E-liquid Nicotine VS Tobacco Cigarette Nicotine
How much nicotine is contained in the E-Liquid you are inhaling?
The nicotine density listed for e-liquid is the number of milligrams of nicotine per milliliter in the E-Liquid.
That means a 10ml bottle of 6mg nicotine e-liquid would have 60mg of nicotine in it (6mg x 10ml). Likewise, a 30ml bottle of 6mg e-liquid would have 180mg of nicotine in it (6mg x 30ml).
When you refill your e-cartridges with e-liquid, you may need to know how much nicotine is contained in your refilling e-liquid.
There are approximately 20 drops of e-liquid per milliliter. So, using 6mg nicotine e-liquid once again as an example, there would be 0.3mg of nicotine per drop (6mg/20 drops). This is why, if you put three drops of e-liquid; that means you will be taking in 0.9mg of nicotine from the time you start vaping until you top it off again.
The amount and the feeling of the nicotine absorbed by the body when vaping depends on many factors. This is including the density of the nicotine in e-liquid, the volume of vapor produced by the e-Cig. Also, your vaping duration as well as frequency, and the way you inhale the vapor.
It is worth mentioning that the nicotine in any given e-liquid will never be absorbed completely by you as a vaper.
For instance, if you inhale 1 ml of E-Liquid which contains 6 mg of nicotine; that does not mean you will absorb all the 6 mg of nicotine. You may only absorb about 40-65% of the nicotine according to your personal smoking habit.
Precautions
Although nicotine is highly addictive; no studies have shown nicotine to be a carcinogenic chemical compound. It is simply what tobacco cigarette smokers crave. However, the following cases should never consume nicotine:
- Those who have sensitivity to nicotine
- Pregnant ladies
- Breastfeeding ladies
- Those who have cardiovascular diseases or certain CNS diseases.
- Those who are taking medications that have drug-drug interaction with nicotine
If you have doubts about certain health condition you have; it is highly recommended that you consult a healthcare professional. This is before consuming any e-liquid with a nicotine component, regardless of how much low nicotine concentration it has.
When it comes to the comparison of an e-liquid nicotine vs tobacco cigarette nicotine, the question, “which e-liquid nicotine strength is equivalent to a particular kind of tobacco cigarette?” is popping up. In this regard, different brands of tobacco cigarettes vary in their nicotine content. Basically, nicotine constitutes approximately 0.6-3.0% of the dry weight of tobacco in a cigarette.
- Regular full flavor cigarettes: there is approximately 1.2mg of nicotine in each cigarette, or 24mg of nicotine per pack (1.2mg x 20 cigarettes).
- Light cigarettes: there is approximately 0.7mg of nicotine in each cigarette, or 14mg of nicotine per pack (0.7mg x 20 cigarettes).
- Ultra Light cigarettes: there is approximately 0.5mg of nicotine in each cigarette, or 10mg of nicotine per pack (0.5mg x 20 cigarettes).
E-liquid Nicotine VS Tobacco Cigarette Nicotine
Conclusion:
Theoretically, in order to match a 20 regular full flavor tobacco cigarettes of 1.2mg nicotine per 1 cig with CigoretteTM medium e-liquid of 1% or 10mg/ml concentration; it would be equivalent to 2.4ml or 48 drops or 1.5 tanks of 1.6ml size Tankomizer if it happens and the 100% of nicotine is to be absorbed which is not fully true.
Practically, if we exercise the fact 40-65% of the inhaled vapor nicotine will only be absorbed. So, In order to match a 20 regular full flavor tobacco cigarettes of 1.2mg nicotine per 1 cig with CigoretteTM medium e-liquid of 1% or 10mg/ml concentration; it would be ranging between 3.7ml or 74 drops or 2.3 tanks of 1.6ml size Tankomizer if it happens and the 65% of nicotine is to be absorbed. And a maximum of 6ml or 120 drops or 3.7 tanks of 1.6ml size Tankomizer if it happens and only 40% of nicotine is to be absorbed.