I go from smoking about 6 bowls a week during the school year to abour a dozen all summer since i spend summer with my parents who don't know i smoke. I don't get compulsive cravings when i go on hiatus, but i certainly do miss the relaxing time.
Putting my 2-3month pipe experience away.
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Of late I've been having spurts of high activity, during which I simply haven't had time to settle down and have a good bowl. These spurts often last four or five days, and I have yet to feel any craving beyond the craving for an hour of tranquility and thought!
I'll second that ... I've never experienced any sort of physiological need to smoke, and my smoking pleasure has been almost exclusively been associated with the pipe. The only other form of tobacco that I've experimented with is an extremely rare cigar.
During periods when my workload gets the better of me, I might only have a chance to enjoy a bowl two or three times per week. Periods of several weeks have elapsed without lighting up at all. I miss the tranquil ritual and the taste sensations, but not b/c of any sort of nicotine dependency. That's one of the reasons that I chose to smoke a pipe way back in the beginning!
J
During periods when my workload gets the better of me, I might only have a chance to enjoy a bowl two or three times per week. Periods of several weeks have elapsed without lighting up at all. I miss the tranquil ritual and the taste sensations, but not b/c of any sort of nicotine dependency. That's one of the reasons that I chose to smoke a pipe way back in the beginning!
J
I would like to say straight off I am not an anti-smoker, and I doubt I ever will be. And I apologise if the following sounds as if I am.
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Medically speaking, Nicotine is about the most highly addictive drug around and what is often overlooked is that it doesn't need to be inhaled into the lungs for it to have an effect. It can be absorbed into your system, just by puffing on your pipe/cigar/cigarette. As an example, Nicotine patches work by absorbing Nicotine through the skin.
I apologise now, but I disagree with John and Bubba when they say 'I've never experienced any sort of physiological need to smoke' and without wanting to sound insulting in anyway, it's somewhat akin to an alcoholic at an AA meeting saying he doesn't have a physiological dependency to alcohol.
Body says to Brain - 'Damn, I need some nicotine'.
Brain says to Body - 'I know, I'll tell myself I haven't had a pipe for ages and it's a really nice day outside, so Body can go pick up our pipe and go outside for a smoke because I like tobacco and I also like to relax at the same time. So, tobacco and relaxing. Is that OK with you Body"?
Body says to Brain - "Excellent idea, legs are already moving in the right direction"
Nicotine withdrawal symptoms are obviously more acute if you are a heavy smoker but even an occasional smoker will suffer some sort of symptoms, albeit that they may not recognise it as such.
In addition to the physiological dependency to nicotine, and what I have battled with for more years than I care to think about, are the psychological dependency. As an example, your routine may include certain set times or activities that lend themselves to 'lighting up a bowl'. There is also the 'act' of preparing the pipe for smoking that needs to be included. Combined with the physical dependency, it makes a very difficult thing to give up and requires a lot more mental willpower to give up than I am prepared (at this moment in time) to put in. There are also those that have problems because they have an addictive personality. So there are an awful lot more hurdles to cross than one might first think of. These psychological dependencies will also often override and overpower any physiological objections to smoke and tobacco.
I applaud people who make a conscious effort to give up smoking because it is not an easy thing to do. You may gain health benefits because of it, however, by definition 'giving up' means you loose something of what was (to some) an enjoyable albeit addictive pastime.
I think I shall now sit outside in the sunshine with my pipe and contemplate in detail, what it is that I don't like about smoking. I don't imagine for one moment that that will take as long as a bowl, so I'll have to think of something else to contemplate. Body says to Brain - "Excellent idea, legs are already moving in the right direction".
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Medically speaking, Nicotine is about the most highly addictive drug around and what is often overlooked is that it doesn't need to be inhaled into the lungs for it to have an effect. It can be absorbed into your system, just by puffing on your pipe/cigar/cigarette. As an example, Nicotine patches work by absorbing Nicotine through the skin.
I apologise now, but I disagree with John and Bubba when they say 'I've never experienced any sort of physiological need to smoke' and without wanting to sound insulting in anyway, it's somewhat akin to an alcoholic at an AA meeting saying he doesn't have a physiological dependency to alcohol.
Body says to Brain - 'Damn, I need some nicotine'.
Brain says to Body - 'I know, I'll tell myself I haven't had a pipe for ages and it's a really nice day outside, so Body can go pick up our pipe and go outside for a smoke because I like tobacco and I also like to relax at the same time. So, tobacco and relaxing. Is that OK with you Body"?
Body says to Brain - "Excellent idea, legs are already moving in the right direction"
Nicotine withdrawal symptoms are obviously more acute if you are a heavy smoker but even an occasional smoker will suffer some sort of symptoms, albeit that they may not recognise it as such.
In addition to the physiological dependency to nicotine, and what I have battled with for more years than I care to think about, are the psychological dependency. As an example, your routine may include certain set times or activities that lend themselves to 'lighting up a bowl'. There is also the 'act' of preparing the pipe for smoking that needs to be included. Combined with the physical dependency, it makes a very difficult thing to give up and requires a lot more mental willpower to give up than I am prepared (at this moment in time) to put in. There are also those that have problems because they have an addictive personality. So there are an awful lot more hurdles to cross than one might first think of. These psychological dependencies will also often override and overpower any physiological objections to smoke and tobacco.
I applaud people who make a conscious effort to give up smoking because it is not an easy thing to do. You may gain health benefits because of it, however, by definition 'giving up' means you loose something of what was (to some) an enjoyable albeit addictive pastime.
I think I shall now sit outside in the sunshine with my pipe and contemplate in detail, what it is that I don't like about smoking. I don't imagine for one moment that that will take as long as a bowl, so I'll have to think of something else to contemplate. Body says to Brain - "Excellent idea, legs are already moving in the right direction".
I've sat in enough of those rooms to know that many of them don't.
Addictions are hyped in a major way, from things like pipe and cigar smoking, down to telling 18 year olds who got a DUI and are sentenced to meetings that they have a disease and are powerless for the rest of their lives over a liquid that got them into trouble for one night.
Quite true that nicotine is absorbed into the bloodstream very efficiently, e.g., via oral and lingual tissues. The transmission process is considerably less efficient than the pulmonary system, though. That distinction partly explains why true addicts usually can't "not inhale." They usually have to inhale to get the "hit" they're after.
Have to agreeably disagree w/excav8tor on this point. If those of us who smoke our pipes only on occasion suffered from the strong chemical dependency that alcoholics can spend a lifetime resisting, I really don't think we could manage to go tobacco free for days, weeks, or even months at a time. And when we do fire up a bowl, have we "relapsed" and succumbed to the strong addiction of the past?
Caffeine, alcohol, THC, nicotine ... all are unquestionably addictive substances, but drinking alcohol doesn't make me an alcoholic; smoking a pipe in moderation (i.e., a few times per week) doesn't put me in the same category as a habitual smoker who consumes as much tobacco in a day as I consume in a month or two. Dependency is both a psychological construct and a physiological need; both occur along a continuum. What distinguishes the social drinker (or pipe smoker) from the alcoholic or nic addict is how the body and mind manage these potentially damaging substances.
J
Have to agreeably disagree w/excav8tor on this point. If those of us who smoke our pipes only on occasion suffered from the strong chemical dependency that alcoholics can spend a lifetime resisting, I really don't think we could manage to go tobacco free for days, weeks, or even months at a time. And when we do fire up a bowl, have we "relapsed" and succumbed to the strong addiction of the past?
Caffeine, alcohol, THC, nicotine ... all are unquestionably addictive substances, but drinking alcohol doesn't make me an alcoholic; smoking a pipe in moderation (i.e., a few times per week) doesn't put me in the same category as a habitual smoker who consumes as much tobacco in a day as I consume in a month or two. Dependency is both a psychological construct and a physiological need; both occur along a continuum. What distinguishes the social drinker (or pipe smoker) from the alcoholic or nic addict is how the body and mind manage these potentially damaging substances.
J
excav8tor may be right, but truthfully, I don't care if I am "marginally" addicted to the trace amounts of nicotine that enter my bloodstream via pipe smoke. What I am saying that I AM addicted to is the relaxation; the ritual. I don't get that "nic hit" from smoking in the same way a cigarette smoker does.
All this said, I will admit to one thing...
Hi my name is Jason and I'm addicted to pipesmagazine.com....
-Jason
All this said, I will admit to one thing...
Hi my name is Jason and I'm addicted to pipesmagazine.com....
-Jason
Unfortunately Jason, we're all "enablers" here. We can't help you. But we can give you your "hit" of fellowship and pipe-related discussion.
Simon
Simon
Taken from LIFESTYLE, but I've seen other lists that confirm it. This is why cigs are different from pipe tobacco. The cig manufacturers have spent millions makeing their product addictive.
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There are over 4,000 different addictives in cigarettes and that is not counting the tobacco. A lot of these cigarette addictives can be found in other products such as food and while they were tested for other uses, these addictives in your cigarettes were never actually tested to see what would happen when they were burned
Cigarette Addictives
Below I will list just a few of the addictives that are inhaled with each puff of a cigarette.
DDT - An insecticide that was eventually banned
Acetone - This is usually found in nail polish remover
Butane - You can find this in your lighter fluid
Cyanide - By now we should all know that cyanide is a very deadly poison
Ammonia - Used to clean your home and the smell is awful and overpowering to the senses
Benzene - This product can be found in synthetic rubber and also used to make dye products
Arsenic - Another deadly poison that is often used to kill rats
Formaldehyde - An embalming fluid and teens often use it to get high
Naphthalene - Mothball ingredient
Nicotine - Nicotine was a poison that was once and may still be used to kill roaches
A few other key ingredients include Carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides, concrete.
Looking at these ingredients, I don't know anyone who would willingly put these ingredients into their bodies daily or even hourly the way a smoker does with each cigarette that is smoked. One big issue is that most smokers are completely unaware of what each stick of cigarette contains.
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There are over 4,000 different addictives in cigarettes and that is not counting the tobacco. A lot of these cigarette addictives can be found in other products such as food and while they were tested for other uses, these addictives in your cigarettes were never actually tested to see what would happen when they were burned
Cigarette Addictives
Below I will list just a few of the addictives that are inhaled with each puff of a cigarette.
DDT - An insecticide that was eventually banned
Acetone - This is usually found in nail polish remover
Butane - You can find this in your lighter fluid
Cyanide - By now we should all know that cyanide is a very deadly poison
Ammonia - Used to clean your home and the smell is awful and overpowering to the senses
Benzene - This product can be found in synthetic rubber and also used to make dye products
Arsenic - Another deadly poison that is often used to kill rats
Formaldehyde - An embalming fluid and teens often use it to get high
Naphthalene - Mothball ingredient
Nicotine - Nicotine was a poison that was once and may still be used to kill roaches
A few other key ingredients include Carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides, concrete.
Looking at these ingredients, I don't know anyone who would willingly put these ingredients into their bodies daily or even hourly the way a smoker does with each cigarette that is smoked. One big issue is that most smokers are completely unaware of what each stick of cigarette contains.
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