I got whacked pretty strong with the flu early in the year. Went 30 days without a pipe.
As noted, it's not that I inhale, but you I couldn't smell or taste anything, didn't really need the incidental smoke and would not have wanted ANY nicotine.
It was interesting because I never had any craving or anything like a nail smoker would get. But I missed it for the ritual and the quiet time and was very happy to get back to it. I'm a bowl-a-day except on the weekends, so that's for context.