Why Throat Kick?

[bzeisman]

of all the reviews ive seen (and thats a lot), people always comment on the throat kick. thats the worst feature ive found about e-cigs. reminds me of smoking stale cigarettes.

ive found that smoking the non-vg smoke juice gives a lot less kick.

are the other flavors/styles/brands that deliver a smoother hit?

[Christopher]

The problem is, is that most people WANT the throat hit, so there are not to many companies with a smooth hit.

However out of all the liquid I've tried, Johnson Creek by far has the smoothest hit. (NONE PG)

http://www.johnsoncreeksmokejuice.com/

[USAFSGT]

When I first started to look up stuff about e-cigs, the thing I was worried most about was that fact that they wouldn't have a throat kick. I needed something to replicate smoking for me but not be as harmful. I think for avid smokers, we need the replication feeling. As far as people who don't smoke and look to take on e-cigs as a new habit...well maybe they need something less intrusive. However, as Christopher has pointed out, there seems to be sources for a "less of a throat kick" feel to it. So I say, good luck, happy hunting, and let us know what you find out so we can all experiment. I'm sure my wife will thank you (she hasn't said it, but I know she's going to be curious to try).

[Christopher]

Again Johnson Creek's none PG has the smoothest feel to it. And I agree throat kick is very important, but I have noticed that some cheap quality liquids sometimes have a throat kick that isn't pleasant. When I say throat kick I mean that good scratchy feeling that you get in your throat when you know you've taken a good drag. However some liquids will make your entire lungs feel like they are scratching, THAT I don't like at all.

I don't know if anyone else has ever had their lungs feel tight after vaping on certain liquids but JC is the only juice that doesn't do it to me. Must be something to do with the PG?

[Kmel]

I don't know if anyone else has ever had their lungs feel tight after vaping on certain liquids but JC is the only juice that doesn't do it to me. Must be something to do with the PG?

I am a newbie (1 mo) and thank God that hasn't happened to me while vaping, but as an asthmatic with allergic asthma, I can tell you that what you are describing sounds like an allergic reaction. It's the same reaction that I get to cats and cat hair -- my lungs tighten up and I can't breathe. You may be allergic to PG.

[Christopher]

Yes I agree and I also have Asthma so I know what the feeling is. I have to use caution when vaping so that I don't over do it. It also depends on what juice I'm using. My own juice doesn't seem to set me off so bad, but juice from some suppliers as caused my chest to get pretty tight. However when I use JC's none PG. All is good. Doesn't always happen though.

[Kmel]

Most people are shocked at the idea that someone with asthma would ever smoke, but in fact my asthma virtually disappeared the day I started smoking at 18 and didn't rear its ugly head for over 25 years. The it came back after a bad case of the flu.

Now, I am taking it down slowly and am down to only a couple cigarettes a day, but I am vaping like steam engine and so far, no problems. I've been using VaporNine, although I'd like to try the VG because VG is a more natural substance than PG. Guessing it might cause me less trouble down the line.

[Christopher]

You know it's funny I was the same way, you would think it Ironic that a person with Asthma would smoke. I used to have horrible Asthma attacks when I was a kid and lived in the United Kingdom but when I came to California the attacks dramatically dropped. Then when I started smoking I had no issues at all. Funny how life works that way.

I will admit that every so often I would have trouble breathing when going up and down stairs and that has since disappeared since vaping. I would worry about PG to much if it isn't causing you issues. You would be amazed at just how many products contain PG. It's insane. For example all the vitamins I take contain PG.

[Kmel]

You know it's funny I was the same way, you would think it Ironic that a person with Asthma would smoke. I used to have horrible Asthma attacks when I was a kid and lived in the United Kingdom but when I came to California the attacks dramatically dropped. Then when I started smoking I had no issues at all. Funny how life works that way.

My last allergist told me that the nicotine in cigarettes was actually surprisingly beneficial to asthma sufferers because it mimicked adrenaline which is the substance they give to someone having severe allergic reactions. He said, "If only they could get rid of the smoke in cigarettes & keep the nicotine, it wouldn't so bad." (This was 5 years ago, in the pre-vaping days.)

The doctor also said that he had seen quite a lot of patients whose asthma only first surfaced AFTER they quit smoking -- especially if they did it "cold turkey". Although he'd prescribe an albuterol inhaler for their immediate problems, he said that he also usually recommended a nicotine patch to step the nicotine down gradually rather than immediately putting them on steroids for the asthma as a lot of doctors do. He said that although a few of these "just-quit ex-smokers" ultimately required the Advair or other steroid inhalers to control their asthma long-term, most of them required little or no meds at all once their bodies achieved homeostasis (balance) again in about six months.

I think that this allergist would have loved vaping!

[Christopher]

Very interesting Kmel! To bad she wasn't a VT member