Anyone addicted?

AshMe

How can I tell if I'm addicted to cigars? All these health websites warn that cigars have 100-400mg of nicotine and that they are super addicting, but then I read posts on ask.com and people say they are not addicting from personal experience. Anyone here addicted yet? I dont smoke cigarettes, and I've only started cigars a few weeks ago, yet I can't stop thinking about my next cigar break and what I'm going to smoke. Is it just the excitement of a new hobby or what? I started at one cigar a day, now I'm at two cigars a day (I only have time to smoke half in each sitting so I guess it really counts as one cigar a day - or does it?)

Gray4lines

Martel

I found a tobacco risk calculator...for cigarettes, because there aren't any for cigars. I typed in my serious start date and found that if I smoked the equivalent of one cigarette/per day in cigars for the rest of my life (I might smoke two cigars a week), I'd take four months off. So far, I've lost four days, unless I quit now. Oh well. I think I smoke far less than this and never feel a need beyond I really enjoy the relaxing time. Right now it's too darned humid and buggy to want to go outside. I thought about it and turned right around and came back in. Don't think addiction is an issue.

ol_smokey1

You know, I've been contemplating this question as of late. I think about cigars. I check up on my cigar jar humidor several times throughout the day (to maintain RH). I spend time looking at cigars on various websites. I want to smoke, but I don't feel the absolute need to. I limit myself to 1 or 2 cigars a week (usually on the weekend...I try to make it a luxury; something I can look forward to after wrapping up the week). While I would like to smoke everyday, I have the willpower to restrain myself to just one a week. So I'm not sure...while I may be addicted in some people's eyes, I feel that I can control my addiction. I can function normally without smoking, so what's the harm?

0patience

0patience

no idea how I double posted, but I did.

jimmyv723

The3Stogies

Amos Umwhat

YankeeMan

raisindot

kuzi16

Martel

Lee.mcglynn

You know your addicted when you start ripping out your copper piping and pawn your tv for a good cigar

Bob Luken

Lee.mcglynn:

You know your addicted when you start ripping out your copper piping and pawn your tv for a good cigar

LMAO I heard that!

AshMe

Bob Luken:

Lee.mcglynn:

You know your addicted when you start ripping out your copper piping and pawn your tv for a good cigar

LMAO I heard that!

Yeah. That actually WAS pretty funny

Lee.mcglynn

AshMe:

Bob Luken:

Lee.mcglynn:

You know your addicted when you start ripping out your copper piping and pawn your tv for a good cigar

LMAO I heard that!

Yeah. That actually WAS pretty funny

sorry couldn't resist

Thanatos0320

I think you're addicted the same way many of us have been addicted. You're addicted to enjoying the cigar, trying cigars you've never had, and experiencing new flavors. When you're like this you have to be extra careful with your wallet, if not then you might as well go ahead and buy another humidor. I had a 50 ct as my first humidor and that thing filled up in less than a week.

First Warrior

i'm addicted to the ceremony of enjoying a cigar. When I started smoking cigars I smoked way to many. Over time the cigars taught me how to smoke them and I started smoking fewer and fewer. Now it's one a day in the evening after a nice meal. The ceremony of unwrapping, prelight aroma, striking a wooden match, toasting the foot, lighting and dividing the smoke into thirds, the sweet spot, and finish, has got me hooked. I am also hooked on fly fishing and tieing flys, working out at the gym, cookin good food, growing a garden, solitude, helping others when i can, and making what approaches art in my studio. I guess I'm one addicted dude. This is a good thread, makes folks look beyond the surface.

raisindot

bbass2

jd50ae

jadelt

First Warrior:

i'm addicted to the ceremony of enjoying a cigar. When I started smoking cigars I smoked way to many. Over time the cigars taught me how to smoke them and I started smoking fewer and fewer. Now it's one a day in the evening after a nice meal. The ceremony of unwrapping, prelight aroma, striking a wooden match, toasting the foot, lighting and dividing the smoke into thirds, the sweet spot, and finish, has got me hooked. I am also hooked on fly fishing and tieing flys, working out at the gym, cookin good food, growing a garden, solitude, helping others when i can, and making what approaches art in my studio. I guess I'm one addicted dude. This is a good thread, makes folks look beyond the surface.

+1 for me its all about the whole experience (and the fly fishing is good here in MT too)

YankeeMan

Cigary

I can think of worse addictions but when it comes to cigars...if you can't go a day or week w/o one then I'd say you are in the neighborhood. If you have reactions like sweating, irritability or you just get the shakes then yes....you're sadly addicted. The real question begs the answer...is it causing health issues...are you on the side of the hiways with a sign saying "Will work for Cigars"....then again...yes, you have a problem. I've been smoking cigars for 40 years and there were some periods where I didn't smoke for a year or two...or sometimes for months....weeks. Common sense approach is the key here.

The3Stogies

Darktower007

FireRob

Addicted to cigars, No. Addicted to Skoal, Yes. After I smoke a cigar its usually not very long after I’ll have a dip unless I am just really enjoying the aftertaste/finish of the cigar. I can go on and never smoke a cigar again (I hope I don’t have to) but if it’s been a few hours since I had a dip you don’t want to be around me, I am a cranky, mean, easily irritated SOB.

Rhamlin

If your breathing your inhaling is what a Doc told me. So yes I think there is a bit of addiction going on but that bieng said it's also pretty minimal.