AFAIK, you have to apply nicotine quite frequently to achieve a steady state and avoid withdrawal – every 30–45 minutes. 10–20 years ago, every single smoker I asked smoked > 20 cigarettes. Today, almost all admit to only 10–15, which is pharmacologically too infrequent and triggers multiple withdrawal–relaps cycles every day, worsening the nicotine addiction.
To handle drugs which are so addictive, you need a stable steady state, not fluctuating pladma levels. If you want to lower your dose, you cannot lower the frequency, you have to lower the dose of each application.
If vapers would vape every 30–45 min ≈ 20/day, they would stabilize their nicotine level, which would enable them to reduce the dose of nicotine over time.
It doesn’t work like that at all. Not everyone who smokes has a pack a day habit. It varies wildly and doesn’t require some uniform steady state.
Someone who has a morning cigarette just wants a morning cigarette. Social smokers may not even smoke everyday.
It’s just that those who DO make the habit more frequent, pack a day etc., will maintain THAT level.
Those who use vaporizers are able to create different patterns because of the nature of the device. Doesn’t have a finite time limit like a single cigarette and differing nicotine amounts, etc.
Almost certainly, but there are some caveats. Vitamin E was added to some around 2020 and that really fucked people up. The much higher nicotine percentage could also be doing damage we haven’t had enough time to fully understand as well. There’s also concern around the metal coils breaking down, especially when people ‘dry hit’ or use a coil after it’s spent. That being said, normal vaping is almost certainly safer than smoking
Vitamin e was added to counterfeit THC carts and fucked some people up around 2020, it’s not my understanding it ever made it into nic vapes they just used the THC carts as pretext for flavor bans of nic juice.
Compared to smoking? Probably.
I feel like vapers vape more on average than smokers smoke. This is purely anecdotal, but if its true, then that complicates things.
I definitely got my vape more than I used to smoke cigs. However it’s only one or two puffs usually. A whole cigarette is many more puffs.
I don’t know if it equals out or one is more. I will say vaping feels better than cigarettes.
AFAIK, you have to apply nicotine quite frequently to achieve a steady state and avoid withdrawal – every 30–45 minutes. 10–20 years ago, every single smoker I asked smoked > 20 cigarettes. Today, almost all admit to only 10–15, which is pharmacologically too infrequent and triggers multiple withdrawal–relaps cycles every day, worsening the nicotine addiction.
To handle drugs which are so addictive, you need a stable steady state, not fluctuating pladma levels. If you want to lower your dose, you cannot lower the frequency, you have to lower the dose of each application.
If vapers would vape every 30–45 min ≈ 20/day, they would stabilize their nicotine level, which would enable them to reduce the dose of nicotine over time.
10-15 a day works presuming you aren’t awake for all 24 hours
It doesn’t work like that at all. Not everyone who smokes has a pack a day habit. It varies wildly and doesn’t require some uniform steady state.
Someone who has a morning cigarette just wants a morning cigarette. Social smokers may not even smoke everyday.
It’s just that those who DO make the habit more frequent, pack a day etc., will maintain THAT level.
Those who use vaporizers are able to create different patterns because of the nature of the device. Doesn’t have a finite time limit like a single cigarette and differing nicotine amounts, etc.
Almost certainly, but there are some caveats. Vitamin E was added to some around 2020 and that really fucked people up. The much higher nicotine percentage could also be doing damage we haven’t had enough time to fully understand as well. There’s also concern around the metal coils breaking down, especially when people ‘dry hit’ or use a coil after it’s spent. That being said, normal vaping is almost certainly safer than smoking
Vitamin e was added to counterfeit THC carts and fucked some people up around 2020, it’s not my understanding it ever made it into nic vapes they just used the THC carts as pretext for flavor bans of nic juice.