E-liquid strength guide

[Chrissie]

This is a vague guide to give newbies some idea of which strength e-liquid to to buy

Please note that we don't really know about the actual absorption rates for e-smoking as compared to traditional smoking.

1ml 11 mg Liquid Juice = 11mg (1.1%) Nicotine
1ml 14 mg Juice = 14mg (1.4%) Nicotine
1ml 18 mg Juice = 18 mg (1.8%) Nicotine
1ml 24 mg Juice = 24 mg (2.4%) Nicotine
1ml 36 mg Juice = 36 mg (3.6%) Nicotine

Cigarettes you smoke and Juice strength to order.

20 Cigarettes 0.9mg nic = 18 mg Nic per day - you need 1ml 18 mg Juice or 2 ml of 9 mg juice

20 Cigarettes 0.8mg nic = 16 mg Nic per day - you need 1ml 16 mg Juice or 2 ml of 8 mg juice

20 Cigarettes 0.7mg nic = 14 mg Nic per day - you need 1ml 14 mg Juice or 2 ml of 7 mg juice

20 Cigarettes 0.6mg nic = 12 mg Nic per day - you need 1ml 12 mg Juice or 2 ml of 6 mg juice

20 Cigarettes 0.5mg nic = 10 mg Nic per day - you need 1ml 10 mg Juice or 2 ml of 5 mg juice

30 Cigarettes 0.9 mg nic = 27 mg Nic per day - you need 1ml 27 mg Juice or 2 ml of 13.5 mg juice

30 Cigarettes 0.8 mg nic = 24 mg Nic per day - you need 1ml 24 mg Juice or 2 ml of 12 mg juice

30 Cigarettes 0.7 mg nic = 21 mg Nic per day - you need 1ml 21 mg Juice or 2 ml of 10.5 mg juice

30 Cigarettes 0.6 mg nic = 18 mg Nic per day - you need 1ml 18 mg Juice or 2 ml of 9 mg juice

30 Cigarettes 0.5mg nic = 15 mg Nic per day - you need 1ml 15 mg Juice or 2 ml of 7.5 mg juice

40 Cigarettes 0.9mg nic = 36 mg Nic per day - you need 1ml 36 mg Juice or 2 ml of 18 mg juice

40 Cigarettes 0.8mg nic = 32 mg Nic per day - you need 1ml 32 mg Juice or 2 ml of 16 mg juice

40 Cigarettes 0.7mg nic = 28 mg Nic per day - you need 1ml 28 mg Juice or 2 ml of 14 mg juice

40 Cigarettes 0.6 mg nic = 24 mg Nic per day - you need 1ml 24 mg Juice or 2 ml of 12 mg juice

40 Cigarettes 0.5mg nic = 21 mg Nic per day - you need 1ml 21 mg Juice or 2 ml of 10.5 mg juice

The above is just a general rule of thumb guidline on Nicotine consumption.

Some people vape high nic liquid daytime and Zero in the evening.

All down to your personal needs and you will only figure that out as you go.

Be aware
36mg liquid is quite potent if you are not a heavy smoker or usually smoke low nic cigarettes please take it easy.

If you get Headaches, dizzy spells, palpitations STOP give your body a break and think about cutting it to reduce the strength.

[4madcats]

I've just seen this on another forum, sure the OP won't mind if I copy it over here.

mg per ml to cigs calc
This is Trog's formula (or at least I learned it from him) on how to relate your juice consumption to number of cigarettes.

For those of you who do not know Trog, he is the inventor of the Screwdriver mod and all round likeably disagreeable chap, highly argumentative but occasionally very knowledgeable hehe

It is based on the assumption (evidence concurs) that compared to smoking, vaping is approx 30% as effective at giving your favoured nic experience. Also that the average cigarette contains 1mg of nicotine.
It is a rough approximater, not an exact scientific calculation.
(30% goes into 100% 3.33 times. 3.5 is used just to make things easier.)

It goes thus...
Take the mg/ml figure from your juice (18 or 24 for example) and multiply it by how many mls you go through in a day. Now divide that figure by 3.5. Ta da, an approximation of the equivelant number of cigarettes you are getting.

Example 1
I am on 6 to 8 mg/ml juice so I'll call it 7mg. Multiplied by the 5ml I go through a day = 35. 35 divided by 3.5 equals an approx 10 cigs worth of nic a day. Doesn't seem like a lot but...

Example 2
I used to use 18mg/ml juice and went through about 5ml a day which = 90. 90 divided by 3.5 equals an approx 26 cigs a day. This is still a bit low but isn't too far off the level I used to smoke at.

I'm interested in seeing how this works out for other folk.

I personally think this is a more accurate method of calculating nicotine used / cigarettes smoked.

I've never been one for recommending anything lower then 18mg to someone making the change to vaping. Even if someone was only smoking 5 a day, the fact is they're still smoking full strength ciggies, (& yes I check) so whenever they choose to have their daily quota of ciggies they're still expecting their nic fix.

To automatically assume they only need a lower strength liquid would doing them a disservice, but the recommendation is always tempered with advice that they should only vape as & when they smoked, once they've adjusted to vaping then they can consider lowering the nic strength if it's something they want to do.

I've started trying to get out onto some local markets, & I'm seeing more & more second chancers who've tried vaping once & given up cos it's not doing it for them. A lot of them started on cigalikes & thought that they worked well enough that they wanted to upgrade, but they were then told by the local garage /corner shop employee that 12mg was high strength & would be plenty enough, but maybe that's just a local problem