Hey guys,
Recently I wanted to work out how much nicotine I'm vaping in comparison to how much I had when I was smoking cigarettes and at the end I'll give you a little figure on how to work out how much nicotine per ml of e-liquid you vape and the difference to how much you smoked.
This will also give you a little idea into choosing the correct e-liquid nicotine strength for you.
Ok so for starters I'm vaping Soma by Frisco which is 70-30 VG/PG at 3mg. I'm using my Nortilus mini with a 1.8ohm BVC coil & using the CF VV+ battery both made by Aspire.
I vape around 0.5ml of E liquid per day and in comparison I smoked 5 Marlborough Golds per day.
So here's the comparison;
Marlborough Golds (UK) state they contain 0.5mg of nicotine per cigarette, other countries state more but also 0.5mg of nicotine is the average amount that would be ABSORBED when smoking.
They also say you'd absorb around anything from 40-65% of the total nicotine per cigarette, as their is no clear indication of what we absorb as all of us will be different they state 0.5mg per cigarette and the actual amount of nicotine per cigarette would be a lot more than 0.5mg of nicotine if they didn't work out how much was actually absorbed.
Ok so that means on a normal day for me I would of absorbed 2.5mg of nicotine per day.
If you look at charts about nicotine consumption and throat hit when choosing your e liquid they say a light cigarette like Marlborough golds are around the 12mg mark. when I stopped smoking I went straight to 0mg, caved in and then worked out I can easily work on 3mg and it be enough for what I need.
As well, how I vape and my set up, means I don't need such a high nicotine content so I'd suggest you try it for yourself.
You don't want to give up smoking and start vaping, use a low nicotine e liquid and it not work and resort to smoking again or use a high nicotine e liquid and actually have more than your used to, get a nicotine overdose or get more hooked than you were when you were smoking.
So..
E liquids come in different strengths, from 0 to 36ml or more depending on the e liquid manufacturing country.
Take the strength of nicotine strength of the bottle and times it by how many ml's the bottle size is to get the amount of nicotine per bottle.
You would then work out how much e liquid you'd vape per day and then minus the percentage of how much is absorbed from what you vape and what is not absorbed to give you the amount of nicotine on average you would absorb per day and this would give you a rough idea on which strength is best suited for you.
For example;
My e liquid is 3mg this does not mean the liquid is 3mg in the whole bottle but 3mg/ml so for every ml of e liquid you fill up with in that ml is 3mg of nicotine,
So a my bottle of e juice is 16ml which means in a bottle I have 48mg of nicotine.
Now their is usually 20 drops of e liquid per ml so to fill my tank up to 2ml that's 40 drops of e liquid I need.
Take the strength of e liquid in this case 3mg and divide it by the amount of drops per ml (20) to give you the amount of nicotine per drop
(3 / 20 = 0.15) 0.15mg of nicotine per drop
40 drops of e liquid to fill my tank = 6mg of nicotine
(40 X 0.15 = 6)
So for every full tank I vape that's 6mg of nicotine for every 2 ml's.
But I only vape 0.5ml of e liquid a day so if I divide 6mg of nicotine by 4
0.5ml X 4 = 2ml (full tank)
(6 / 4 = 1.5) means I vape 1.5mg of nicotine per day.
Which isn't that bad considering I'd smoke 2.5mg of nicotine per day
BUT
The cigarettes I smoked took into an account that between 40-65% of nicotine is absorbed by the cigarette and 0.5mg of nicotine per cigarette was an estimate.
I can only take into an account that vapour is less dense than smoke and even if I took the median percentage of nicotine absorbed as 52.5% absorbed from 1.5mg of nicotine vaped as;
0.78mg of nicotine per day means that it's over 3x less nicotine absorbed into my system than cigarettes.
Again everyone is different and 52.5% absorbed is only an estimate considering they only estimate 40-65% absorbed by cigarettes and their is no exact comparison on densities between smoking and vapour I can only estimate my figures and should not be taken as a true figure but a rough guide.
I hope this helps anyone trying to work out exactly how much nicotine they actually vape!
Thanks!
Recently I wanted to work out how much nicotine I'm vaping in comparison to how much I had when I was smoking cigarettes and at the end I'll give you a little figure on how to work out how much nicotine per ml of e-liquid you vape and the difference to how much you smoked.
This will also give you a little idea into choosing the correct e-liquid nicotine strength for you.
Ok so for starters I'm vaping Soma by Frisco which is 70-30 VG/PG at 3mg. I'm using my Nortilus mini with a 1.8ohm BVC coil & using the CF VV+ battery both made by Aspire.
I vape around 0.5ml of E liquid per day and in comparison I smoked 5 Marlborough Golds per day.
So here's the comparison;
Marlborough Golds (UK) state they contain 0.5mg of nicotine per cigarette, other countries state more but also 0.5mg of nicotine is the average amount that would be ABSORBED when smoking.
They also say you'd absorb around anything from 40-65% of the total nicotine per cigarette, as their is no clear indication of what we absorb as all of us will be different they state 0.5mg per cigarette and the actual amount of nicotine per cigarette would be a lot more than 0.5mg of nicotine if they didn't work out how much was actually absorbed.
Ok so that means on a normal day for me I would of absorbed 2.5mg of nicotine per day.
If you look at charts about nicotine consumption and throat hit when choosing your e liquid they say a light cigarette like Marlborough golds are around the 12mg mark. when I stopped smoking I went straight to 0mg, caved in and then worked out I can easily work on 3mg and it be enough for what I need.
As well, how I vape and my set up, means I don't need such a high nicotine content so I'd suggest you try it for yourself.
You don't want to give up smoking and start vaping, use a low nicotine e liquid and it not work and resort to smoking again or use a high nicotine e liquid and actually have more than your used to, get a nicotine overdose or get more hooked than you were when you were smoking.
So..
E liquids come in different strengths, from 0 to 36ml or more depending on the e liquid manufacturing country.
Take the strength of nicotine strength of the bottle and times it by how many ml's the bottle size is to get the amount of nicotine per bottle.
You would then work out how much e liquid you'd vape per day and then minus the percentage of how much is absorbed from what you vape and what is not absorbed to give you the amount of nicotine on average you would absorb per day and this would give you a rough idea on which strength is best suited for you.
For example;
My e liquid is 3mg this does not mean the liquid is 3mg in the whole bottle but 3mg/ml so for every ml of e liquid you fill up with in that ml is 3mg of nicotine,
So a my bottle of e juice is 16ml which means in a bottle I have 48mg of nicotine.
Now their is usually 20 drops of e liquid per ml so to fill my tank up to 2ml that's 40 drops of e liquid I need.
Take the strength of e liquid in this case 3mg and divide it by the amount of drops per ml (20) to give you the amount of nicotine per drop
(3 / 20 = 0.15) 0.15mg of nicotine per drop
40 drops of e liquid to fill my tank = 6mg of nicotine
(40 X 0.15 = 6)
So for every full tank I vape that's 6mg of nicotine for every 2 ml's.
But I only vape 0.5ml of e liquid a day so if I divide 6mg of nicotine by 4
0.5ml X 4 = 2ml (full tank)
(6 / 4 = 1.5) means I vape 1.5mg of nicotine per day.
Which isn't that bad considering I'd smoke 2.5mg of nicotine per day
BUT
The cigarettes I smoked took into an account that between 40-65% of nicotine is absorbed by the cigarette and 0.5mg of nicotine per cigarette was an estimate.
I can only take into an account that vapour is less dense than smoke and even if I took the median percentage of nicotine absorbed as 52.5% absorbed from 1.5mg of nicotine vaped as;
0.78mg of nicotine per day means that it's over 3x less nicotine absorbed into my system than cigarettes.
Again everyone is different and 52.5% absorbed is only an estimate considering they only estimate 40-65% absorbed by cigarettes and their is no exact comparison on densities between smoking and vapour I can only estimate my figures and should not be taken as a true figure but a rough guide.
I hope this helps anyone trying to work out exactly how much nicotine they actually vape!
Thanks!
