Pipesmoking and Addiction

I find I'm seemingly not very physically addicted to my smoking, just having come off two weeks of no smoke.

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[the14thbear]

I smoked cigs for 17 years and quit. 3 years later I picked my first pipe and ther is no comparing the two. I smoked cigarettes because my bod y had to, I smoke a pipe when I want! Love the vids, please keep e'm coming:)

[NWPipeSmoker]

@the14thbear - You said it way better than I did - right on! Thanks for the comment!

-Tom

[microfilmed]

Haha tamping with the finger. Now that's a mans man!

Great video! I enjoyed it a lot.

[NWPipeSmoker]

What it is, is "Damn! I forgot the tamper again!" :)

-Tom

[Teewinot2]

I'm with you on the "addiciton" aspect of pipe smoking. Several times I've gone a week without smoking a pipe and never experienced a craving to light up.

[NWPipeSmoker]

Right on - if I was actually addicted like cigarettes, I wouldn't do it. Thanks for the comment - I'm enjoying your vids, Doug.

-Tom

[Shindai]

Always liked the smell of pipes, always been disgusted by cigarettes. Considering giving pipe smoking a go but I'm afraid of addiction and health problems. What's the longest you've gone without smoking and not feeling cravings etc? Is it really something you can just pick up and enjoy now and then? I enjoy a drink sometimes, I don't think there's danger of becoming an alcoholic, I like a glass to wind down with. I like the idea of pipe smoking for the same purpose.

[CyclingAZ]

i love smoking pipes, but my tongue tends to "burn" is that normal

[CyclingAZ]

you need to do voice overs for a movie

[Drudy90]

I have to say sir, you are one of about 3 people I've ever seen that can pull off the 'stache

[pointerboater]

I can either smoke several times a week, or go for several weeks without smoking. It doesn't seem to make any difference. It's hard to find tobacco's here in Canada and of course they are taxed to death. Thanks for the reflective, pleasant videos.

[motney555]

Do you have to go into the middle of the woods to smoke a pipe in America?

[JunesongProvision15]

@Shindai You have good taste! It's a very enjoyable hobby and one worth pursuing. There are health problems, of course, but they can be monitored and counteracted (I recommend watching PipeFriendCHS's videos on pipesmoker health). You can definitely enjoy it as sparingly as you please- I've gone weeks at a time without even thinking about smoking. Then there's weeks where I smoke every day. It's very much like alcohol, the average user doesn't risk addiction. Hope this helps!

[atpchase]

You are so right my friend. I moved from 30 plus years of cigarettes to Pipes. I often think of being addicted to my Pipe now. Thing is though I love it and the variety of tastes have got me. I am in love with my Pipes. Thanks for the video

[Shindai]

@mobiussquadron lol that's a lotta sushi xD I started smoking around March, went through three pipes working out wtf I was doing lol but now got it more or less down, I smoke about a bowl a month, coz my girlfriend doesn't like it and there's no garden where we live so I only smoke while walking the mile into town or so, which is pleasant :) I've fancied it a few times when it wasn't an option, but I don't think I've ever had strong cravings. So, happy me :) Does give me heartburn though :p

[mobiussquadron]

@Shindai nah I dont think theres much chance at all of addiction. If you smoked like 4 bowls a day, particularly if you inhaled then yeah posibbly, but even then Idt it would be the same as a cig smokers addiction. When I started I was smoking once a day, and then one day I smoked 3 bowls. My mother found out and starting lecturing me saying I was addicted. So I'm like w/e and stopped for 3 weeks to show her it wasn't an addiction.

I am addicted to sushi however. Must eat 2+ lbs a month.

[HolySmokeNPipePadre]

Another very thoughtful video. I have been a Pipe smoker,off and on, for over 30 years. But lately, because of the videos i have been watching, i seem to be smoking my pipe more and more. Not sure if it is addiction?

btw, have you ever herd of Philson hats?