I’ve tried cigarettes before and while I can see why someone would enjoy the taste of the smoke, the only reason why I would continue smoking them is the nicotine. Cigar and pipe smoke isn’t meant to be inhaled. Do these smokers get similar amounts of nicotine, or are they just doing it for the taste?
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It tastes good, mostly. You still can get a little nicotine buzz of it as well, if that’s your jam.
Taste, mouthfeel, act of smoking
It is inhaled, just not deeply in large quantities.
You don’t need to inhale into the lungs to absorb nicotine. Cigars can have much more nicotine than a cigarette as well.
We can absorb nicotine just through our mouths. This is how things like chewing tobacco, zyn or nicotine gum work.
The answer is both. Cigars taste better and have nicotine.
Pipe smoke can be either inhaled or not inhaled. More than half of pipe smokers who claim they aren’t inhaling are, in fact, inhaling.
Even if you don’t inhale, you still absorb nicotine through your mouth, even. And you do get some though your lungs as well, since it is difficult to breath and not get some in there.
They don’t end up with the same amount of nicotine as a cigarette smoker, but they are getting some.
The taste, and the wafting. And it’s also still a pretty significant stimulant even when not inhaled like a cigarette is.
if they’re smoking in a closed room, they’re definitely inhaling their own 2nd-hand smoke.
Smokers enjoy the taste of the different tobacco blends. There’s a million different combinations of types of tobacco and flavors. I enjoy smoking a pipe or cigar. Pipe tobacco and cigars come in all kinds of different strengths and you can get a nice nicotine buzz without inhaling.
You still get the nicotine absorption. Also, they have tons of flavored cigars and tobacco, which is why the taste is enjoyable. I personally love Acid vanilla cigars.
Who doesn’t like to hold a soggy, smelly roll of burning leaves in their mouth, to drool around? Y’all need to be aware of the gag reflex cigars and pipes trigger.
I could take or leave the nicotine. I smoke cigarettes a couple of times a year, but I don’t inhale them. I like the taste of the smoke, and I love the smell. At least while I’m smoking, afterwards I have to take a thorough shower.
Same thing with my pipe. The smoke is cool and tastes good, the smell is wonderful, I like watching it rise out of the bowl. I like fiddling with it to keep it lit.
Cigars don’t need to be inhaled to be enjoyed.
You absorb nicotine from cigars. Nicotine will even go through you skin so you get some not just from the smoke but just from putting the cigar to your lips.
I dont like them. Don’t like cigarettes either but smoked for a long time having quit about 3 yrs ago. But you definitely still get the nicotine rush from cigars. It is absorbed through the blood vessels under the tongue. So just to answer your question if its about the delivery method you still do get the nicotine
A pipe is great to have for something to gesticulate with you when you want to emphasise something.
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Different cigars taste different. And for me, sitting around listening to music enjoying one is just about as good and the actual stick itself. The whole setting. I don’t know of anybody who smokes them out of addiction like a cigarette but I’m sure there are people that do.
I don’t care for either cause I always inhale. I can’t just pull it in and let it hang out lmao. Cigars smell lovely when burning, but I’d rather just smoke a joint and skip the tobacco.
Many cigars and pipe tobaccos are very different from cigarette tobacco. They are flavored, seasoned, smoked, sweetened, a whole variety of flavors – and so the enjoyment of the taste and smell is a huge component of pipes and cigars moreso than cigs. And yea like other said, the tobacco is a bit stronger (esp cigars) so you get a pretty big nic hit just from oral absorption.
See r/pipetobacco for some insight into the flavor complexity of tobacco
I remember trying my first cigar on a holiday not knowing you don’t inhale. I smoked the entire thing inhaling not understanding why my lungs couldn’t handle it but I could smoke cigarettes easily. Boy oh boy did my lungs hurt for a couple days after that and I learnt my lesson lmao
Odd all the nicotine comments. Regular cigar smoker here and I I don’t get any “buzz”. To me it’s a relaxing hobby that creates downtime.
Taste is also a part of the reason. I love a good monte cristo or Romeo and Julieta cigar. It’s relaxing for me
Apparently cigars have an acquired taste with many different notes/flavor profiles, etc.
I don’t get it personally but to each his own
I like the part where I breath out smoke like a dragon.
I’ve done hookah pipes and smoked weed outta of a bong and a vaporizer.
Even the hookah pipes gave me a slight buzz similar to if I drank 1 beer since I’m short and thin
IMO cigars smell better than cigarettes
The taste.
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Give me a CAO Brazilia or a Montecristo No 2 mmm
People in hale pipe smoke
Cigars and pipes taste much better. Plus they are great to have with drinks. Imo a cigar is more like a dessert than just inhaling smoke for a fix
disagree: coffee smells amazing. cigars smell horrible. pipe smoke is much better – ymmv
The smoke can be tasted and the nicotine starts to dissolve into your body (for both cigarettes and cigars) the second it touches any tissue, including the mouth.
Smoked cigarettes for over a decade stopped and moved to cigars for a few years before quitting totally.
I loved the taste of cigars. And I would inhale every once in a while but ultimately you could get the same nicotine buzz and the flavor without the inhale.