So I had a cigar with my roommate last night, actually it was only half a cigar. I don't inhale them. But about half hour later I was heaving over the toilet about every 15 minutes. Im wondering if this was just a flu thing or the cigar. I've never had this type of feeling with a flu before though, it felt like someone was gripping my stomach. I was in a pretty good amount of pain. Is this common with cigars?
I smoke probably over about 30 min, but it was only about 4 inches long as I had it left over from another time. But I dont smoke cigars a whole lot. I smoke weed semi often though
As long as you don't inhale, you shouldn't be getting sick unless the cigar is moldy. You probably just inhaled without realizing it. I did the same thing my first time smoking a cigar and felt fine an hour later.
I remember the only time I ever did Copenhagen. Me and a buddy rammed our mouths full of the crap, did I ever feel like garbage for a long time. Like having a pack of cigarettes in one dip.
To quote Corb Lund - "Good Copenhagen is better than bad cocaine."
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In Vancouver there is some uppity cigar shop. Some dude who runs the shop kept telling my friend and I all about the "proper" way to smoke cigars and such. At any rate he said that potent higher-end cigars should probably take you around 2 hours to properly smoke and often you'll need to blow them out, set them right on the ashtray and go back to them later.
My friend and went to Seattle after that, and we decided to fire them up. We were outside our hotel and it started to get a little cold so we finished them in about 30 mins, like you. I started to feel pretty sick. An old lady pulled over, got out of her car and asked for directions. My friend, not being from Seattle, didn't really know but was briefly trying to figure out where to send her. I started throwing up, on the street right by her car, pretty hard. She got into her car and drove away.
We figured we should have given the cigar another 1hr and a half.
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Thats odd; the people who usually get sick are those who've never smoked anything. The fact the OP has smoked weed and still got sick intrigues me. Im leaning towards food poisoning!
Thats odd; the people who usually get sick are those who've never smoked anything. The fact the OP has smoked weed and still got sick intrigues me. Im leaning towards food poisoning!
I used to smoke a pack a day, I smoked a Cohiba robusto in about 30 minutes and was puking later.
You learn your lesson to pace yourself after that.
I remember the only time I ever did Copenhagen. Me and a buddy rammed our mouths full of the crap, did I ever feel like garbage for a long time. Like having a pack of cigarettes in one dip.
Oh, now that's a rookie mistake...to start off on Copie and to try and horseshoe it is a terrible idea. Gotta work your way into the addiction! Thank god I'm done (pretty well) with that stuff.
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When you smoke a cigar, you take in nicotine through your mucosal membranes of the mouth (gum, inside of cheek, etc). Nicotine is a stimulant of the central and sympathetic nervous systems, which means your heart beats faster, blood pressure increases and causes your blood vessels to contract. This is what likely caused your nausea.
Your chances of this occurring increase when:
a.) you rush your smoke
b.) you smoke in a confined space, hence taking in more nicotine than you would if you were outside
c.) you smoke a maduro wrapper cigar. The maduro wrapper, which is dark brown or black indicates a 'stronger' cigar and higher nicotine content.
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The first time I ever smoked was a cigar and I didn't get sick at all, actually kinda liked it. I only ever got sick the first time I smoked a cigarette. I was nasty sick. Never smoking anything again after that.
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