Seven years..
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Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
Something similar for me - caught a very bad cold while away for a weekend and stopped to give myself a chance to recover and never restarted.
Those I work with are either on hand rolling tobacco or vaping.
raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
Nope still smoking here, stopped for 3 months after the 2nd attempt at fixing my leg..............never been so bored.
A (serious) question.
Having never smoked, I assume pipe tobacco is the same as cigarette tobacco?
If so, why can you inhale one but not the other ?
Oh, also, if pipe tobacco is not inhaled how does it become addictive ?
cookiemonster
Squire
- Location
- Hong Kong
I've never smoked and have never understood why people would smoke. 
contadino
Veteran
- Location
- Chesterfield
11 years since I quit. Much like the OP by the sounds - got an ecig, ditched the tobacco, then sort of got fed up with the ecig.
However, in december the doctors were trying to diagnose some breathing difficulties I was having and jumped on the 'ex-smoker' thing. Moral of the story - don't start in the first place and it's never too soon to quit if you have.
However, in december the doctors were trying to diagnose some breathing difficulties I was having and jumped on the 'ex-smoker' thing. Moral of the story - don't start in the first place and it's never too soon to quit if you have.
There are a lot of blackmarket cigarettes out there.
winjim
Smash the cistern
Of course. There were even when they were less than two quid a pack. Can we get cheap fags from the continent now post Brexit?
Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
- Location
- Plymouth
It's been about 15 years since I quit; 10 L&B a day. But stupidly I started up on the e-cig about 7 years ago and still use it. I am still sick of the hassle and addiction of an e-cig but can't seem to stop. My partner still smokes about 5 a day; on the very rare occasion that my e-cig has run out I have had one of her cigs but it now tastes discusting and I'd rather go without and wait for my e-cig to charge.
I remember the two reasons I've never smoked. One was the influence of my father; the best thing he ever instilled in me was a hatred for cigarettes which he got from his father. The other was, well I was going to try it anyway but the way I did it couldn't have been better designed by anyone. I had an obsession with cowboy films and TV shows and they were always chewing tobacco. So I thought, I'll give that a go, it looks incredibly cool. I found an ashtray at a relatives on a regular visit to their house and they all smoked there. I noticed that the astray contained a stubbed out fag with some tobacco left inside so I sprinkled the contents back into the ashtray and stuck my tongue in to gather some of that oh-so-cool substance - and was as sick as a dog! The worst, most foul-tasting abomination ever brought into existence. Who on earth regards that as pleasurable? I've never been near tobacco since, quiet the opposite in fact as I've always shunned smokers and gone out of my way to not be near them when they light up.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
I order my my pipe tobacco online from a poncy craft type UK supplier. An ounce is about £16, but lasts me 2 months.
When smoking is extinct, what will the Treasury tax in it's place to replace the lost revenue income?
1. In essence its the same, but its a different strain of plant and blend. The smoke is more aromatic and quite flavoursome. One inhales cigarette smoke for the hit and as long as its not rough as a dogs stubble it doesnt matter what it tates like. When smoking a pipe one rolls the tobacco around the mouth to enjoy the flavour, so the flavour and armoa (which are probably closely linked) are very important.
2. You can inhale when smoking a pipe, but its not really the done thing and few do.
3. Im a bit torn on the question of addiction for pipe tobacco. It is supposed to be addictive, and I guess the tissues of the mouth and nose permit trace amounts of nicotine into the blood stream. On the other hand, there is zero 'hit'when smoking a pipe, and ive gone weeks and months without puffing with zero craving or anxiety - conversely, half a day without a cigarette and I'd have made Victor Meldrew look calm and relaxed.
I don't doubt that technically, by some scientific measure, pipe smoking may be addictive, but at any practical level I have noticed zero evidence of this myself.
Cigars are a different matter. Its about 50/50 as to whether one inhales or not. Typically the smaller cigarello type cigars are inhaled, and the big fat stogies are not, but thats not a hard and fast rule.
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Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
- Location
- Plymouth
I think chewing tobacco was different to smoking tobacco and (I guess) tastes better. Also, a spent fag end has loads of tar and nastiness in it so would taste far worse than even unused rolling tobacco. A mate of mine had some snuff once, I tried it and it wasn't ghastly, just not to my taste.
True story: I once met an old chap who was a very heavy smoker, but when he'd smoked a cig down to the butt, he'd stuff the butt into his cheek and leave it there until he lit up a new one
True story: I once met an old chap who was a very heavy smoker, but when he'd smoked a cig down to the butt, he'd stuff the butt into his cheek and leave it there until he lit up a new one
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
Same with drugs, can't understand why people take them, ( apart from prescribed ones of course). There must be something lacking in their lives.I've never smoked and have never understood why people would smoke.
