Nicotine is a strange drug. I used to smoke 2 packs of Marlboro Reds per day. At the height of my cigarette habit I would not feel a nicotine buzz even in the morning. When I was a 1 pack a day smoker I would often feel a strong buzz from my morning cigarette. The cigarette buzz, for me, involves a light-headed, dizzy feeling. There is also a kind of physical sensation in my limbs, like if my arms are buzzing. I have even felt a bit weak in the knees, as if I might fall down.
When I used to smoke Bali Shag RYO I was less addicted and I think I recall getting a less intense buzz from those. I smoked both Camel non-filter and Pall Mall non-filter for a while, but I can't remember what the buzz was like from those. There's an unopened pack of Pall Mall non-filter in my desk drawer that is tempting me these days.
When I moved away from cigarettes, first to cigarillos and then to pipes, I do not think I felt a buzz for quite a while. Then one night I packed two flakes of Bold Kentucky into a Rossi Author and felt sick.
Bold Kentucky, Gawith and Hoggarth Kendal Kentucky, and Five Brothers definitely give me a "pipe tobacco nicotine buzz." The buzz is nothing like a cigarette buzz. There is no lightheaded feeling, and no tingling. Instead I feel stimulated as if I have had a good cup of coffee, and I also feel a relaxed calm and increased focus.
The pipe tobacco buzz can be subtle at times. I notice it most when I smoke in a quite and relaxed setting. Of course, I try to let the smoke linger in my mouth and I also retrohale most of the time. If you are looking for the quick and intense hit that cigarettes provide then you will not find it in pipe tobacco. It is a matter of chemistry and biology. I have managed to very successfully make the switch to pipe smoking. Inhaling doesn't even feel natural anymore.
I hope SP gets some Five Brothers back in stock soon. I am running very dangerously low.
