Nicotine and pain?

Originally Posted by Snake Hips

Bookmarked that. Interesting stuff - scientific evidence for all the really old, healthy, avid cigar smokers. Smoking kills...mmmyessss...

Just as a follow up to the article I put on here,,,,,I have had pain for the last 14 years where I have taken just about every narcotic known to medical science and still am taking them to a degree ( fentanyl patch, morphine, oxy-contin, dilaudid, hydrocodone, percocet, etc etc )

My own observations having been a cigar smoker for years is that when I sit down with a cigar and relax with a drink my pain threshold is taken down a couple of notches. I am always at an 8 on the 1 to 10 pain scale,,,at times I can get into the 9 area ( my pain scale is predicated on what I consider the worst pain I know,,,,my worst pains I have experienced is a heart attack, liver biopsy, bone marrow taken from my hips, broken wrist ) so having said that pain is very real. I find myself craving the cigar for two reasons,,,,for the relaxation it gives me for allowing myself to feel better mentally and physcially and because I love cigars. I even told my doctor about this report and they have said there is no validity in them,,,,Bull$hit I told them. The proof is in the pudding and I do feel better after a cigar.