Question for you regular burners

[Boudie]

How long can you go without a cigar? I'm smoking between 5 and 6 cigars a week. When I skip a couple of days my body goes into withdrawl just like when my wife starts brewing decaf.

I can either fight through it or start smoking more cigars. Any suggestions?

 

[Nacho Daddy]

"I can either fight through it or start smoking more cigars "

one of these...........your decision.............

 

[Boudie]

Yea, but where will it end?!!!

 

[btubes18]

Interesting, I don't really get those "withdrawal" feelings you are experiencing. But I smoke on average I would say 5 cigars a week (1 a day) but there are times where I will go weeks without a stogie and don't really crave it, more that I want to carve some time to sit and relax is what I crave. Were you a cigarette smoker by chance?

 

[Cigar Surgeon]

The best way for me to not want another cigar, is go to a herf and have 3 cigars in a night. Or when I go on the Drew Estate Cigar Safari and have 10 cigars a day for 4 - 6 days.

I smoke 3 - 5 a week when the weather is nice. A couple during the weekend and then I might do a two-fer on Saturday or Sunday.

 

[Boudie]

Haven't smoked cigarettes in years. I'm restarting a strict diet and that may have something to do with it. Last cigars I smoked Friday night and sat afternoon where real nic bombs. My hands where shaking while on chat Friday pm

 

[squaresoft]

Maybe just cut back to a couple a week and see how that treats you. I generally do like one during the week proper and another one or two between Fri and sun and have never had that issue

 

[VeLoRoK]

I smoke two a day most days, and don't have any nicotine related issues that I can tell.

 

[Nacho Daddy]

"cigars I smoked Friday night and sat afternoon were real nic bombs. My hands where shaking while on chat Friday pm"

the answer............

 

[Boudie]

Thanks for the advice guys. I'll probably cut back a bit and see what happens.

Velorok. Do you ever take 3 day breaks?

 

[sofc]

I smoke cigars.
I smoke anywhere between zero and seven cigars on any given day.
I've taken a month off with no issues.
I do not do that any more but often go a few days to a week without smoking and no side effects.

 

[VeLoRoK]

Thanks for the advice guys. I'll probably cut back a bit and see what happens.

Velorok. Do you ever take 3 day breaks?

I do occasionally, especially if i smoke a lot (3-4) in a day for a couple days in a row. Just don't want to smoke after that.

 

[srduggins]

I like to have a cigar every day, but usually once or twice a week I don't have time (or desire) to smoke. I've never noticed any craving when I stopped for a few days or more. Until recently, when I started smoking almost exclusively fresh NCs and not missing any days for a couple weeks I noticed more disappointment when I didn't have time for a smoke and I had the thought, "That seemed like a craving", and the next day being irritable. (But there are a couple extra middle+ aged women in the house at the moment). So, I'm sure its possible and something I'd like to avoid - so I had a 20 year old Party Lusi to detox yesterday.

 

[Boudie]

Well from what you guys are saying I better check to see if the wife switched to decaf and didn't tell me. I may start adding some milder sticks into the mix also.

Wow. SofC 7 cigars in a day I'd be climbing walls.

 

[StogieNinja]

I can go a week at a time no problem, which I figure is enough evidence that I'm not hooked. I've wondered a few times if nicotine withdrawal was the explanation for a bad mood, but then I remembered a)I often go periods without a cigar without a bad mood, and b)I have five little kids and I often don't get a good night of sleep, so I don't think they're related.

I get cravings, but they're the same kind of cravings I get for eating teriyaki chicken or watching superhero movies.

 

[VeLoRoK]

I get cravings, but they're the same kind of cravings I get for eating teriyaki chicken or watching superhero movies.

Samezies. I get excited when cigar time comes, but as long as I have something else to fill my time with otherwise I don't miss the cigar at all if I decide not to smoke.

 

[arjennrudd]

I smoke usually 1 a week with maybe 2 or 3 a week sometimes in the summer. A few weeks ago, I think I went almost two months without one. There wasn't any rhyme or reason for doing so.

 

[Gunson]

I'm up to 5-6 a day. From breakfast till bed.

 

[goatking]

I smoke about 2 a day but can still go a few days without smoking one and not really think about it. There have been 12 days this year that I did not smoke.

 

[Jim D]

I usually have a smaller cigar on the way to work and bigger one on the way home. On my days off, I often don't have time to indulge in a cigar as family has other plans for my down time.