Just felt a hint of a nic hit.. Not too bad.

I am pretty nic tolerant, I don't inhale Makla Africaine, but it has a pretty good kick...


mrsnuff.com/makla-m-60.html


Even more so, Chimo El toro:


www.chimo.com.ve/
That is a junk kicker...you are spitting out motor oil, and you are hitting the red line on the tach.

I don't inhale cigars either, but I have had plenty that have sent me reeling, and had to let the cigar rest, never to be revisited.

...perhaps my "constitution" is a bit more robust than most, lol...

I have a hunch ... sometimes there can be a pocket of nic in a blend .. I've had a couple times where I only took a few hits and came on super strong or it made me sick ..

Had some Capt. Earles stimulus that really messed me up. The nic in that blend is very high. I would only use little bowls.

The nic-hit does exist. I had cigars from the magic isle in my younger days, that gave me the sweats, made my head spin and ultimately vomit. I suspect that it was probably on an empty stomach, but nevertheless, not fun.

I am wondering if once in a blue moon you get freak leaf that deposits a vein of pure nicotine and you end up being the one who puffs it.

I had this happen twice with the same tin, Captain Earle's Stimulus Package. Had to take to bed. Almost got sick. Not fun.

I would have thought the nicotine content would be pretty uniform among the leaves.

It's natural. I didn't smoke anything but a very infrequent cigar (special event when somebody handed them out) at the time, but my father smoked pipes and cigars since I was born and up until that time I thought I was immune to nicotine. Not so.

I'd wager that if you took someone who never smoked, and didn't live with a smoker, and had them smoke a large, strong cigar on an empty stomach, they'd get sick. I'd expect the same result from a large pipe (Group 5) of strong pipe tobacco as well.  I think a lot of people would get sick on a lot less too. I'm actually really surprised that anyone here would suggest otherwise.

My friends... I offer my apologies if any of you were offended by my comments regarding "nic-hit" or "gluten allergies."

As with any free and open discussion, I come at it based on my own experience and I acknowledge your experiences as well.

While my beliefs have not changed overnight, I am truly sorry if I have offended any one of you.

Not at all ... the nicotine increases as you go from bottom to top leaves.
There's a lot more I could expound upon regarding this topic but the info is out there for those that want the truth.
Needless to say, the nicotine delivery from a pipe is more than sufficient to cause a physiological reaction.

There are blends that use specifically tips of a leaf. During processing I'm assuming the leaves are separated into different pieces and used for separate purposes based on the characteristics of the pieces.

I just saw one of those blends recently, I'll try and find it.

I don't think anyone took it that way at all - just a discussion of peoples' different experiences which is always interesting.  I also worry that my posts might be taken the wrong way, because they sometimes are! So I know how you feel. 

But I would like to propose an experiment with you as the subject: simultaneously smoke a gigantic pipe full of Cotton Boll and a La Flor Dominicana Double Ligero cigar, while also taking copious amounts of White Elephant snuff, and with a wad of Thunder Snus lodged between you lip and gum.  If you still felt no buzz, you would deserve a place in the Guinness Book of World Records!  

At least the snuff would be cheaper than what you were used to.  

I have read on some other threads that the PH of the tobacco will determine if it absorbs through your mouth. Typically VA are more base???, and therefore not absorbable as readily as cigar smoke.