Poll: Cigars? Pipe? Cigarettes? How do you most enjoy tobacco?

The Unknown Libertarian · December 19th, 2016, 08:39 PM

"Tobacco is my favorite vegetable." — Frank Zappa

I'm a cigar smoker and I enjoy smoking a pipe once in awhile.

Note: I wanted to make this poll so that you could choose more than one option, but it didn't work out too well, so I decided to change the question to "how do you most enjoy tobacco?"

**tsunamiSD** · December 19th, 2016, 10:04 PM

I have an idea that I never would have liked tobacco anyway, but something my grandpa and granduncle did took care of that for me. When I was 6 years old, they gave me some chewing tobacco - it took a quart of pistachio nut ice cream to get the taste out of my mouth. My grandma chased them both off the front porch and wouldn't let them back for hours.... But I figure they did me a good turn in the long run.

The Unknown Libertarian · December 19th, 2016, 10:30 PM

When I was a teenager, I chewed tobacco. In our small town, only Red Man and Levi Garrett were available at the local store. I preferred Levi.

I chewed for three years. The summer that I was 16, I started chewing less and less of it: not in terms of frequency, but in terms of the amount I packed into my jaw. Finally, towards the end of the summer, I had taken to just pulling one leaf at a time out of the pouch and chewing that. One day I said to myself, "If I'm down to chewing a leaf at a time, what's the point?" and I stopped totally. I haven't chewed since.

**thunderfly** · December 19th, 2016, 10:52 PM

I've been curious about pipe smoking for the past couple of years or so but the high cost of tobacco and the detrimental affect to my health have put me off taking the plunge.

**LadyLuck** · December 20th, 2016, 12:57 AM

I have never been a cigarette smoker but I did smoke a pipe for a little while about 35 years ago. That may have lasted about a year or so. I guess I got bored with it and stopped. I don't recall why exactly. There was a store at the mall called The Tinder Box that had some really good quality pipe tobaccos. Loved the smell of that place.

**karloschaos** · December 20th, 2016, 08:32 AM

Been a slave to Golden Virginia for about 30 years. Never smoke tailor made cigarettes though.

**footstep** · December 20th, 2016, 11:05 AM

Cigarettes.
(too many..)

Crazy4theBrat · December 20th, 2016, 02:50 PM

I have been a cigar smoker for about 35 years. At one time I tried smoking a pipe and enjoyed it for a while, but ended up gravitating back to stogies instead.

**bloke57** · December 21st, 2016, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thunderfly

I've been curious about pipe smoking for the past couple of years or so but the high cost of tobacco and the detrimental affect to my health have put me off taking the plunge.

Not a smoker myself, but my father was a lifelong pipe smoker - like many of his generation. Picked up the style when in the R.A.F. during WWII.

I still have the last tin of Will's Golden Bar he bought before his passing in 1971 - unopened and intact.

If I ever decide to part with it thunderfly, I will happily pass it on to you.

**thunderfly** · December 21st, 2016, 04:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bloke57

Not a smoker myself, but my father was a lifelong pipe smoker - like many of his generation. Picked up the style when in the R.A.F. during WWII.

I still have the last tin of Will's Golden Bar he bought before his passing in 1971 - unopened and intact.

If I ever decide to part with it thunderfly, I will happily pass it on to you.

I'd probably keep the tin and not the baccy to be honest with you. I love those old tobacco tins.

View Poll Results: Do you enjoy tobacco? If so, how?
I enjoy cigars	11	32.35%
I smoke a pipe	3	8.82%
I smoke cigarettes	7	20.59%
I enjoy snus	0	0%
I chew tobacco	0	0%
I dip snuff	0	0%
I do not use tobacco	13	38.24%
Voters: 34. You may not vote on this poll

December 19th, 2016, 08:39 PM	#1
The Unknown Libertarian Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: USA Posts: 228 Thanks: 7,720 Thanked 2,977 Times in 214 Posts	Poll: Cigars? Pipe? Cigarettes? How do you most enjoy tobacco? "Tobacco is my favorite vegetable." — Frank Zappa I'm a cigar smoker and I enjoy smoking a pipe once in awhile. Note: I wanted to make this poll so that you could choose more than one option, but it didn't work out too well, so I decided to change the question to "how do you most enjoy tobacco?" Last edited by The Unknown Libertarian; December 19th, 2016 at 09:33 PM..

December 19th, 2016, 10:30 PM	#3
The Unknown Libertarian Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: USA Posts: 228 Thanks: 7,720 Thanked 2,977 Times in 214 Posts	When I was a teenager, I chewed tobacco. In our small town, only Red Man and Levi Garrett were available at the local store. I preferred Levi. I chewed for three years. The summer that I was 16, I started chewing less and less of it: not in terms of frequency, but in terms of the amount I packed into my jaw. Finally, towards the end of the summer, I had taken to just pulling one leaf at a time out of the pouch and chewing that. One day I said to myself, "If I'm down to chewing a leaf at a time, what's the point?" and I stopped totally. I haven't chewed since. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

December 19th, 2016, 10:04 PM	#2
tsunamiSD Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 53,025 Thanks: 633,290 Thanked 640,319 Times in 53,108 Posts	I have an idea that I never would have liked tobacco anyway, but something my grandpa and granduncle did took care of that for me. When I was 6 years old, they gave me some chewing tobacco - it took a quart of pistachio nut ice cream to get the taste out of my mouth. My grandma chased them both off the front porch and wouldn't let them back for hours.... But I figure they did me a good turn in the long run.

December 19th, 2016, 10:52 PM	#4
thunderfly Vintage Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 896 Thanks: 6,620 Thanked 11,386 Times in 896 Posts	I've been curious about pipe smoking for the past couple of years or so but the high cost of tobacco and the detrimental affect to my health have put me off taking the plunge.

December 20th, 2016, 12:57 AM	#5
LadyLuck Vintage Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: USA Posts: 1,057 Thanks: 136 Thanked 10,477 Times in 1,247 Posts	I have never been a cigarette smoker but I did smoke a pipe for a little while about 35 years ago. That may have lasted about a year or so. I guess I got bored with it and stopped. I don't recall why exactly. There was a store at the mall called The Tinder Box that had some really good quality pipe tobaccos. Loved the smell of that place.

December 20th, 2016, 08:32 AM	#6
karloschaos Vintage Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: East Yorkshire Posts: 748 Thanks: 7,982 Thanked 8,832 Times in 687 Posts	Been a slave to Golden Virginia for about 30 years. Never smoke tailor made cigarettes though.

December 20th, 2016, 11:05 AM	#7
footstep Lost luggages? Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: France Posts: 7,268 Thanks: 92,097 Thanked 86,765 Times in 7,170 Posts	Cigarettes. (too many..)

December 20th, 2016, 02:50 PM	#8
Crazy4theBrat Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 230 Thanks: 5,301 Thanked 3,058 Times in 227 Posts	I have been a cigar smoker for about 35 years. At one time I tried smoking a pipe and enjoyed it for a while, but ended up gravitating back to stogies instead.