Anyone Else Find That Smoking A Pipe Makes You Hungry?

[smokiespipesmoker123]

And yes I’m talking tobacco. Because 9 times out of 10, smoking makes me hungry. Am I the only one?

 

[augiebd]

I haven’t found this because I usually try to eat something before I smoke to manage the nicotine hit.

 

[macaroon]

The opposite, actually. I find that smoking distracts me from any hunger I might have been experiencing. I usually hear that nicotine is a hunger suppressant, but there are always exceptions

 

[chicagopiper74]

Agreed - I always seem to have a taste for crunchy things (carrotts, apples) or salty things (cheese, sausage) after a good smoke.

 

[BROBS]

And yes I’m talking tobacco. Because 9 times out of 10, smoking makes me hungry. Am I the only one?

No you aren’t . I often want a soda or chips etc.

 

[mso489]

Native Americans, specifically plains tribes, used tobacco to slake hunger, to tide them over until they had food. As with cigarettes, pipes are often used as a sort of digestif to settle a meal, which I often find appealing. But I can see it might also awaken appetite since it is tasty. It seems there are a lot of associations. It certainly helps to eat something before smoking to make the nicotine hit more mellow, and to hydrate with water or other beverage as well.

 

[olkofri]

Nicotine is supposed to suppress hunger. People used to use tobacco to assuage the hunger pangs when they didn't have food to eat.

Of course, there're always odd balls who are the exception. Take me for instance: coffee actually makes me sleepy.

 

[BROBS]

I think it kicks up my metabolism or something.

 

[alaskanpiper]

It does make me hungry. Just like walking, working, flying, hunting, watching tv, drinking, reading, thinking thoughts, talking on the phone, internet shopping, taking out the trash, playing with the dog, sex, shoveling, watching hockey, chopping wood, driving.......

 

[oldred]

Nicotine in any form usually makes me less hungry

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

Smoking makes me hungrier than a grizzly bear.

 

[alaskanpiper]

Smoking makes me hungrier than a grizzly bear.

Careful or you’ll end up like me and this guy:

 

[F4RM3R]

Usually the opposite for me. But sometimes seems to increase stomach activity but that's rare

 

[musicman]

Nope. Like most have posted, I find that it suppresses my appetite. In fact, if I’m smoking during the day, as I’ve been doing lately while working on my dissertation, I will often just plain forget to eat lunch. I don’t think of it.

On the other hand, a rich, full bodied smoke after a big meal is a special pleasure.

 

[mikestanley]

I find that, simply being awake makes me hungry! I don't know that it makes me hungry but it doesn't take away the urge to eat, as advertised.

Mike S.

 

[kg.legat0]

Strangely when I smoke my glass pipe this happens but not with my briars or cobs lol --actually, I have found the pipe to be a good way to satisfy my sweet tooth.

 

[bullet08]

I find myself dozing off more than not. But never had a munch.

 

[Epip Oc'Cabot]

Hmmm.... well.... pretty much anything makes me hungry. So.... I guess pipe tobacco does too. ?

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I’ve dropped 20lbs since Halloween. My wife gets pissed because I can smoke my pipe instead of eating lunch or dinner. However, I’m not so sure it affects my hunger in any way, other than just keeping my mind off of food.

 

[timpiper]

Smoking the pipe gives me the serious munchies for junk food.
Just like 25 years ago when I smoked a different type of weed.
Its almost a memory trigger or something. -TimPiper