Dose of Nicotine in eCig vs. Analog

[ISTBASE00]

Hopefully someone can answer this for me, very new to the vaping world.

If I am normally satisfied with one analog, how many hits should I be taking (Titan 510, 10ml) to equal one analog?

[malkore]

what analogs do you smoke?  Ultra lights? Lights? Regulars? "Reds"?

In my own experience, unless I mix my nic-juice pretty light, it only takes a few drags of my Titan 510 to feel like I've had a full cigarette.  I suspect without all the additives, we're getting a bit more pure nicotine into the lungs, and it absorbs instantly.

my best advice is assuming medium strength 12-14mg nicotine, go slow at first.  Its easy to get a little too much nicotine in the system when all that harsh smoke isn't making you feel like you've smoked a whole analog.

I don't vape much though so 3-4 draws at 14mg puts me in a total nicotine bliss

[chops]

It's impossible to equate the two in any accurate way.

If you smoke an 8mg cigarette (as stated on packet) that doesn't mean to say that you actually receive a dose of 8mg, just that the cigarette contains that (and I doubt that the measurement of nicotine in the cigarette will be precisely 8.00mg either). You will smoke a proportion of that 8mg, and you will absorb a proportion of what you smoke... quite a high proportion, but not 100%.

So, you will not be getting 8mg.

E-liquid strength per ml is very accurate indeed*... but you can only measure the amount you vape in mls and not in 'drags'....

Edit: *premixed

[malkore]

That's a good point...that analog is going to lose some nicotine in the filter, as well as while it sits idle between drags.

[AWOL]

Hopefully someone can answer this for me, very new to the vaping world.

If I am normally satisfied with one analog, how many hits should I be taking (Titan 510, 10ml) to equal one analog?

I think most of us are told a regular smoker of regular cigarettes could start vaping on 18mg, though whatever, you soon find a balance.
I love vaping, but were getting bad-heads on 18mg, so went to 11mg pretty quickly.
I now mix at own and vary between 2 & 4 mg with lots of flavours.
It means I can vape loads without having effects of too much nicotine.  Usually 3 to 4 mls, sometimes 5mls a day.

In reality, your health will improve, and even though this world is not a smoking cessation world, you'll soon prefer vaping, if you stick with it...

[bigscottd]

If you need a nic hit, have a vape. If your vaping a lot the try a higher nic level, if your getting headaches or dizzyness the lower your nic level.

[D4u2s0t]

I had these types of questions when I first started vaping, you can see my sticked post above.  What I learned is that you don't compare...  Vape when you feel like it, and if you get a headache from too much vaping, either use it less, or if you want to vape the same amount use a lower nic level.

[AWOL]

I had these types of questions when I first started vaping, you can see my sticked post above.  What I learned is that you don't compare...  Vape when you feel like it, and if you get a headache from too much vaping, either use it less, or if you want to vape the same amount use a lower nic level.

+1 for that 

[ISTBASE00]

Okay, thanks for the advice all!