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[timm2]

Hi All,
Just joined and am pretty excited!
Hope you all can help me, I'm new to this. Grandpa used to smoke pipes and boy did it always smell GREAT!
My question is: Are there any tobacco's out there that don't have nicotine and all the other harmful ingredients?

(Just a great smelling and tasting tobacco)
Thanks

Tim

 

[gwtwdbss]

Welcome timm2. Most tobacco has a little bit of nicotine. Some more than others. Most quality pipe tobacco doesn't have near the non-tobacco carcinogenic ingredients that cigs have.

 

[bigvan]

This is a VERY simplified explanation, but virtually every blend uses either Burley or Virginia tobacco as a base (or a combination). These are opposites of each other. Burley smokes cool but is very high in nicotine, low in natural sugars and is mostly tasteless. Virginia burns much hotter due to the high amount of natural sugars, has much more flavor than Burley and has little or no nicotine.
Cheap drug store blends also use preservatives and other chemicals to preserve shelf life.
Experiment, but like wine, spirits or food, buy the best quality you can afford.

 

[baronsamedi]

What bigvan said. As long as you buy quality natural pipe tobacco, you minimize the risk of carcinogens and adjuncts. Certain blends have very little nicotine others will send you for a ride!

 

[hobie1dog]

Try To find some Lane 1Q tobacco, it's everywhere.... And it is great smelling, great tasting.

 

[uberam3rica]

There no such thing as tobacco without nicotine. Some has more then others, but there in no non-nicotine tobacco

 

[bigvan]

Actually Uber, Per Jensen of MacBaren told me personally that blends like MB Vanilla Cream are "virtually nicotine free". We may quibble the meaning of "virtually" but I'll defer to Per.

 

[timm2]

Thanks bigvan, Im going to look into that.
What else is out there?

 

[auspipe]

You know nicotine is not actually harmful right? And it is in very low quantities in most tobaccos, I have only ever felt a nic hit once from the pipe (from Haddos Delight) but have not felt it since. Pipe tobacco is far more pure than cigs, just look into the quality brands like GL Pease and Cornell and Diehl which do not use chemical additives.

 

[wayneteipen]

My two favorites that fit your description are Reiner's Professional and Dan Tobacco's DaVinci. Both taste great and smell great. If they have nicotine, it's not detectable to me.

 

[tokerpipes]

I was a hard core cig smoker and ever since I dropped the nails and picked up the pipe I have noticed I wasn't addicted to the nicotine, it was the chemicals and the oral fixation. Most good quality tobacco has little or no chemicals. I still have the oral fixation but can go much further between smokes.
As far as what's out there...a lot of differnt blends. My best suggestion is try them all, and not just one bowl, give it 3-6 bowls so you can make up your mind. Also try the tobacco in different pipes as the same tobacco will taste different in different pipes.
Contact pipesandcigars.com call them and they will set you up with a nice sampler. Variety. I always say its better to try and not like than to not try and never know.

 

[judcole]

+ 1 to bigvan's first post. And MacB's Vanilla Creme is a nice aro.
Also +1 to tokerpipe's suggestion of a sample from a good e-tailer.
Enjoy your explorations. ::

 

[timm2]

Great! thanks friends. will look into what was suggested. Also, any other suggestions are welcome (Great smelling Great tasting with lowest amount of Nicotine and no chemicals.)

 

[unfinished]

Turkish/Oriental tobacco have the least nicotine(and some cigar leaf depending on curing process used). Try making flavoured cavendish with oriental tobacco. The end result is a flavoured double fermented tobacco, because cavendish is a form of fermenting itself. Or you can be lazy by simply mixing the tobacco with flavours.
If you like chocolate, add coco powder. If you like vanilla, add vanilla beans. If you like fruits, add dried fruits, etc. It's hard to find 100% turkish/oriental tobacco becauses it's so light in flavour, most people don't find it satisfying. The good thing about them is, they has the least harmful toxic emissions.

 

[sjpipesmoker]

Stay away from cheap tobacco...Borkum Riff is pretty bad...

I've noticed that all drugstore blends that are flavored, to me, are pretty nasty...execpt for capt. Black, while they mght smell good, they have a lot of the propyl gycol (spelling?)

 

[drrock]

Most likely you're remembering your Grandpa smoking one of the aromatic blends of old. While many of those blends may still be available, I'd recommend trying some blends from Uhles.com, Boswellpipes.com, Milantobacco.com, and/or Vtpipes.com. Any of the aromatics from these tobacconists should fit the bill - great smelling, mild without tons of nicotine, and generally quite tasty.

Look at their websites and see what sounds good. All of these fine tobacconists for the most part mix their blends themselves from very high quality tobaccos. In my own experience, any of the blends I've tried from them are all great.

Part of the fun is in the search for what you personally enjoy, regardless of other opinions!

Glen