How many bowls a day do you have?

[mcluvinmypipe]

I am relatively new to pipe smoking,I used to smoke cigarettes about 5 a day.Since I have stopped smoking cigarettes

the next pipe bowl is almost always on my mind.I do breathe smoking and gently sip on my pipe tobacco.Royal Yacht has been my first pick it satisfies,every once in a while I will inhale and exhale through my nose,I mostly slowly sip not inhaling at all only when I get the urge,I like the tangy burn I get from Royal Yacht.I do smoke quite a few bowls in the evening when all work is done and time to relax.Is it normal for a new pipe smoker to smoke more bowls?

Especially for a converted cigarette smoker? How many bowls a day or week do you smoke?

 

[fadingdaylight]

Im nearly coverted. (3 cigs a day, down from 20). I smoke 5-6 bowls a day on work days, usually a little more on weekends.

 

[bulletsnbriars]

I wss able to quit completely on 4-5 bowls a day. I will admit I'm back to smoking 3-4 RYOs a day though. Long hours at work got me reaching for the coughin' nails to stay awake. 5 Brothers helped me cut back.

 

[cmdrmcbragg]

I have gone a week now without smoking a cigarette and my pipe smoking has greatly increased. I smoke a bowl or two at work and usually a couple after work at home.

 

[masspiper]

2-3 bowls a day.

 

[conlejm]

I think I range between 3 and 7 bowls a day; average of 5 a day, spaced throughout the morning, noon and evening.

 

[lostandfound]

Six or so- depending on the day, and how busy I am.
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Is it normal for a new pipe smoker to smoke more bowls?

I would say smoke as many bowls as you need to in order to keep yourself from smoking cigarettes. In time, your craving for the super mega wave blast of nicotine you get from a cigarette will subside, and you'll be able to choose when you smoke and when you don't.

 

[hawke]

Never counted but quite a few. I always overindulged throughout my life. I put aside alcohol and pot years ago and even stopped smoking cigarettes a few times, once for over 12 years. However I was smoking roll your own cigs for the last 10 yrs until I took up the pipe in Jan 2014. It has evolved into nothing but the pipe since. There was a period when I craved more nicotine as the pipe delivers less overall. It has subsided and I dont inhale now unless by accident. I too love the nose burn which can come from even the mildest burleys. If your goal is health concerns, quit altogether. Otherwise you wont be able to enjoy the rituals and relaxations of Pipe Smoking. Thats my thinking anyway.

 

[sailorjeremy]

I smoke about 3-5 a day. And about 7 when I'm in the field or at the range lol. Nothing like sending some 5.56 downrange with a pipe hanging from your mouth! Merika!

 

[ruger414]

For me I smoke anywhere from 0-5 during any given day. It depends on how busy I am, the weather, whether I'm in the mood to smoke, etc...

 

[topd]

I have a pipe clinched all day, everywhere I go with everything I do. If you can't smoke there, I'm not there long if I have to be there. I smoke about an ounce to an ounce and a half daily.

 

[salmonfisher]

25 cigs a day for 40 yrs.
None in last 2 months
Average 4-7 bowls a day. About 4 are half filled bowls. Some flavours I get a total buzz off the second puff/drag, others there is little to nothing. Yes I still inhale about half the puffs. I have noticed my taste buds are changing, use to love Pepsi, now all I taste is caramel...weird. Now my go to drink is cranberry juice lol.
Smokes cost me $300 every month. Took up pipe in January, ceased smokes March 18. I have now spent a total of $910 on 7 pipes and around 90 oz of tobacco. One more month cig free and I am even money. I figure now the tobacco and pipe cleaners cost me around $15 a week.
If this ole fart can toss the smokes completely, I know anyone can

 

[cortezattic]

6 - 8, usually.

 

[apatim]

2 per day... One with morning coffee and one with pre-dinner brandy.

 

[virginiacob]

I've never smoked cigarettes, only a pipe. Typically I smoke a bowl a day during the week and occasionally a couple bowls a day over the weekend or while on vacation.

 

[petes03]

With my crazy schedule, anywhere from 0 to 5+ bowls a day.

On the days I work, I might have one when I get up (if I have enough time), or one when I get off (depending on how I feel).

On the days I'm off, I usually have no less than 2 bowls a day, and rarely more than 5.

 

[condorlover1]

Stuck in the office, maybe 8-12 bowls a work day and then maybe another two or three before bed since when I am in the NJ I have to live at the office and sleep in the spare bedroom upstairs. I always have a pipe in my mouth during the work day.

 

[murf]

maybe 2-3 per week on the long drive home from work. I wish it could be more, but I don't smoke inside, have a young son and pregnant wife, the change in season has been rough on my allergies (and pipe smoking only exacerbates them. I do fine if I'm not already congested, but otherwise it just makes it worse. Maybe i need to retrohale less?), and the NHL playoffs are on! So, I'm not going out for an evening pipe.

 

[brudnod]

I have not smoked in a week and only 5 bowls in the past 3 weeks. Traveling a great deal to places where smoking of any kind is not acceptable. Sure, I'd love to have a bowl or 2 (which is my usual smoking rate) but circumstances now-a-days dictates frequency. That being said, my former cigarette habit (discontinued August 26th, 1994 - you remember these things) was more pressing on me when I could not smoke. Such is the nature of addiction. Pipe smoking is much less so and a prime reason for transitioning from cigarettes to pipe. Inhaling, not a particularly healthy practice, makes the need worse obviously...

 

[jimmyh]

On work Days i usually smoke 5 Bowls a day and on holidays and weekends its everything from 3 to 15 Bowls a day.