How Much Do You Smoke?

[flyguy]

Some days I smoke 1-2 bowls, other days I smoke 4-6 bowls. I try to give my mouth a rest on weekends. I need to start weighing my weekly usage so I can plan the size of my cellar. I am 61 now so my cellar needn't be as large as you 20 year old whipper snappers.

 

[cigrmaster]

foggy, if you average 9 bowls a day even in a smaller pipe say 3 grams per bowl, you are smoking 1.8 pounds per month. You would have to be smoking mostly group 3 and a few 4's to keep it at 27 grams a day. I think you need to re think your usage buddy. You are smoking around 22 pounds a year if you are smoking smaller pipes. If you are smoking mostly 5's and larger then the numbers look like this 36 grams a day or 2.37 pounds per month or 28.5 pounds per year. You are my hero. lol

 

[metalheadycigarguy]

I've never kept track, but depending on the week I might smoke 2-5 bowls a week. That roughly breaks down to about .5 to 1.5 ounces a month. I also enjoy cigars so I smoke maybe 1-2 cigars a week so maybe 4-8 sticks a month.

 

[yadan]

I smoke about 7 bowls per day, so I go through a 50 gram tin or packet every 2-3 days.
'up to 14 bowls a day, everyday"
When do you have time to eat?

 

[mustanggt]

Going off Harris' cypherin' I smoke 3-4 bowls at 4grams I only have 7 years worth now. I just ordered 11lbs more today and will up my TAD this year as long as I can. I would like 15 years worth at current rate of consumption. It also depends on the situation at hand if I have to I will ration myself in order to keep what I have going for as long as possible. 2 bowls a day is better than 0.

 

[dragonslayer]

Mine is all over the place, but I would say it averages out in the 4-5 range. When trapped in the cellar, reading and writing coverage, working on all the social networking involved with it, not to mention my own work, I’m pretty much sipping. Probably 8-10 bowls depending on how many hours I work. If I take a gaming day, out doing things in the summer it can be 1 or 2. So I’m cellaring at a good pace. The Internet tax being fast tracked has me a bit concerned on the time frame of these “golden years”.
When the hammer hits, I'll be at 2 big bowls a day.

 

[flyguy]

@mikephillips

Why are you resting your mouth? Are you getting tongue bite?

Yup! I has improved a lot since I joined this forum though. I love red Virginias and they don't agree with me. My smoking frequency has quadrupled since I started to take the advice of fellow forum members. Thanks to all!

 

[flyguy]

You know, me too! I love the tangy flavor of the reds, but have recently discovered they're largely responsible for most of the tongue bite I've experienced throughout my life, so I think I'm going to just stay away from those unless I'm sitting and relaxing without a care in the world. For the other 98% of my time, I'll smoke bright VA's and blends that I know don't bite.

That's pretty much what I do. I am also safe with VA/Burley combos. This forum has helped me improve my technique. For instance, I used to puff like crazy to keep my pipe lit and now I just let it go out and relight. I also take care to carefully dry my tobaccos. Before I would just stuff my pipe with wet tobacco. I have learned to slow down and be more patient. I am now really enjoying this hobby.

 

[Perique]

I'm very sporadic. Smoke at least 3-4 bowls daily, but have days where I smoke upwards of 8 or 10. I find that too many big pipe days in a row tend to dull my taste buds

 

[mrhooker93]

Roughly four ounces per month.....