Quick answer: No vape tastes exactly like a cigarette, but the right tobacco flavour at the right strength gets close enough that most people stop missing them. Match what you smoked to the table below, then pick your strength.
We've helped a lot of people in our Drogheda shop move off cigarettes, and the pattern is always the same: the first tobacco flavour you try isn't always the one you stay with. Starting with the closest match to what you smoked makes the switch far easier.
Match your old smokes
| If you smoked… | Try |
|---|---|
| Roll-ups | Rolling Blend – Hale |
| Strong full-flavour cigarettes | Sapphire Tobacco – Hale |
| Standard, everyday cigarettes | Tobacco – OB 50/50 |
| Lights or smooth cigarettes | Platinum Tobacco – Hale |
| American-style cigarettes | Liquideo Classic USA or Vapecom USA |
| Cigars or cigarillos | Just Juice Sweet Cubano |
| Menthol cigarettes | Sensational Menthol – OB 50/50 |
Now pick your strength
| You smoked | Freebase 10ml | Or nic salt |
|---|---|---|
| 20+ a day | 18mg | 20mg |
| 10–20 a day | 12mg | 10–20mg |
| Under 10 a day | 6mg | 5–10mg |
| Social only | 3mg | 5mg |
Too low and you'll end up craving a cigarette; too high and it'll feel harsh or make you light-headed. If in doubt, go one step higher at the start and come down later. Heavier smokers often find tobacco nic salts smoother at 20mg than freebase at 18mg.
Our top 4 for ex-smokers
1. Tobacco – OB 50/50 · €6.50
The one most of our customers start with and stay with. 3mg to 18mg.
2. Sapphire Tobacco – Hale · €8.50
For people who found other vapes too weak on flavour.
3. Snoow Tobacco – Elfliq nic salt · €6.50
Smooth at 20mg. Ideal for heavy smokers using a small pod kit.
4. Rolling Blend – Hale · €8.50
The closest we have to a roll-up.
Don't forget the kit
A tight mouth-to-lung draw feels most like a cigarette. Our beginner vape kits are set up for exactly that.
For adults 18+ who smoke or already use nicotine. Nicotine is addictive. If you want help to quit nicotine altogether, the HSE's free QUIT service can help. Keep products away from children and pets.