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@splinter ... Congrats on making the switch!!
There are a couple reasons why you could be having these coughing fits...
- Your lungs are clearing out - this is typical between weeks 2 and 6
- You are allergic to something in the juice - most common is the sweeteners
- You have a sensitivity to either VG or PG - This is much more common than folks realize. I personally cannot vape anything higher then 40% VG or it closes up my chest like an asthma attack which causes me to cough.
What nic level is your juice?
What is the PG/VG ratio of your juice?
What juice - Vendor/Flavor are you vaping?
What type of atty, clearo, or tank are you using?
I also found that when I began vaping I was inhaling wrong, I was taking the vape directly into my lungs when I inhaled on my PV, I changed and pull into my mouth first and then inhale and it was a lot better, I also coughed quite a bit just after I quit the cig's and felt I was clearing out all the tar stufffs that cigs left, after a few months , my cough went away. Hope that helps.
A lot of good info and questions. I smoked about 1 pack a day for 30+ yrs. My nicotine level is 18MG's. Also I haven't completely quit. I have only been vaping about 2 weeks and I smoke about 6 cigarettes a day now. In the morning I will smoke a couple and move to vaping and then if I have to go a long period of time with out then I will smoke a gig and then can maintain with vaping. I have the nautilus aspire mounted.
Sounds like a very common story splinter, so congrats because you're on the right track! I smoked about 3/4 pack for about 15 years, spent a month tapering down to just a few a day before I finally quit. A few weeks in I started hacking up all sorts of nasty crap, that lasted for a couple weeks beyond my quit date. You'll get through it, then it's clear sailing...except for the fact you get your taste buds and sense of smell back. That's a whole new world right there, lemme tell ya.
Dude you should have heard me when I switched...I sounded like I had a serious respratory infection...8 months later...feel much much better
I continued to smoke the first month that I was vaping. Afterwards, I let them go and stuck with the vaping. Haven't been back to cigs since that time. Never felt better. Now I'm full on mechanical and loving the clouds.