[Capt_Hank]

I had my last Marlboro (red) on October 18th at 4:00PM. Cold turkey method. When all hell breaks loose, I didn't want this dependency. I must admit, I do miss the cig after a great meal. I have already gained weight, which I have to work on (non combat ready at the moment). I have two pipes here, if I bought tobacco, I would be right back in the same nicotine mode. Try to do with out it. I wish you the best of luck on this one. That nicotine craving is something else.

[Great Dane]

Quit smoking for 7 months, I didn't feel better either, but then I didn't feel 'worse' in the first place.

My husband smokes nothing but pipe, he likes Amphora regular, but I am not sure you can get it in the US.

[bert]

I would avoid lead pipe. Galvanized might have noxious vapors and PVC, HDPE, and vinyl are definitely out.

If you stick to rigid copper it might be ok.

[fish hawk]

I don't think you should. My ancestors smoked the "peace pipe" and where did it get them?

[wardaddy]

Homeboy!!!

If you can maintain the discipline...you should stay off all tobacco products. None are terribly good for you but some are historically less harmful than others.

I quit ciggies at age 30 after 14 years of a pack a day. I unfortunately took up cigars at a poker game one night at age 36....now 8 years later...I smoke a couple of double coronas a day (La Gloria Cubanas as a rule). I of course don't inhale them but I have seen many ciggie smokers inhale cigars because just puffing on them doesn't do the trick. I admit that I love a good cigar...having one right now actually but when I'm busy or traveling I don't smoke. I can go all day without craving yet I love them when I can relax at my desk or at home. My only consolation is that there are a lot of very old cigar smokers. But they also killed US Grant and Mark Twain among quite a few other folks of reknown. It's a devil's bargain to be sure. Some folks can only smoke a cigar a week....If I had that discipline then I would just abstain.

The key to tobacco use other than abstaining is only to smoke at certain times and not on impulse which is impossible when addicted to ciggies.

Just my 2 cents...

[68 grunt]

Nah, don't start smoking again. Pipe smoke smells better than it takes. If you get the craving really bad simply have a friend blow smoke in your face and you inhale it. The inhaled smoke will help the craving and the humiliation will stop future cravings. :)

[Nakota]

I have smoked a pipe since 1964. I recall that the first Surgeon General's report showed that pipe smokers lived, on average, a year longer than non-smokers. This probably has more to do with the general temperment of pipe smokers than any health benefits of pipe smoking. I never did smoke cigarettes and do not inhale the pipe smoke, FWIW.

[johnny7]

Go to a hypnotist. I did and I quit for 4 years with no withdrawl.

Unfortunately, a fishing partner got me started on cigars and I started inhaling them eventually. So I went back to cigarettes.

When I was off smoking, I ballooned to 200 lbs. Pick your poison junior!

[RJL]

Should I start smoking a pipe?

No! It will get easier, but it will take time.

I quit cold turkey, no patches no nothing, many years ago, it took time and I was irritable, but it was one of the best things I ever did.

Keep fighting, it's worth it.

[WindMinstrel]

I started on a pipe when I was trying to stop snuff (Copenhagen/Skoal). Problem is, it kept me addicted to nicotine, and I eventually went back to the stuff. It took me quite a while to break the habit from that crap, and I had to do it cold turkey. Try hypnosis -- it helped me a lot!

[VOYAGER]

I suspect you will receive many good and helpful suggestions, pro and con to smoke, or not to smoke.

I can speak from the experience of smoking a pipe for 15 years after smoking cigarettes for the thirty years prior to my pipe experience.

For me I enjoyed a pipe after my teeth got over being sore from gripping the pipe stem.

It was cheaper but nastier due to the juices that came from the tobacco and saliva mixture.
I used pipes with a throw away filter which helps if you do not allow filter to become saturated.
The pipes I used were fairly inexpensive, and I used the less costly pipes because I found no advantage in paying more for something that had no better taste nor burned any cooler.
I did no use any fancy mixture since after setting the tobacco on fire it still burned my tongue which was less of a problem as I added the years to my pipe smoking experience and only smelled good to the public around me, I regularly used Sir Walter Raleigh tobacco for that fifteen years.

I quit smoking completely in 1984(17 years ago)when it got to where when I breathed deeply I would cough and almost choke, literally.

So in conclusion(mine)a pipe is just as bad as cigarettes as also are cigars.

I've been told you are not supposed to inhale pipe or cigar smoke and my response to that assinine statement is, shouldn't that also include cigarettes, if you're not supposed to inhale, then why smoke?

By the way the best and least expensive way to stop smoking is JUST QUIT!!

Don't let anyone tell you that quitting "cold turkey" is not the best way.

Try this if you are really sincere ask God to give you a greater desire to quit than to continue, it really is that important and it works, but you cannot expect to not suffer some strong withdrawal problems.

Allow yourself time to resist the onslaught of doubt that will come through the urge to just take one puff!

!!!!"DON'T GIVE IN"!!!!

and

!!!!"DON'T GIVE UP"!!!!

[NJ Freeper]

I smoked cigarettes for about ten years, I quit last year cold turkey after a nasty bout of bronchitis. The theory was if I could do it for a day then why not a week or a month, year etc. You get the idea.

That was the easy part, the hard part is breaking the routine. Whenever you're normally used to a cigarette such as after a meal, when drinking etc. It's like pavlov's dog. To this day I still get cravings at specific times although over time some of them have gone completely.

I also switched to chewing and smokeless (dip) tobacco a couple of month's after quitting. This was a mistake because I had it beat and now I crave that instead of cigarettes. My advice is to substitute those cravings with something else other than a pipe. It's like getting rid of one bad habit and substituting it with another. Take it from someone who made the same mistake.

That is unless you don't mind being addicted to a substance but personally, once the cigarettes were kicked I couldn't believe how I was so paralyzed by something the way I was with tobacco.

[Walkin Man]

I had no idea I stank like that for 20+ years. Good grief! How rank!

Yup, same thing with me, its bad isn't it? I smoked for 20 years and quit cold-turkey about 12 years ago. Don't miss it a bit and I am so glad that i don't have to pay 3.50 a pack to kill myself!

You need to get away from nicotine all together whatever the form. The first three days are the worst after that its not so bad. Heavy praying and the help of my Lord Jesus freed me from my twenty year, pack and a half a day addiction. Good luck to you.

[BluH2o]

Although I'm not a regular smoker, I do have a variety of pipes I've smoked, off and on, for nearly twenty-five years. My favorite pipe tobacco shop is the Owl Shop in New Haven, CT ... just down the street from Yale University. Their X-4 tobacco blend is very smooth and aromatic ... it's their own private blend that goes back to the early 1930's.

[jdub]

You could ask your doctor to prescribe Wellbutrin for you. that is how I beat smoking. Take it for a couple of months and wean yourself off the nicotine by cutting down a bit every day. Its the best thing I ever did. I quit over 3 years ago, and have never craved another one, even when drinking.

[Standing Wolf]

Pipes and cigars are better smokes than cigarettes, but pipes are more expensive and bothersome, and you'll soon find yourself inhaling pipe smoke just as you did cigarette smoke. How do I know? Experience.

[geege]

Pipes smell great.....how about a cigar also??????

[Fiddlstix]

Go For It!

I've smoked a pipe for goin' on 40 years now.
Very enjoyable :)