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I suspect there's some truth here. Like how not everyone goes for the 80+ proof drinks, many just go for drinks that are 5% ABV or less.

dmix 4y ago
Same with nicotine vape pens, 35-50mg salt ones have a comparable dosage to cigarettes (and are pretty gross) but it's easy to slowly move down to 5mg. This was impossible before with just cigarettes [1], which only had a 'lite' option which I doubt had any less nicotine. The only option was to quit. Weening off via 5mg is way easier. [1] Besides maybe the nicotine gum which is even grosser
- gigaflop 4y ago
  I'm not sure where you're getting those numbers from. The vape shop near me sells nicotine salts in 25mg/ml to 50mg/ml ranges, which roughly translates to 2.5% and 5% strength. I've never seen something so low as 5mg/ml.
  - dmix 4y ago
    maybe you're only using a disposable brand like Juul? You could go down to 3mg here in Canada with the one I used. Picking a salt liquid at random, this one lets you go down to 1mg, since they probably add the nicotine to a 0mg product: https://www.dashvapes.com/products/e-juice/24/grappleberry+ice/2527/19921 https://www.dashvapes.com/products/e-juice/24/grappleberry+i...
    - gigaflop 4y ago
      Interesting, I'm used to the US market. Back when I was a regular user (as opposed to sometimes-caving-and-buying-a-dispo quitter), salts were usually 25 and 50, with lower strengths provided by freebase nicotine juices. I think the last freebase juice I bought was a 3 or 6mg, but those were less common. Disposables are usually 5% salts over here, afaik.
- Semaphor 4y ago
  Funnily enough, a law in Germany just went into effect today that makes it far cheaper (assuming you vape less with more nicotine, certainly holds true for me, I’m on 0mg nowadays) to vape with a lot of nicotine. The law is essentially a tax per ml. But doesn’t care what ml, pure propylene glycol, vegetable glycerine, flavor concentrates, nicotine, whatever, as long as the intended use is for vaping.

dmix 4y ago

Same with nicotine vape pens, 35-50mg salt ones have a comparable dosage to cigarettes (and are pretty gross) but it's easy to slowly move down to 5mg. This was impossible before with just cigarettes [1], which only had a 'lite' option which I doubt had any less nicotine. The only option was to quit. Weening off via 5mg is way easier. [1] Besides maybe the nicotine gum which is even grosser

gigaflop 4y ago
I'm not sure where you're getting those numbers from. The vape shop near me sells nicotine salts in 25mg/ml to 50mg/ml ranges, which roughly translates to 2.5% and 5% strength. I've never seen something so low as 5mg/ml.
- dmix 4y ago
  maybe you're only using a disposable brand like Juul? You could go down to 3mg here in Canada with the one I used. Picking a salt liquid at random, this one lets you go down to 1mg, since they probably add the nicotine to a 0mg product: https://www.dashvapes.com/products/e-juice/24/grappleberry+ice/2527/19921 https://www.dashvapes.com/products/e-juice/24/grappleberry+i...
  - gigaflop 4y ago
    Interesting, I'm used to the US market. Back when I was a regular user (as opposed to sometimes-caving-and-buying-a-dispo quitter), salts were usually 25 and 50, with lower strengths provided by freebase nicotine juices. I think the last freebase juice I bought was a 3 or 6mg, but those were less common. Disposables are usually 5% salts over here, afaik.
Semaphor 4y ago
Funnily enough, a law in Germany just went into effect today that makes it far cheaper (assuming you vape less with more nicotine, certainly holds true for me, I’m on 0mg nowadays) to vape with a lot of nicotine. The law is essentially a tax per ml. But doesn’t care what ml, pure propylene glycol, vegetable glycerine, flavor concentrates, nicotine, whatever, as long as the intended use is for vaping.