Nicotine content?

jship079

I have been a student of tobacco for some time now. I started with the dreaded cigarettes and a occasional cigar. I quite smoking cigiretts about 10 years ago and now only smoke cigars and pipes. Except for maybe my first few cigarettes I dont remember any nicotine sickness (you know sweats, nausea, dizziness etc.). As far as cigars go I have a very low tolerance to all cigars. I get hit pretty quick no matter what the strength. But then with pipes there is very few tobaccos that bother me. So I am asking does anyone know what really causes the difference in the different tobaccos effecting you differently?

jlmarta

jship079

docbp87

j0z3r

kuzi16

jship079

jlmarta

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sightunseen

Throwing this out there, but nicotine levels in cigars can also be a function of plant varietals, growing method, and curing/fermentation method, which all can affect the oil content in the leaf.

Amos Umwhat

kuzi16

nikostewart

sightunseen

nikostewart

http://cigarcypha.com/?p=17

docbp87

So my reasoning as presented in my original post may have contained a fallacy, but it was correct... If you've ever smoked a cigarette, and felt the nicotine that it delivers, and then have ever smoked a cigar with any real strength to it, it becomes immediately clear that the dosing is significantly higher in a cigar, but it is delivered much slower (obviously, because a cigar burns much slower, and the delivery is through mucous membrane (basically buccal) absorption, compared to inhalation). Most people don't consider it necessary to have food on the stomach to smoke a cigarette, but many would recommend it for smoking a cigar. The reason is the dosage of nicotine.

phobicsquirrel

I love all the info on this. I wondered about this as well. Rarely, and I do mean rarely I will get that dizzy feeling. It's strange I mean, I can wake up, have some coffee and light up any cigar and be fine. But at times I can have the lightest cigar and get that feeling. Not sure why but it is strange.

phobicsquirrel

btw, anyone know if by pushing smoke through your nose one gets affected by more nicotine?

jship079

phobicsquirrel:

btw, anyone know if by pushing smoke through your nose one gets affected by more nicotine?

I dont have the science to prove it but my experience says I am affected more when I do it. The first few times I thought I was just crazy but I notice being hit more the more frequent I retro hail.