Does anyone inhale there smoke? I've been smoking cigarettes for 8 years and made the switch and having a hard time not inhaling. I get pretty light headed and feel funny because the first couple bowls I inhaled the whole thing! I don't know if it is normal or not to inhale the smoke. The last bowl I didn't inhale at all and noticed I could taste the blend a lot more. What's your thoughts on this?
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Nope! I enjoy a pipe much more if I don't inhale. I remember toying around with inhaling when I first took up the pipe but the magic lies in the retrohale.
Some do. I've been known to suck a bit of smoke into my lungs. Depending on the blend of course. And, I don't suck big bunch of smoke as I do with my cigarettes. It's your pipe do as you like.
I know where you are coming from because I was a cigarette smoker myself. That being said though, I think by inhaling you would be defeating the whole purpose of smoking a pipe, which is to enjoy the actual flavor of the leaf. It would probably take a little time to get over the habit, but if you succeed, you will experience the real pleasure of pipe smoking.
Alex
Alex
I still smoke cigarettes everyday, but very little and only when I need a good nic fix. I don't inhale pipe tobacco simply because I can't taste it if I do and that defeats the purpose of smoking a pipe.
In the beginning, I sipped in a little smoke to make the transition from the cigs. But, it's harsh, and I did not want to make a habit of doing that, so I kept trying stronger blends to get my nicotine. I think that when leaving the cigarettes, your lungs crave that "full" feeling. That part you just have to let go of. It's not easy, but we all knew that going into the addiction. Hang in there. It won't be long till your addiction to the pipe will outweigh your need for a lung hit. :wink:
There's a lot more tobacco in a pipe than a single cigarette, and even a filtered pipe allows more crap through than a cigarette filter. So if you inhale, a cigarette is probably safer. Keep reminding yourself not to be misled by the fact it's lit and produces smoke. Cigar and pipe smoking are capable of delivering copious amounts of nicotine through the oral tissues, like chewing tobacco or nicorette gum.
Besides smoking a pipe I also smoke cigarettes and cigars, albeit I never inhale a cigar. Even though I've been a 50+ year cigarette smoker I can't even retro-hale the mildest cigar. As for a pipe I normally 'breath smoke' and I will at times purposely inhale a very sleight amount of smoke, and very often retro-hale while smoking, but not even close to inhaling a cigarette. Just like cigars, pipe tobacco is more about the taste and the to some extent the olfactory sense with a pipe. When all is said and done, it's your pipe and tobacco so do as you wish, but the 'taste' of pipe tobacco will be close to nonexistent if you strictly inhale.
Hey, welcome on here. I'm slowly making the transition from cigarettes to the pipe. I still smoke cigarettes but not as many as I used to. + 1 on cosmic's comment. I started smoking tobaccos with high nicotine content for the buzz. I found that when I smoke tobaccos like Peterson's Irish Flake and Condor, I won't crave a cigarette. I like the whole ritual aspect that comes with smoking a pipe too. Unfortunately, when I'm at work, I don't have time for a pipe and that's mostly the time when I can't help but to burn through a pack of cowboy killers.
I actually did my College research last semester on the effects of pipe smoking vs cigarettes. If my mind serves me correctly, inhaling smoke from the pipe is 10x more likely to give you lung cancer than not inhaling. It's a different smoke, and unfiltered to boot.
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