What makes me sick is........

Originally Posted by illinoishoosier

I would venture to say it's the nicotine...some people have more tolerance for it than others.

I have only been sickened by two cigars. One was a RP Edge that I smoked on an empty stomach...was cigar #2 in my smoking career. I missed the "eat before you smoke" memo.

The other was a private label at the Bull and Bear in Naperviile. Tchariya can attest that about half through, i started to turn a little green. Had to set it down for a bit, then smoked a little more.

Normally, I just get a little buzz from the stronger sticks. But no..

I can testify that the man is a smoking machine! If you didn't get sick in Charleston, I would doubt what can make you sick...

I'm jealous however. I've gotten to smoke a few of Than's cigars but have never met him in person. Now he's an Illini fan!

BTW, at least you turned GREEN and not red and white!

[dannyboy]

As for why the nicotine can enter your body so quickly, the answer I have was found in this article (thank gettysburgfreak for finding it). It says that the smoke from cigars is more alkaline than from cigarettes, this alkalinity allows for more rapid absorption of the nicotine through the membranes in the mouth. No need to inhale, and still get the nic like you would from inhaling a cigarette.

Here is the link if you wanna read it:
http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/tcrb...phs/9/m9_1.PDF

[Whee]

Originally Posted by jbo57

I can testify that the man is a smoking machine! If you didn't get sick in Charleston, I would doubt what can make you sick...

I'm jealous however. I've gotten to smoke a few of Than's cigars but have never met him in person. Now he's an Illini fan!

BTW, at least you turned GREEN and not red and white!

or Blue and Orange...