no cravings.
16 to 18 might work well for you.
You could also get a bottle of 11mg and a bottle of 16-18mg then vape the 11 for a spell if you find your still craving try the 16-18 .
16 to 18 might work well for you.
You could also get a bottle of 11mg and a bottle of 16-18mg then vape the 11 for a spell if you find your still craving try the 16-18 .
ditto.
i think that's the best idea...i started out at 18 and very quickly went down to 11-12mgs -- especially when chain vaping at night.
I smoked lights. Try 16-18mg - seemed about right to me. Of course if you like 11mg you can stick with that. It's a bit more like ultralights though. Or you could keep both around and use 11mg when you are vaping too much or some people find they sleep better with lower nic in the evening.
I was also a PAD Marlboro Lights guy, and 18mg has been fine for me. No cravings at all. One caveat: take it easy. When I got my eGo, I hit it way too hard for the first couple of days and on the third day I had headaches, fatigue, dizziness, etc. and spent almost the whole day in bed -- classic nicotine overdose. Since then I've treated more like a regular cigarette, puffing on it once an hour or so. No more problems.
I have always done 16-18. I've never felt the need to go higher than that. I do vape about 1000 x more than I smoked, but I think it's because I really enjoy it and I'm not counting how many cigs I have until I need to buy a new pack.
What everyone here says they vape and what you may need are entirely different things. You don't know the age, the years some of these people smoked, how much they smoked, or their level of addiction.
Plus, the level that gets you off cigs probably won't be the level you continue to vape. You can decrease the level of your juice easily but not increase it.
I purchased the same juice in 12 mg and 24 figuring I could mix them and decrease the 24 or increase the 12 if I needed to.
24 got me off cigs. But this is extrememely individual, I can't stress that enough. Just don't buy big bottles to start.
Plus, the level that gets you off cigs probably won't be the level you continue to vape. You can decrease the level of your juice easily but not increase it.
I purchased the same juice in 12 mg and 24 figuring I could mix them and decrease the 24 or increase the 12 if I needed to.
24 got me off cigs. But this is extrememely individual, I can't stress that enough. Just don't buy big bottles to start.
The most common nicotine level vaped based on polls is 18mg to 24mg. Most new people need that to successfully transition. You can always lower higher nic strength liquid but you can't make lower strength liquid higher. Vaping is not nearly as effcient in getting nicotine into your system as smoking is. I would get some 24mg strength and some 11mg in the same flavor and start out with the 24mg strength. Then if it is too high, just mix in some of the 11mg to what works for you.
I smoked 1 pack of Marlboro lights/gold pack (15 yrs) and 18mg didn't do it for me. Still had cravings for analogs until I switched to 24mg.
I started out with 18 and it didn't do the trick. 24 is what did it - still using the 24 but the next liquids I buy will be 16-18 and I will cut it into the 24 to make the step-down gradual. I am at 4 weeks no analogs and want to make the transition slow so I don't feel the need to go back to those smelly, nasty analogs!
I was a PAD Camel 100s smoker. I found 24 to be too strong, so I've been using 10mg. I DO get crazy cravings sometimes... Usually after I eat, I've seemed to beaten the morning craving after a few days.
Problem is I tend to suck too hard on my PV, and it causes my ears to plug LOL. So, 16-18 would have most likely been better for me. But, now that I'm used to 10, I figure it will be a bit easier to DIY when I get to that point. *shrugs*
You could get 12 or so as your main vape, and have a small extra PV full of 24 to fight really bad cravings. I plan on doing this myself.
Problem is I tend to suck too hard on my PV, and it causes my ears to plug LOL. So, 16-18 would have most likely been better for me. But, now that I'm used to 10, I figure it will be a bit easier to DIY when I get to that point. *shrugs*
You could get 12 or so as your main vape, and have a small extra PV full of 24 to fight really bad cravings. I plan on doing this myself.
I smoked marlboro ultra lights forever, and now use 24mg of liquid. go figure, but it works for me
Buy different levels - what works for one may not work for another.
I started in January on 12 and still am on 12mgs. I've tried 18 and 24 but they make me dizzy. I smoked about 1 PAD of Marlboro Lights for 15yrs.
I started in January on 12 and still am on 12mgs. I've tried 18 and 24 but they make me dizzy. I smoked about 1 PAD of Marlboro Lights for 15yrs.
Ya just never know. My Mom smoked ultra lights and needed 36 for the first couple weeks to get her over the hump and off cigs. Until she did that she still smoked. Now she's reduced her nic to like 6.
Like I said, what you start with you probably won't end up with either by choice or by what your body tells you.
Check this out: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/ecf-library/211345-new-users-nicotine-strength-questions.html#post3799856. It says it all. As others have said, it's a totally individual thing.
I never liked light cigs and smoked mostly Camel filters (and occasionaly unfiltered Camels and unfiltered Lucky Strikes [old school, baby! lol]) and eventually full-flavored generics as prices rose. I smoked cigs for 17 years 1.5-2 PAD), then finally switched to a pipe 9 years ago. I always smoked unfiltered pipes and mostly Prince Albert tobacco. This makes for a combo about as potent as unfiltered cigs as far as I could tell (I inhaled the pipe most of the time), yet when I started vaping about 1.5 months ago, I tried out 18mg and 11mg and settled on 18. I do vape more often than I smoked but not immensely so.
My point is that you'd think I'd have needed at least 24mg (if not 36mg) to kick the habit after 26 combined years of smoking some pretty heavy duty tobacco, but I found 18 quelled my need for tobacco just fine (not enough TH with 11mg for my liking). I smoked the pipe along with vaping for the first couple weeks, but found vaping much more pleasant so eliminated tobacco altogether 3 weeks ago (going on 4 weeks!) and haven't had the slightest urge to go back to the evil vile leaf (just noticed evil and vile are made up of the same letters. Freaky!)
.
All you can do is try several levels and see which one works for you. You can try starting with 11 and if you start getting antsy up it to 18, etc. I'd buy bottles of several strengths (say, 11, 18 and 24 [if you want]) all at the same time, so you're not stuck waiting if one proves not to be strong enough.
I never liked light cigs and smoked mostly Camel filters (and occasionaly unfiltered Camels and unfiltered Lucky Strikes [old school, baby! lol]) and eventually full-flavored generics as prices rose. I smoked cigs for 17 years 1.5-2 PAD), then finally switched to a pipe 9 years ago. I always smoked unfiltered pipes and mostly Prince Albert tobacco. This makes for a combo about as potent as unfiltered cigs as far as I could tell (I inhaled the pipe most of the time), yet when I started vaping about 1.5 months ago, I tried out 18mg and 11mg and settled on 18. I do vape more often than I smoked but not immensely so.
My point is that you'd think I'd have needed at least 24mg (if not 36mg) to kick the habit after 26 combined years of smoking some pretty heavy duty tobacco, but I found 18 quelled my need for tobacco just fine (not enough TH with 11mg for my liking). I smoked the pipe along with vaping for the first couple weeks, but found vaping much more pleasant so eliminated tobacco altogether 3 weeks ago (going on 4 weeks!) and haven't had the slightest urge to go back to the evil vile leaf (just noticed evil and vile are made up of the same letters. Freaky!)
. All you can do is try several levels and see which one works for you. You can try starting with 11 and if you start getting antsy up it to 18, etc. I'd buy bottles of several strengths (say, 11, 18 and 24 [if you want]) all at the same time, so you're not stuck waiting if one proves not to be strong enough.
Last edited:
I usually chain vape 18mg but I keep some 24-26mg around for those heavy craving instances. This works for me. Like many of you have said, I too vape constantly, way more than I smoked!
A good way to get your feet wet, is get 30ml bottle of 24 mg/ml. Get a smaller bottle of the same flavor, with zero nic. That makes it easy to cut it if need be, and keep the taste approximately the same. You might want stronger in the morning, and less in the evening.
I smoked Marlboro Lights as well and I'm using 24mg, thinking about dropping down to 16-18mg though since I've become somewhat of a chain vaper, getting too much of a nic buzz of the 24mg.
- Status
Similar threads
