Nicotine level comparisons between stinkies and e liquid?

[emmita]

I am sure this must have been discussed before but I have done a search here and cannot find anything......

Any idea how much you would need to vape in a day compared to smoking 30 cigarettes a day?

[Karma]

allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/thread/36249/nicotine-absorption-scientific-report?page=1&scrollTo=631997

[bkkkpewsey]

Thats a bit like asking how long is a piece of string!
It depends very much on the user.

• What brand of cigarettes? - a lot of difference between a Silk Cut and a Gitane
• How did they smoke? - lung inhale or just throat
• How do they vape?

[Perpetua]

I wouldn't even bother wondering . . . vape as much as you need to not smoke emmita.

[aliscampbell]

link

Was this the thread you were looking for? I found this this when I was first looking at switching. There are so many variables as stated above it is really hard to do a direct comparison. For example, lifestyle, equipment, enjoyment of flavours, absorption rates and you can vape in places you couldn't or wouldn't smoke in.

[kailey]

This new study by Dr. Farsalinos is interesting:

Nicotine absorption from electronic cigarette use: comparison between first and new generation devices

Testing 18mg liquid and 1st and 2nd Gen devices he says:

The results of the study showed that nicotine absorption from e-cigarettes was significantly lower compared to tobacco cigarettes. In reality, 5 minutes of use led to 1/3rd to 1/4th plasma nicotine levels compared to smoking 1 tobacco cigarette. The new-generation device was much more efficient in nicotine delivery, with nicotine levels being 35-72% higher than those observed by using the first-generation device. In fact, even after 1 hour of use, users could not obtain plasma nicotine levels similar to smoking 1 cigarette in 5 minutes. The results show that nicotine absorption from e-cigarettes is slow and probably resembles that of NRTs.

[kibbster]

Mar 3, 2014 2:07:29 GMT kailey said:

This new study by Dr. Farsalinos is interesting:

Nicotine absorption from electronic cigarette use: comparison between first and new generation devices

Testing 18mg liquid and 1st and 2nd Gen devices he says:

The results of the study showed that nicotine absorption from e-cigarettes was significantly lower compared to tobacco cigarettes. In reality, 5 minutes of use led to 1/3rd to 1/4th plasma nicotine levels compared to smoking 1 tobacco cigarette. The new-generation device was much more efficient in nicotine delivery, with nicotine levels being 35-72% higher than those observed by using the first-generation device. In fact, even after 1 hour of use, users could not obtain plasma nicotine levels similar to smoking 1 cigarette in 5 minutes. The results show that nicotine absorption from e-cigarettes is slow and probably resembles that of NRTs.

Which probably exactly matches what many vapers find.
Vaping is about a more constant intake (some people vape all the time) than mainline Nic in a huge rush and then waiting for the crash to do it again like with smoking.

I vape more than I smoked and it takes a few minutes when I'm gasping to alleviate the cravings rather than the couple of puffs on  cigarette.

Having said that, I do find the cravings more mild now I'm not smoking.
Going without a smoke from more than 90 mins was messy, with ecigs I find it's not as bad, I still get restless but nothing like the demon from hell I was with smoking.