I Do Not Feel the Nicotine

[doctorthoss]

Easterntraveler,

My understanding, derived largely from the writings of GL Pease, is that that amount of nicotine absorbed from pipe tobacco has far more to do with the PH (relative acidity) of the tobacco and of your mouth than it does with the amount of nicotine actually present in the leaf. Hence, altering the PH balance in your mouth might affect how much nicotine you are absorbing. Alternately, you could swig some Coke or something. This is all theoretical, though. I stopped having that problem once I discovered the blends that can give me a Vitamin N fix and have stopped giving much thought to it.

 

[easterntraveler]

Thanks for all the input. I have been mainly smoking Royal Yacht. I think it's great. Today I opened a tin of HH Old Dark fire and it gave me a run for my money. : )

 

[cavendish]

Do you inhale the houka? I have smoked houka before and got the same nice nic hit. I do get a little 'spinny' in the head when I smoke certain blends (Peterson's Conniseurs Choice, Dunhill EMP and NC) I used to smoke cigs and I have noticed since I stopped cigs and started smoking my pipe again I'm a little more sensitive to nicotine. Everyones body reacts differently to stimulants

 

[easterntraveler]

Yes I inhale with the hookah. I love Hookah but I only get to smoke it 1 to 2 times a month.

 

[andrew]

. However I do smoke a Hookah every now and again and definitely get blasted with the nicotine however after seeing reviews about Dunhill Royal Yacht and Peterson Irish Flake I was afraid to try them because of what people said about the amount of Nicotine in them. I ended getting a few tins of each but I do not get the effect that people described. Any reason why?

Because your basically taking bong hits of tobacco in a hookah. Fill a bong up with black irish twist and you'll feel a good nic hit

 

[phred]

Just finished a bowl of a B&M Va/Per blend called Devonshire #2 - it's got that ketchupy smell that I seem to recall is a hallmark of McClelland blends, so it's probably one of those, although the only Va/Per bulk I can find doesn't look like what I've got....
When I stood up, I was woozy for about 20 minutes, which doesn't happen all that often (unless I'm pounding a bowl of Black House, the only other one that's affected me that way so far).