Why do You Smoke a Pipe?

[OzPiper]

I'm probably kidding myself if I'm saying that smoking a pipe is cheaper than smoking a cigar considering what I have invested in pipes (as my wife likes to point out). I guess the more I smoke, the cheaper it gets per smoke, so there is an incentive to smoke more...

Only true if you don't buy any more pipes

 

[frozenchurchwarden]

Pipesmoking is skill based relaxation.
When you're in the groove smoking a pipe it's like cruising on the highway, you have to pay careful attention to just staying calm and being still.

 

[karam]

Because it delivers the best taste out of tobacco.

 

[saltedplug]

because chicks dig it. That's not the reason but I figured why not say it.

My Ex is Jewish, and my father-in-law's best counsel was, "Mike, if you're wondering about saying something, by all means SAY IT!" Nobody listened, but they all spoke, at the same time! I laugh every time I think of this.

 

[tobefrank]

Only true if you don't buy any more pipes

One can dream (dreams of delusions ?).

 

[Brendan]

One can dream (dreams of delusions ?).

Sounds like a pipe dream to me..

 

[judcole]

I don't smoke for nicotine at all. I smoke for flavor.

 

[Sanzini]

Having recently started down he pipe path at (nearly) 50, I've asked myself this question. I enjoy tobacco and have smoked cigarettes and cigars. Still love a good cigar but cigarettes are nasty and I hope to never pick up that habit again. My dad was a pipe smoker for many years so I suppose that has something to do with at least opening the door of interest and curiosity. Since I've been smoking for a few months now I can confidently say that I enjoy the flavor and smell; I enjoy the peace that it brings; I enjoy combining it with a good beverage, be it coffee, beer, or whiskey. I guess I just love smoke in general: campfire, smoked meats, etc.

Also, I am something of a collector and have a tendency to "want it all" when it comes to a new interest. I see how this naturally applies to pipe smoking. I am absorbing all I can about pipe brands and shapes, styles of tobacco, etc., and, well...I want it all. My obsessions typically wane over time, but I think this one will be around for a good long while.

As for nicotine, I've never seen myself as a nicotine fiend. With cigarettes it was mostly a social thing, and I've stopped and started several times. I enjoy a good cigar. I enjoy a good tobacco pipe. That's it.

Cheers!

 

[virginialover]

A man needs a least one vice, smoking a pipe seemed to be the right thing to do as I started on my 18th birthday. Now with more income I also indulge in cigars.

 

[ncshawn]

I'm not entirely sure to be honest. There's something intrinsically appealing about it.

 

[Mtlpiper]

It's largely the relaxation and preference. I prefer a pipe over a cigar (though I enjoy them occasionally).

I also prefer the sheer variety and experience of pipe tobacco to any other form of tobacco consumption.

 

[5star]

I first smoked cigars more than 40 years ago. I had to give them up for more than a decade because of allergy issues. I visited a cigar bar and had a local brewed beer on tap & thought I’d try a cigar. Wonderful ! & no more allergy problems. I was back. - Well after smoking a few cigars with less than satisfying results, guys suggested that I let them rest awhile. It was also suggested that I get a MM cob & some Carter Hall for the 90 days or so that my new cigars were resting, to have something to smoke.- I still enjoy good cigars, but if I were somehow only restricted to one of them now, it’d be pipe smoking.

 

[Sanzini]

A man needs a least one vice, smoking a pipe seemed to be the right thing to do as I started on my 18th birthday. Now with more income I also indulge in cigars.

AT LEASE one vice. ?

 

[mark_b]

Hello!
For me, smoking a pipe has become a ritual of relaxation. I buy pipe tobacco with a variety of flavors and aromas. For me it is a way of solitude, reflection and relaxation. By nature I am an esthete)) well, this effect of smoking tobacco cannot be felt by anything else.
At work, in a hurry, I usually smoke a vape, I buy a lot of it and I have my own supplies. but smoking a pipe cannot be compared with anything.

 

[Rossi320]

I smoke a pipe for the aroma and I like how it looks. I do find myself looking at the shelf where they sell captain black and other pipe tobaccos and see how empty they are and wonder who in my area is buying and smoking a pipe

 

[mark_b]

sorry, it's error

 

[Laurent]

When I was 12 I had my first cigarette, I enjoyed it right off the bat. I didn’t cough or choke, it just clicked. I read that there was a genetic gene that some people have that accepts tobacco or smoking. I can look that up later if need to. I smoked until I was 35 and then one day I just hated it. I didn’t smoke for 3 years. I started missing the act of smoking. The nights out with friends, sitting by a fire, after a good meal and with a good cocktail. I didn’t want to smoke cigarettes again so started smoking cigars. That was good but expensive. One day I saw a man walk out of a building and light a pipe, it just clicked again, I need a pipe. As romantic or crazy as it sounds, my smoking journey led me here. It’s my favorite way to enjoy smoking. It fits every part, for me, the best. I love that it’s the oldest way to smoke, that it’s been apart of history and so many people are involved. It was once sacred and was a form of peace. I love that someone had to get the briar and someone had to make the pipe. Farmers grow the tobacco and people make it flavorful. Cigarettes to me was a quick way to get over being mad or anxiety and I don’t need nicotine. I no longer have these issues and I can now just relax and enjoy something. It’s not a tool for me to deal with things but a character to enjoy.

 

[macaroni]

I smoke a pipe for the aroma and I like how it looks. I do find myself looking at the shelf where they sell captain black and other pipe tobaccos and see how empty they are and wonder who in my area is buying and smoking a pipe

Ditto

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I've tried smoking tobacco without a pipe, but I just keep burning my hands, and the draw of just clenching a handful of tobacco sucks. So, I smoke a pipe.

 

[didimauw]

Long story short: I believe I was meant to.