Smoking Frequency

[Bobby Bailey]

Generally each evening and a few mornings.

 

[bullet08]

Used to be once a day. Now, whenever weather is to my liking. And only in the morning when the front porch is under the shade.

 

[OzPiper]

2nd weekend in a row with little or no smoking.

Last weekend my son was visiting from Melbourne with our 4 1/2 yo granddaughter. So no smoking when she was around. I did sneak in a small cigar when she was running around the backyard playing with some visiting children.

This weekend nursing a bad cold she gifted me (4 1/2 year olds are such germ factories ?). 2nd non-smoking rule - whenever I have a respiratory tract infection.
I don't want to repeat months of treatment for chronic sinusitis or a 4hr sinus surgery ever again.

Definitely NOT COVID. 3 negative COVID RATs in past 5-6 days.

 

[LeafErikson]

2-3 bowls a day on average. Sometimes only 1 and sometimes 4. Rarely more than 5 and almost never 0.

 

[Honkytonk Man]

Not enough!
It irks me that I don't get the free-time during the day to sit down quietly and have a smoke. I'm limited to early morning and evening time.
Weekends are better....

 

[blackpowderpiper]

3-5 per day, more on some days.

 

[huntertrw]

Smoking Frequency

Nine GHz - now that's smoking!

 

[Nicolasylvain]

It does my palate a lot of good to smoke once every two to three days.

I binge on nasal snuff on the days in between.

 

[sardonicus87]

At the moment, I'm only having about 1 bowl per day. I have a corncob that I am not a fan of, and I have the one briar. The corncob I got for if I happen to want a second bowl because it was inexpensive, just to have a second pipe until I can afford another briar (and come across one that speaks to me, whether new or estate).

But I will load and smoke a bowl in one sitting, usually with my mid-afternoon coffee. If I had more briars/pipes that I enjoyed, I might be doing 2-3 bowls per day (I want my pipes to have 24 hours between smokes).

And if I had enough pipes, I might lose track of the bowls per day as I might prefer to smoke only a little at a time but multiple times per day (say, smoking for 5-10 minutes 15-20 times per day instead of smoking for 45-90 minutes 1-2 times per day). Or I might even prefer a few all day smokes with one or two long sessions thrown in.

 

[Milburniv]

I am in the 2-3 a week range. I’m not sure I’d consider it a luxury, but the smell and taste are very calming to me. It’s therapeutic thinking time.

 

[sparker69]

I'm curious to know how often others smoke their pipe. I tend to spark up every 2 or 3 hours. Is this too much or isn't there a general frequency that's accepted by experienced pipe smokers?

I think you have to go with what works with you. I smoke only outside and usually limit myself to four or five bowls a week during the summer. Winter, maybe once or twice every week or so. I always wanted to keep a certain limit on it health wise. Keeps me with a decent budget as well.

 

[greeneyes]

Approximately 2.31E-05 Hz.

 

[aspiring_sage]

Approximately 2.31E-05 Hz.

Sounds like a cancer risk.

 

[TN Jed]

I started out 2 years ago with 2-3 bowls a week. Since my wife gave me the blessing to smoke inside it's quickly increased to 2-3 bowls a day.