I am new to pipe smoking and have not smoked anything before I picked up a pipe about 6 months ago. I have evolved from an in house “mild” aromatic, through a “medium” sweet and savoury blend (aromatic with a bit of latika) through to picking up a tin of Peterson's Old Dublin. I have loved it all but the “English” style is where I want to be. I have smoked about 15 pipe fulls of Old Dublin. Once I got a slight nicotine hit when I smoked it just before dinner but that seemed pretty mild compared to what I got last night. Last night I got a huge nicotine hit complete with the cold sweats... terrible stuff. Now I am sure I am a nicotine wimp and I am happy to stay that way. Why would I get a hit once or twice and not at other times on the same tobacco in the same pipe? I want to continue too enjoy this tobacco (and try others) but I really want to avoid any more cold sweats! I found this blog post (here)that suggests chocolate before smoking helps. Anyone experienced this or have other tricks?
It makes intuitive sense to me to smoke smaller amounts, slower and after eating instead of before for a tobacco that might have these affects but like I said I don't know much about nicotine so would love to hear peoples thoughts and experiences.
I have noticed some English blends to avoid because of the high nicotine content. Tobacco Reviews list “strength” but that seems to be a combination of nicotine and flavour. Can they be separated as I want flavour without nicotine?. (Maybe it is like asking for a good beer without gluten? The stuff my wife drinks is aweful!) I understand different tobacco types have different levels of nicotine and different techniques can alter that so apparently low nicotine tobaccos can be higher than expected so I expect there to be variation and plan on trying plenty more as time goes by.
While we are at it if anyone has English style blends they recommend trying that are thought low in nicotine I would love to hear about them.
Many thanks!
It makes intuitive sense to me to smoke smaller amounts, slower and after eating instead of before for a tobacco that might have these affects but like I said I don't know much about nicotine so would love to hear peoples thoughts and experiences.
I have noticed some English blends to avoid because of the high nicotine content. Tobacco Reviews list “strength” but that seems to be a combination of nicotine and flavour. Can they be separated as I want flavour without nicotine?. (Maybe it is like asking for a good beer without gluten? The stuff my wife drinks is aweful!) I understand different tobacco types have different levels of nicotine and different techniques can alter that so apparently low nicotine tobaccos can be higher than expected so I expect there to be variation and plan on trying plenty more as time goes by.
While we are at it if anyone has English style blends they recommend trying that are thought low in nicotine I would love to hear about them.
Many thanks!