# How to Choose the Right Nicotine Strength for You **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [April 22, 2025, 1:11am UTC](https://www.uvcommunity.com/t/how-to-choose-the-right-nicotine-strength-for-you/3150 "2025-04-22T01:11:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![J1J1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/vaporesso/user_avatar/www.uvcommunity.com/j1j1/32/2633_2.png) [@J1J1](https://www.uvcommunity.com/u/J1J1)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2025, 1:11am UTC](https://www.uvcommunity.com/t/how-to-choose-the-right-nicotine-strength-for-you/3150/1 "2025-04-22T01:11:05Z")
[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/vaporesso/original/2X/5/5a6a19b31e4e8866706e5785978c6137dea1fb77.jpeg "How do I choose the right Nicotine level? - Vaping 101") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz1sHjNYqUQ) I want to dive into a topic that’s crucial for both new vapers and seasoned ones If you were a heavy smoker, you might need a higher nicotine strength to satisfy your cravings. For example, a 5% nicotine concentration (50mg/mL) can provide a strong throat hit and a similar satisfaction to traditional cigarettes. If you were a light smoker or are new to vaping, a lower concentration like 3% (30mg/mL) might be more suitable. ---
**Author:** ![VAPORESSO\_cc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/vaporesso/user_avatar/www.uvcommunity.com/vaporesso_cc/32/121_2.png) [@VAPORESSO\_cc](https://www.uvcommunity.com/u/VAPORESSO_cc)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 2:16am UTC](https://www.uvcommunity.com/t/how-to-choose-the-right-nicotine-strength-for-you/3150/2 "2025-04-23T02:16:41Z")
Very helpful! Thank you for your share! ❤ ---
**Author:** ![AndraVapourium](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/vaporesso/user_avatar/www.uvcommunity.com/andravapourium/32/126_2.png) [@AndraVapourium](https://www.uvcommunity.com/u/AndraVapourium)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 8:47am UTC](https://www.uvcommunity.com/t/how-to-choose-the-right-nicotine-strength-for-you/3150/3 "2025-04-23T08:47:55Z")
It’s interesting seeing the comparison to the US market and what they’d recommend. In comparison, I commented on someone’s post the other day about UK recommendations - It’d be interesting to see what people who have moved to the States to the UK and the other way around think of the different strengths and feels.. > [@Do long-term smokers see health benefits after switching to vaping?](https://www.uvcommunity.com/t/do-long-term-smokers-see-health-benefits-after-switching-to-vaping/3047/6): > > Welcome! I’m really glad to see people also using this community to help quit smoking. As a NHS certified Stop Smoking assistant, I can tell you, there’s no better way to quit smoking than to do it with someone else. Public Health England came out with a study years ago that proved that vaping is at least 95% safer than smoking, Now obviously, nothing that we put into our bodies these days is completly risk free, however vaping is backed UK wide as a number 1 stop smoking tool. As far as statis… ---
**Author:** ![Mikel1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/vaporesso/user_avatar/www.uvcommunity.com/mikel1/32/3317_2.png) [@Mikel1](https://www.uvcommunity.com/u/Mikel1)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 9:24am UTC](https://www.uvcommunity.com/t/how-to-choose-the-right-nicotine-strength-for-you/3150/4 "2025-04-23T09:24:43Z")
Thanks for sharing 😁👌 ---
**Author:** ![VAPORESSO\_YUJIA](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/vaporesso/user_avatar/www.uvcommunity.com/vaporesso_yujia/32/64_2.png) [@VAPORESSO\_YUJIA](https://www.uvcommunity.com/u/VAPORESSO_YUJIA)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 9:57am UTC](https://www.uvcommunity.com/t/how-to-choose-the-right-nicotine-strength-for-you/3150/5 "2025-04-23T09:57:37Z")
Thanks for sharing !!! 🥰 🥰 🥰 ---
**Author:** ![J1J1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/vaporesso/user_avatar/www.uvcommunity.com/j1j1/32/2633_2.png) [@J1J1](https://www.uvcommunity.com/u/J1J1)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 1:31am UTC](https://www.uvcommunity.com/t/how-to-choose-the-right-nicotine-strength-for-you/3150/6 "2025-04-24T01:31:22Z")
“When we give up smoking, it’s important to replace the cigarettes with the right amount of nicotine. for lighter smokers ( up to 5 a day) 3 mg should be enough, up to 10 a day, between 3 and 10, 20 and over smokers I’d probably recommend freebase 12 or a salt 20 to start off with as nicotine is in the entire bottle compared to 7-9mg per 1 cigarette. So in reality, going over to vaping reduces your nicotine levels drastically straight away. The way to think of it, with 1 cigarette you consume the 7-9mg of nicotine in the 5 minutes it takes to have a fag, whereas if it takes you 3 days to go through 1 10ml bottle of vape juice in 20mg, you’ve only had 2 strong cigarette’s worth of nicotine. But you also don’t want to start off on a dosage that’s too low or giving up cigarettes with be impossible. on average, people go through about 3 10ml bottles a week, so even though getting the dose right can be difficult initially, I recommend aiming for that result, specially if you’re just basing it off of research and can’t pop into a shop to speak to a qualified advisor. After you’ve reached that level is when I’d start playing with the strengths a bit more as that’s when it turns into what you’re comfortable doing, and how you feel while doing it. If you want to save money, it’s worth going up, but bear in mind that that means you might experience nausea, coughing, sore throat. if you want to sit there and puff all day long, go for lower strengths so you don’t have to worry too much about over doing it. Obviously it’s still possible.”\_\_\_\_\_FROM MY FRIEND ANDRA.