Flake Does Not Stay Lit; Goes Out Every Minute!

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“Possible “ and “may” are not evidence.

Nicotine alleviates chronic stress-induced anxiety and depressive-like behavior and hippocampal neuropathology via regulating autophagy signaling - PubMed

Recently, we reported that chronic nicotine significantly improved chronic stress-induced impairments of cognition and the hippocampal synaptic plasticity in mice, however, the underlying mechanism still needs to be explored. In the present study, 32 male C57BL/6 mice were divided into four...

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The Role of Nicotine in Schizophrenia - PubMed

Schizophrenia is associated with by severe disruptions in thought, cognition, emotion, and behavior. Patients show a marked increase in rates of smoking and nicotine dependence relative to nonaffected individuals, a finding commonly ascribed to the potential ameliorative effects of nicotine on...

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Nicotine promotes neuron survival and partially protects from Parkinson's disease by suppressing SIRT6 - PubMed

Parkinson's disease is characterized by progressive death of dopaminergic neurons, leading to motor and cognitive dysfunction. Epidemiological studies consistently show that the use of tobacco reduces the risk of Parkinson's. We report that nicotine reduces the abundance of SIRT6 in neuronal...

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Evidence.

And to Marko:

Rub out the flake and don't dry for too long 2-5 min max (less if in the sun). Drop rubbed out flake into bowl, tamp lightly; drop some more, tamp lightly; drop just a bit more, tamp and go for it! No need to overdo the char. Cheers

 

[jpmcwjr]

The problem with giving specific dry times is that it's very dependent on location. Not to mention personal druthers and moisture in the tobacco to begin with!

 

[karam]

One thing I found when smoking HU Janneman Flake that works for me all the time now is to fold, twist and stuff a flake right out of the tin/jar, then carefully pull it out of the pipe and let it dry for some hours in that corckscrew shape, then carefully put back in the pipe for smoking. I found it retains its shape and gives a long cool smoke with great flavour every time.
The only flakes I dried to a total crisp are Samuel Gawith St James and Full Virginia.

 

[anotherbob]

I put a flake of Erinmore in the oven for 10 minutes while the oven was cooling down. The flake easily came apart and was quite dry after that.

The flake pretty much crumbled up while I was trying to pull it into pieces. I thought it might have been too dry, but it ended up being a perfect smoke.

I like crispy flakes. They don't seem to lose flavor the way ribbon can.

 

[bullet08]

Typical flake takes 3 hrs to dry here (dry enough to smoke). It's been 80+% humidity here. The notorious SG flakes might take day or two to dry enough for a nice smoke. Maybe longer? Mine are just too young to pop the tin now. Maybe two more years. Just had two flakes of Twist Flake. Was bone dry, but good enough for a nice slow smoke after mowing the lawn.