I smoked a La Gloria Cubana Reserva Figurado today.
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I had an Opus X robusto that was a bit dissapointing last night as it would not stay lit and I finally gave up on it after an hour and a half with over 1/2 of the cigar to go.
Tonight I have an Ashton VSG Robusto. Same humidor so I hope it smokes OK.
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Posts: 9576 | Location: New York City | Registered: May 02, 2002
I had a cigar late last night, and then I could not sleep even though I was tired. I then took 2 Valium and that didn't even help. My heart was beating as though I got too much nicotine in my system, or something?
This has happeened a number of times lately. I am wondering if I should switch to only smoking a cigar in either the afternoon or very early evening.
Any thoughts on this?
Thanks!!
For tonight, I am going to pass. Instead, I'm going to get a 1 or 2 hour nap before we have dinner (it's 5:15pm here).
Posts: 1873 | Location: San Francisco, CA, USA | Registered: August 20, 2003
This morning after breakfast, an E. Zarzuela robusto on the Patio Level with the neighbor; tonight, on the Patio Level with the neighbor, a Sancho Panza Madrid. Both were delightful as the weather was just about perfect all day!
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As for the person with the problem, I could swear nicotine is a downer. I remember physiology lab in college stopping the heart of my vegetative frog using only a bit of nicotine on a paper towel. Stopped like instantly and didnt start again after taking the paper towel off. As a sidebar, I actually was able to start the heart again by doing the same thing with epinephrine which I thought was pretty funny at the time. I could be wrong about smaller doses of nicotine that are inhaled, however. I'm sure large amounts of accidentally inhaled carbon monoxide or dioxide from a cigar could do have something to with faster heart rate as well.
Nicotine and the Nicotinic receptors are a bit complicated since they exist as receptors for the post-ganglionic neurons throughout the entire autonomic nervous system. This includes the sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions... so it's no surprise that nicotine can activate the sympathetic nervous system.
Dose response curve is also biphasic so at low doses there is ganglionic stimulation and at higher doses there is a blockade.
The sympathetic activity is thought to be a result of CNS and brainstem signals at the doses seen with smoking though. With higher concentrations there is direct stimulation at the ganglionic level, with an ultimate blockade with the hypotension and bradycardia which you saw with your frog... These may be mediated by vagal nerve discharge or central mechanisms.
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