nicotine is relaxing. It certainly wouldn't be as relaxing to smoke a nicotine free pipe tobacco. That said it also would not taste the same.
If There Were No Nicotine in Pipe Tobacco...
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most solid point made today on this forum. I didn't know you could win this site but you just did for today.
As someone who drinks non alcoholic beer and drinks decaffeinated coffee later in the day, I believe I would if it were satisfying. This means that taste should be good, if not, I don't think that fiddling with the pipe would provide enough pleasure to keep on.
I had to stop drinking alcohol after I was diagnosed an illness which requires a medication which is very aggressive with the liver. While I have not found any non alcoholic wine that does not make me vomit, I have found some boutique non alcoholic beers that are nice (something that can't be said about the ones readily available in supermarkets). And I drink them when I crave for a beer.
While the effects of caffeine and alcohol have always been very obvious to me, the ones derived from nicotine consumption have not, so I think I would not miss it.
On a side note, I have to say that, while working from home due to the pandemic, I have found that it is easier to focus and concentrate while smoking a pipe. Smoking at work places is prohibited here since 2004, and I had not experienced it until now since then. When I was a university student I used to study while smoking and drinking the very concentrated coffee which is typical in Spain. I guess it helped to concentrate.
I had to stop drinking alcohol after I was diagnosed an illness which requires a medication which is very aggressive with the liver. While I have not found any non alcoholic wine that does not make me vomit, I have found some boutique non alcoholic beers that are nice (something that can't be said about the ones readily available in supermarkets). And I drink them when I crave for a beer.
While the effects of caffeine and alcohol have always been very obvious to me, the ones derived from nicotine consumption have not, so I think I would not miss it.
On a side note, I have to say that, while working from home due to the pandemic, I have found that it is easier to focus and concentrate while smoking a pipe. Smoking at work places is prohibited here since 2004, and I had not experienced it until now since then. When I was a university student I used to study while smoking and drinking the very concentrated coffee which is typical in Spain. I guess it helped to concentrate.
Imagine there’s no nicotine, it’s easy if you try...
No price hikes below us, above us only sky.
I would continue to smoke pipes and cigars if there was no nicotine. I enjoy the rituals of both. The relaxation, time to slow down and enjoy life for an hour(ish), time with family and friends, making memories, etc. The times that I'm just by myself smoking, I'd still do that too. Enjoying the smoke, watching the cigar burn, flavor nuances, etc. Having started a new job my time to smoke has been limited so I mostly enjoy it on the weekends when I have some time to slow down in the evenings.
I don't ever smoke for the nicotine. As a matter of fact, I try to monitor the nicotine hit I get, not because I don't like it but rather because I am cautious to become dependent on it. I think that if I ever felt myself becoming dependent on it I'd stop smoking. I don't really know why. Perhaps it's a self-mastery thing, perhaps it's a residual fear of "addiction leading to cancer and death" mentality I have from watching my grandfather and uncle succomb to cigarettes. I don't really know in that regard. I hope that makes sense.
I don't ever smoke for the nicotine. As a matter of fact, I try to monitor the nicotine hit I get, not because I don't like it but rather because I am cautious to become dependent on it. I think that if I ever felt myself becoming dependent on it I'd stop smoking. I don't really know why. Perhaps it's a self-mastery thing, perhaps it's a residual fear of "addiction leading to cancer and death" mentality I have from watching my grandfather and uncle succomb to cigarettes. I don't really know in that regard. I hope that makes sense.
Then cosmic will ceases to exist
At first I found pipe tobacco to not give me any buzz, and I thought if it has no buzz then there is little to no nicotine and that thought followed by that I only enjoyed the blends I am smoking because of the “taste and flavor“ only. Then, I discovered more blends that actually barely have any nicotine effect such as many aromatics. Later one I started realizing that nicotine is a part of pipe tobacco, even if it was subtle, it is a part of the relaxation. With aromatics, I barely smoke them just because it feels like I am smoking maple syrup or vanilla cakes without the satisfaction of eating or having the nicotine effect. So now, I started appreciating the nicotine and mostly smoke none-aromatics.
Moral of the story? Tobacco won’t be what it is now historically without nicotine. There won’t be people dedicating to selling “smoking a sweet leaf“ instead of eating a fruit or a cake. The nicotine is the relaxing part, and the flavors make you contemplate and swallow the enjoyment. You may enjoy cakes because they are sweet, but you won’t eat a horrid cake for the sake of its sugar. Same with Pipe tobacco. They work hand in hand, but no tobacco would be without its nicotine.
Moral of the story? Tobacco won’t be what it is now historically without nicotine. There won’t be people dedicating to selling “smoking a sweet leaf“ instead of eating a fruit or a cake. The nicotine is the relaxing part, and the flavors make you contemplate and swallow the enjoyment. You may enjoy cakes because they are sweet, but you won’t eat a horrid cake for the sake of its sugar. Same with Pipe tobacco. They work hand in hand, but no tobacco would be without its nicotine.
No Nicotine = No Smoke.
For me, smoking tabak without nicotine would be about as satisfying as trying to screw a corpse that just lay there - cold, silent, and unmoving - and, I was already married once... so there you go. - Sherm Natman.
For me, smoking tabak without nicotine would be about as satisfying as trying to screw a corpse that just lay there - cold, silent, and unmoving - and, I was already married once... so there you go. - Sherm Natman.
Ive read that C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien met in a pub to discuss their literary interests while having a pint and smoking their pipes. If the beer had no alcohol and the tobacco no nicotine, would they have continued to meet?
While I understand this forum and all such forums exists to obcess about our collective interests, but isn't living our lives of major importance? I see the forum as a way to learn from others how to have a proper smoke.
While I understand this forum and all such forums exists to obcess about our collective interests, but isn't living our lives of major importance? I see the forum as a way to learn from others how to have a proper smoke.
Many, many years ago, I got addicted to the nicotine, the smoking breaks at work and at home, the social aspect, the rituals and the hobby of appreciating the art of pipe and tobacco making. I would probably continue smoking, even if nicotine was removed from all tobacco available but probably get severe abstinences for some time and smoke much less, if not finally quit.
Imagine all pipesmokers livin' for today Yoo-Hoo Ah, ah, ah-ah
I may smoke Dreams of Kadath, but I’m not the only one...
I haven't smoked a pipe in over four years and yet here I am.
I keep buying Tobacco, but only because it is still somewhat readily available. Should legalities change significantly in the future I would ditch that one variety of leaf without hesitation. The pipes are what is important.
Nicotine is irrelevant to Pipe Smoking.
Yes because I like the flavour nuances more than the nic hit, if I needed the nic hit I would pick a cigarette or even worse a wet cigar. I once felt like being run over by a truck after smoking a not well rested cigar, 3 inches in I had to stop. I never get a Nic hit by the type and amount of pipe tobacco I smoked untill now.
I smoke for flavor. ...if I want to feel something when I smoke, well, I have a prescription for that...
To each their own, of course.
To each their own, of course.
Having only ever smoked tobacco with nicotine, I don’t think I could make a call without trying the tobacco without it.
yes there are ok tasting Alcohol Free beers and decaf coffee but they definitely don’t have the same flavour or experience.
would the loss of the nicotine remove some of the magic? Probably. Whilst typing this I’ve convinced myself. No I wouldn’t it wouldn’t be same. ?
yes there are ok tasting Alcohol Free beers and decaf coffee but they definitely don’t have the same flavour or experience.
would the loss of the nicotine remove some of the magic? Probably. Whilst typing this I’ve convinced myself. No I wouldn’t it wouldn’t be same. ?
I started writing a song this morning... inspired by this thread. So, imagine I'm strumming a 4/4 time Skipping An Upstrum And A Downstrum,
C chord.... it goes something like this...
HMMMM....
Someone left the nicotine out of my tobacco...
F chord
So, I slapped my wife and kicked the dog...
Bet ya wasn't expecting a country song, were ya?
C chord.... it goes something like this...
HMMMM....
Someone left the nicotine out of my tobacco...
F chord
So, I slapped my wife and kicked the dog...
Bet ya wasn't expecting a country song, were ya?