Welcome Ray, I am new to Vaportalk and e-cigs also. This is a great place. I started reading the posts here and watching these 2 nuts on their youtube reviews. Very knowledgeable and nice people here. I was a 1 1/2 to 2 packs a day smoker and I started with 18mg of VG liquid and I have had no problems with any withdrawl, actually feeling really good. My thought was to go about mid range on the nicotine so I could eventually get to 0mg liquid. Just my thoughts, hope it helps. BTW, I learned also from your questions, thanks for asking and thanks Chris for answering.