I had a heavy cigar last night that left me buzzing and made my head go in loops. I really hate that nauseatingly feeling and I was about to throw up. How can I stop that awful feeling??

Don't inhale. Eat before you smoke. Don't smoke bad cigars.

BTW, what was it ?

Sounds like an Opus Power Ranger. Some cigars can do that, it is the nicotine.

Don't smoke for a day or so. There is not much more you can do until the nicotine is out of your system.

Drinking more water may help to flush your kidneys.

I do not inhale at all. Does it have anything to do with being smoked in a closed place? This is the first time I smoke a cigar, along with a friend who was also smoking a cigar, in a closed place.

What can I do now? All I have now are 6 Don Kiki Brown Label cigars, I am stuck with them. I guess I'll give myself a break for a week or so before going on to the Botella Figurado.

I’ve found that one of the best ways to avoid such problems is to learn to listen to your body. Whether you’re smoking cigars or drinking alcohol, pace yourself. Once you feel that you are going past pleasant buzz to a little too buzzed, stop smoking. I would rather put out a great cigar and leave with a pleasant experience than to nub it and feel like crap later.

You may also want to try smoking milder cigars.

Good luck.

Here's the cure: take a sugar packet, open, put the sugar on the back of your toungue and wash it down with some water. You might need two if you're feeling very queasy.

If you don't have sugar packs handy, a big Coca-Cola can help too.

If you are in need of getting rid of those terrible cigars, I guess I can take them off your hands!

Well, I'd like to get rid of them, but they are my only stock right now. If I had others, I'd be willing to send them all to you.

You're ingesting nicotine whether you inhale or not. Smoke slowly, eat before, and do the sugar trick as David Savona suggest. You will get buzzed from any strong cigar, not just bad ones.

Yeah the cigar wasn't bad, it was just too strong for an amateur like me. I'll try eating it before I have another one, and I'll keep sugar packs with me. Thanks for the hint David.

I remember a Perdomo 2. Or was it a a 5. Anyway it was this big double tapered figurado that I puffed on when taking a long summer walk. A hard drwaing mofo. By the time I finished I was green. The worst gassing I' d ever had. Took about two hours to feel well.

ummmm

i suck it up and take it like a man

lucky.. Experience, will give you a stronger immunity to overdoses of nicotine....

just keep smoking, and one day those cigars will be OK for you, but for the moment, you should stick with light to medium smokes....

The lighter the color of the wrapper, the easier the smoke will be to handle..... so aim for the lightest smokes, and gradually work your way towards the darker smokes.....

1- Water. As much as you can till you piss,... then more. You are feeling the effects of a cigar, but 99% says you are also dehydrated.

2- How do u lite your cigar? If you're lighting with a match (or matches) there is a huge chance that you are unintentionally inhaling in the process.

3- You may want to smoke a less heavy cigar.

4- Don't hot-box yourself

Bear

Sounds like my first RP Edge.

As mentioned, try smoking after a full meal, rather than on an empty stomach. Have a non-alcoholic, non-caffienated drink with the cigar.

Also, try a lighter cigar. Some cigars carry a heavier nicotene punch than others.

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Originally posted by David Savona:
Here's the cure: take a sugar packet, open, put the sugar on the back of your toungue and wash it down with some water. You might need two if you're feeling very queasy.

If you don't have sugar packs handy, a big Coca-Cola can help too.

I read this suggestion some time ago, and it saved my life the other day. I tried a new cigar, empty stomach, while driving (cigar tends to stay in mouth), and it floored me. I found some hard candy in the truck and downed as many as I could. 5-10 later I'm back to 99%. Sugar works!

I didn't read EVERY post in this thread, so someone may have addressed this, but the nicotine absorption from cigar smoking is completely different than cigarrettes. Believe it or not, it is more closely related to that of chewing tobacco.

Cigarette smokers only put the cigarette to their mouth when they take a drag, and then the smoke goes into the lungs, and the nicotine is absorbed from there.

Cigar smokers leave their cigars in their mouth, and have alot more oral contact with their cigars. The majority of the nicotine that cigar smokers absorb is either through the mouth, or by swallowing saliva that has basically acted as a liquid filter for the cigar smoke. Even if you do not inhale, and have eaten a hearty meal, some cigars can still make you feel sick. People say that full bodied cigars are worse, and this is not because of the tobacco, but rather due to the fact that these tend to be more flavorful, and therefore the smoke spends longer in the mouth and imparts a higher amount of nicotine into one's saliva.

The solution is simple, but not polite, nor well-mannered. You need to spit the saliva out, on a regular basis. The majority of my smoking occurs at my home, alone, outside - so I find myself spitting after every puff basically. I rarely get sick, and have yet to have such cigars as the la flor dominicana double ligero chisel and other "powerhouse" sticks make me sick. I hope this information sheds light on how smoking cigars interacts with your bodies.

Fortunately I pretty much have never been prone to nicotine related illness, and have been smoking pipes and cigars for over 35 years. I do understand their are varying degrees of sensitivity, for a variety of reasons. I would just move to a less nicotine laden product. About the only tobacco that has even slightly affected me is some of the older vintage Dunhill Royal Yacht, and a few of the Lake District pipe tobaccos.

Downing a coke works for me...

Spitting maybe works, I don't know, but that's not really one can do most of the times. Sugar works for sure, but then again not always you're gonna have it handy.
Lucky, I think you should just switch to milder cigars and over time you may also develop taste for and immunity against strong ones. Even so, it is better to have strong cigars only after a good meal - even many seasoned smokers can't handle them with empty stomach. I'm sure I would've gotten sick from my RP Edge maduro yesterday, had I smoked it before the dinner.