I can't even understand why you wouldn't abandon all Juul products at this point.
The highest pg/vg liquid most people can tolerate is 18 mg. Typically if someone is using a smoking device that has the large clouds, they are only using 6 or 3 mg concentrate. The issue with high nicotine concentrate in the pg/vg liquid is the taste is very bad with high mg of nicotine.
Now the tiny pods people smoke out of, do not have as large of clouds, however with the new type of salt-based liquid, you can smoke 25-50 mg and still have a pleasant taste to it.
This is why anyone smoking the salt based liquid seems to have these fiendish kinds of buzz.
Me personally, I started 4 years ago on 18 mg, after one year went to 12 mg, then 6 mg, now I'm on 3 mg. I plan on ripping the band-aid off soon and quitting cold turkey now that I've weened myself down. I am waiting for this upcoming holiday season to take a few days off, isolate myself from work and be a crappy asshole to myself for a bit and then be free of this stupid habit I picked up. (I used to smoke a pack a day or more starting when I was 18 before I transitioned to vaping)
Tl:Dr - Salt based liquids are like a shot of nicotine vs a beer when you compare the concentration of the nicotine.
2 weeks before I pull the trigger and throw everything into the garbage (that is the plan because I agree the temptation would be probably too great), I plan on trying to only vape outside like I would have to with normal cigarettes. This is to detach my habits of also sitting at the computer desk and taking vape hits whenever I want. This would force me to want it bad enough to put on a jacket and physically go outside to smoke it.
Where I live we just got our first snow yesterday, so going outside is not exactly pleasant, and I'm hoping that when I do pull the trigger and quit at the end of the month it will easier if I've already weened myself off of vaping at my desk or other areas inside of the house I've grown too comfortable vaping in.
Apparently, there's evidence that nicotine reinforces habit formation, so that could be why.
That's sounds like a lot. My point of reference is nicotine gum, they are 2-4mg a piece, and the packaging says you are supposed to chew it slowly over 20-30 minutes.
If you have no resistance, 2mg can be enough to create a "buzz".
Cursory Google turns up a pretty wide range of nicotine content for a cigarette.
So 50mg/ml nicotine salt is 'equivalent' in concentration to ~27mg/ml nicotine freebase and likewise 25ml/ml is 'only' as strong as 13.5ml/ml nicotine freebase. You also inhale a LOT less from salt vapes typically compared to traditional vapes. Prior to the popularity of nicotine salts, I remember having friends who switch from cigarettes needing high concentrations; ~20mg/ml nicotine freebase which has a intense throat hit.
I didn't realize the nicotine itself is what was different, and would explain how there are sub ohm salts now that only contain 3/6 mg/60 ml.
I did notice when I tried the Salt pods my friend had that were 25/50 that it did give me an intense head buzz, pretty much like smoking a cigarette for the first time. I think that inhaling less vapor is also beneficial in pods vs the sub ohm, and if I wasn't planning on quitting at the end of the month I probably would switch to the pods as it would be easier to smoke in public without annoying/drawing attention to yourself like with the sub ohm mods.
The liquid in Juul pods is actually 59mg/ml. There's 0.7ml of the stuff in there, so the total pod nicotine content is about 41mg.
With roughly 200 puffs per pod, that comes out to 0.2mg per puff.
From an egotistical customer perspective Juul knowingly selling tainted vials is relevant while Uber isn't.
I've been trying to use 0 nic pods but they don't hit your throat at all so it's really not got the effect I need. The flavors great but it's the equivalent of eating dessert and blowing sweet air out of your mouth afterwards.
To add even more pain to this I'm sitting here smoking mint pods which are what this articles about..
edit: I grabbed a Caliburn, if anyone is having a hard time finding lower mg nic salts I found that www.cloudberryvapors.com will make them to any of your specifications. I went with 12mg and got a sampler pack.