Smoking a Tad More - Dry Throat

[madox07]

I am on a crusade .. again, against smoking fags, episode 649. This time around I am trying hard, so I guess I smoked a pack in total since the start of the year ... opposite to where more than a couple of years back I started smoking cigarettes only when having a drink with friends. Now, I do manage without them when having a drink, but I substituted them with a pipe or a Toscano cigar, or three, when having a drink ... or three. So where I was smoking a bowl daily, or every other day, with a bit of increase over the weekend and fags when having drinks, now I smoke a bowl almost every day, and if having drinks I smoke a bowl or two, or a bowl or a couple of Toscanos - depends on how long I sit and chat with the entourage I drink. What I have noticed though, perhaps not immediately, but over the past month or so my throat (not my mouth) is dry more often than usual. It doesn't hurt, I don't usually cough, but it is a dry sensation. It goes away if I drink a bit of water, but after a while it dires again. Maybe this will go away if stop smoking, I have noticed that it tones down if I don't smoke on a particular day, but picks up on the following day when I smoke a bowl or a cigar. Is that ok? Do you guys have similar experiences? Should I worry? Do I smoke a lot? Should I cut back on puffing? What do you think?

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I have found that my body does all sorts of tricks to try to get me to smoke cigarettes again. So, yes! When I was coming off cigs, I would get a dry throat. I would also get stopped up sinuses, until I would think about smoking, and then they would open right up, like saying, "It's all clear to smoke now." It's very odd.
Headaches, irritability, and a heightened sense of smell, so that I could detect the smell of someone smoking two roads over from me while walking the dog.

Nowadays, after I have been a few weeks without smoking my pipes, my sinuses will do that close and open trick the moment I "could" smoke a pipe, to let me know that my body is demanding nicotine.

Drink a lot of water while quitting. I did this, and it will help your throat. When deep in the throws of an addiction like nicotine, our bodies will replace cravings like our need for water and foods, with a need for cigarettes. So, when we are really thirsty for water, our body translates that as "give me a damn cigarette."

Maybe slow down on smoking pipes and cigars till you at least get past the first few weeks. Just my $0.02.

 

[gamzultovah]

I have found that my body does all sorts of tricks to try to get me to smoke cigarettes again. So, yes! When I was coming off cigs, I would get a dry throat. I would also get stopped up sinuses, until I would think about smoking, and then they would open right up, like saying, "It's all clear to smoke now." It's very odd.
Headaches, irritability, and a heightened sense of smell, so that I could detect the smell of someone smoking two roads over from me while walking the dog.

Nowadays, after I have been a few weeks without smoking my pipes, my sinuses will do that close and open trick the moment I "could" smoke a pipe, to let me know that my body is demanding nicotine.

Drink a lot of water while quitting. I did this, and it will help your throat. When deep in the throws of an addiction like nicotine, our bodies will replace cravings like our need for water and foods, with a need for cigarettes. So, when we are really thirsty for water, our body translates that as "give me a damn cigarette."

Maybe slow down on smoking pipes and cigars till you at least get past the first few weeks. Just my $0.02.

Very good advice.

 

[UncleRasta]

I am on a crusade .. again, against smoking fags, episode 649.

Growing up in England the phrase "smoking fags" was naturally a part of my language. Having been in the USA for over 20 years now, it sounds like a homophobic hitman.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Biotene

 

[elpfeife]

Agree with Biotene. It can be a big help.

 

[anotherbob]

yeah biotene and that's your body healing from cigs. And as weird as it sounds nicotine helps with that process being an expectorant and all that.

 

[madox07]

Biotene

What exactly is biotene?

 

[cosmicfolklore]

What exactly is biotene?

When I first started smoking pipes, it was a mouthwash designed to activate the glands in your mouth to prevent them from causing dry mouth. They changed the formula recently, and I've heard it isn't as effective as it was. But, it was never designed to help your throat. If you had dry mouth, I would have recommended it also.

But, maybe Hoosier knows something I don't.

 

[saltedplug]

I finally quit cigarettes when I was determined to quit and stay quit. I had gone through decades of quitting but wouldn't stay quit.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

What exactly is biotene?

It's a mouthwash that activates the saliva glands. I happen to think it will help with the throat because you'll have more saliva in the mouth. $5 or so for a bottle, worth giving a try.