Re: Addiction or hobby?
 

I have been smoking cigars every day for years and continue to smoke more and more while buying more and more making me an authority on the matter... There is no way that these things are addictive...

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It's a hobby.

1) I don't NEED cigars in order to get through my day/week/month/whatever.
2) I can go weeks without a cigar and it doesn't bother me a bit.
3) It doesn't interfere with my financial situation and I'm not making decisions to either pay my cigar dealer or my bills.
4) I don't see crackheads rotating their junk while it ages and making sure it's kept at the right temp and humidity
5) I've never known an addict who was happy.

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Smoking cigars is a hobby. Buying cigars is an addiction.

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i can quit anytime i want to. :D

Get your own material... :r
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;s

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Physiologically it's extremely difficult to become addicted to cigars. Not only is the nicotine absorbed in a slower and less direct fashion, but the nicotine itself has very little addictive property. The nicotine in cigars and the nicotine in cigarettes are two very different chemicals.

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This is a great topic. I agree with what many have already said. Truthfully without all you guys, cigars would mean nothing to me.

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:tpd:

I don't mean this tongue in cheek, but I think all of us (in varying degrees, and myself included) get addicted to the buying and collecting and organizing. :2

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Clearly, you have a monkey on your back. We'll see you next week.

Like Bob said, one would have to smoke a LOT of cigars to get addicted. At 2-4 per week, you are missing out on plenty of good stogie junkie time. I vote hobby.

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wise words Tom! I totally agree. With the upcoming surgery I know I won't be able to smoke for several months, probably 9 to 12 months, a sacrifice I gladly make, but I know I will keep coming here during that time, because the community is my family now.

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I generally smoke a cigar a day. But I honestly don't need to. This last weekend, I didn't fire one up at all because I just didn't have the time to sit down and enjoy one. Didn't actually even cross my mind.

On the other hand, when I used to smoke cigarettes, no way would I have gone over two days without one. Couldn't have done it either physically or mentally.

Was I addicted to cigarettes? Yep.

Am I addicted to cigars? Don't think so.

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You're addicted to pnoon? :confused:


:r

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:tg

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Cigars at least for me have been something that is not an addiction because I am able to not smoke for months at a time and then go back to smoking once a week. I admit that I can get up to 2 a day but for the most part cigars help me relax and it's not a stimulant in the least. It's more than smoking as much as it is a seperation from anxiety and from everything I am reading on this thread people surround themselves with friends and just enjoy the comraderie as well as the taste. Nicotine seems to be something that isn't even in the mix.

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The lights are on,
but pnoon's not home
your mind is not your own
your heart sweats,
pnoon's body shakes
another kiss is what it takes
You can’t sleep,
pnoon can eat
there’s no doubt,
pnoon's in deep
your throat is tight,
you can’t breathe
another kiss
is all pnoon needs
Whoa, you like to think that you’re immune to the stuff, oh Yeah
it’s closer to the truth to say you can’t get enough,
you know you’re gonna have to face it, you’re addicted to pnoon

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:tpd:

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pnoon's body shakes
another beer is what it takes
You can’t sleep,
pnoon can eat
there’s no doubt,
pnoon's in deep
your throat is tight,
you can’t breathe
another :pn
is all pnoon needs
Whoa, you like to think that you’re immune to the stuff, oh Yeah

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That's how I first read it too. But, didn't have the clever-streak necessary to turn it into group hilarity.

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I bite my nails which is an addiction, it doesn't stop me from getting through the day, etc etc etc