Thread: smoking.

Originally Posted by Soilarch

As a young guy who as gotten hooked, quit, hooked again, quit again, and currently hooked again on Copenhagen I'll tell you it's absolutely worth it to push through the holiday.

If giving up the booz for a little while is what it takes then make that decision. A year from now a sober St. Patties won't matter...you still having that chain around your neck WILL matter.

People say that they'd never start if they could do it all again...I say I'd wish I'd never gone back to it.

It's a lovely yet cruel Mistress.

I dipped Copenhagen for most of my life 13 until a few years back. It became very expensive so I decided to look for suitable substitutes. Grizzly Snuff in my opinion is not only a suitable substitute but is actually (dare I say it) a bit better than Copenhagen and about half the price.

I prefer to smoke a pipe (now talk about a crisp stout vitamin N kick!) but in the office I dip most of the time as going outside just to smoke is kind of a PITA.

Ya, wanted to ask about pipes and cigars..
so aren't they just as bad as cigarettes ?

I just ask out of curiosity as I really dont want the smoking habit. 40 and already have emphysema.
apparently mixing bud and tobacco is a real no no for the lung system.

Originally Posted by shayne

Ya, wanted to ask about pipes and cigars..
so aren't they just as bad as cigarettes ?

I just ask out of curiosity as I really dont want the smoking habit. 40 and already have emphysema.
apparently mixing bud and tobacco is a real no no for the lung system.

Been rollin my own with a Topomatic T2 injector for quite some time and use Natural tobacco. Comes out to about 1.50 to 2.00 bucks a pac and taste every bit as good or better than a Camel ! Now if were mixin Bud, that could be a different story !!! Good luck whatever you choose my friend !

oh.. they are delicious.. the smell of any other cigarette makes me want to vomit.. but oh how wonderful the balishag smells.. and the taste is to die for.. literally.

Originally Posted by vthomlinson

oh.. they are delicious.. the smell of any other cigarette makes me want to vomit.. but oh how wonderful the balishag smells.. and the taste is to die for.. literally.

Yes Sir, I here ya my friend !

My Dad started when he was 12 and smoked 2- 3 packs and chewed about a can a day a day for 16 years. Now he hasn't had a cigarette or dip in around 26 years.

I'm almost ten years off cigarettes now. Stick to it! I don't find cigars are the same as cigarettes. I can enjoy one on a special occasion and not feel the need for another. they may be just as harmful, but they're not as addictive I think because you don't smoke them the same way.

I smoked Drum tobacco (roll it yourself) for about a dozen years, at an alarming rate. I succesfully quit almost 2 months ago. Whenever I feel like smoking (I miss the habit rather than the nicotine), I tell myself that if I choose to do so, it has to be Drum, so I can't ask for a cigarette from anyone else; nobody smokes it. So I'd have to go to the convenience store to pick up that habit again, and it's too much effort.
Also, with this new shaving hobby, the sense of smell is more useful. Choosing and comparing soaps, creams, AS and colognes works better when there's no tobacco smell/smoke floating around the house.

Originally Posted by shayne

Ya, wanted to ask about pipes and cigars..
so aren't they just as bad as cigarettes ?

I just ask out of curiosity as I really dont want the smoking habit. 40 and already have emphysema.
apparently mixing bud and tobacco is a real no no for the lung system.

The difference in pipes or cigars depends on whether you inhale the smoke or not. If inhaled one is as bad as he other but most pipe smokers don't inhale. The pipe tobacco I smoke is so strong I couldn't inhale if I wanted to and I smoked Camels with no filters when I smoked cigarettes. Best not to smoke anything though.

Hi,

It is three (3) years since I quit smoking 'gaspers'

I still miss it

I have re-taken up pipe smoking, and use snus at work (i get the snus direct from Sweden).

Because of the EU tobacco tax, the snus ends up being pretty scalpingly priced - it works out at ca 10 USD for a 45 g (ca 1.6 oz) tub

Have fun !

Best regards

Russ