Although I enjoy nicotine, I didn't enjoy being a slave to the addiction.
From the age of fourteen, a mate and I would hit the city tobacconists on Saturday mornings and buy packs of foreign cigarette brands like Gitane non-filter, American Camel, Winston, Pall Mall, Temple Bar and Indonesian clove cigarettes to name several of many.
The stronger the better [We'd often laugh as we watched peers who'd bludge a smoke turn green from excessive nicotine]
The point of switching to a pipe was to free myself from the addiction so I only choose blends with no more than mild Lady N.
It means that I miss out on trying many blends but it's a small sacrifice to be free from the addiction.
Even after more than ten years since I've smoked nothing but a pipe, I still crave for a nic hit at least once a day though I haven't craved for a cigarette since.
I've tried all sorts of tobacco over the years but have not once ever been tempted to chew the stuff.
Don't know how you guys do it. [And I suspect the ladies aren't to keen to kiss a bloke whose been chewing a wad
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