It was the wind direction that day, blowing from Secaucus...the cigar had nothing to do with it.

LOL @ bud..

I get it on an empty stomach with what would be considered a "powerhouse" stick. I've learned to appreciate the odd sensation as part of the "buzz" of a good cigar. Picking up on what Slim said, I think sometimes you "swallow" some smoke, along with inhaling some, even if you're not trying to. It's worse for me if I don't take my Prilosec.

I'm a spitter...

I was feeling a little Qweesy Infume in Feburaray...

Nicotie poising is part of the problem. If you get the cigar too wet it traps more nicotine and you end up swallowing in. Another problem could be an inmature cigar. During fermentation, the leaves give off a lot of ammmonia smelling vapors, this is why you may see the drying sheds very open air. If the leaves are not completely aged they retain some of that ammonia, and when you burn the leaf it gives it off and you can inhale the tainted smoke. You may not be able to smell it, but there may be enough there to make you sick.
JMHO... back to you Slim

Tried one of the formidable (if not forbidding) Joya de Nicaragua Antano 1970s for the first time this past weekend, and got a long-lasting buzz followed by a bit of queasiness for a while. I still get this feeling now and again, even though I smoke cigars every day. Part of the susceptibility to this nicotine overdose has to do with the absorption of nicotine directly through the mucous membrane in the mouth. While cigarette tobacco apparently doesn't absorb readily through the mucous membranes, the tobacco in cigars does, due, I believe, to the catalytic action of ammonia in the tobacco leaves. The upshot is that you don't even need to accidentally swallow cigar smoke to get nicotine overdose--it absorbs directly into your system from your mouth. The moral being that if you're gonna play with fire, expect to get a buzz and upset stomach from time to time.

And I thought I was the only one.
I tend to get that queasy feeling almost every time I smoke. Also, I usually break out in hives. But that's nothing compared to the massive headache I get and the inability to control my bowel movements after a good cigar. Which wouldn't be so bad if my narcolepsy didn't act up each time I smoked, preventing me from even attempting to make it to the toilet.

It's great to know that you guys understand.

My first real cigar did it to me. It was an ISOM Monte #4. It's a little bugger, but I had no experience, and the only thing in my belly was two cups of homebrewed espresso. By the time I realized what was happening, I knew it was way too late. It was darn near a psychedelic experience. My hands were buzzing, and I had too lay in the grass, alternately curled up and splayed out. My stomache was grumbling the rest of the day. Needless to say I fell in love with cigars at the start. Now it happens only mildly and rarely.
...It starts like a rollercoaster ride, so real it takes your breath away, it slides you through your point of view, you look back to where you thought you'd stay...

Sorry boys, never happened to me...

But I directly attribute it to the fact that I usually have a Jack & Coke or a good single malt to wash away any bad feelings in da belly, or the head for that matter. 😉

Hey Lowman, email sent!

PT

Had this feeling before- many times- grew up barning tobacco and would get very sick when working in the fields when the dew was still on the leaves. The wettness allows the nicotine to absorb through the skin. I would get violently ill every morning. To solve this I began dipping snuff- I quit getting sick. The nicotine was always in my system. Quit snuff 15 years later and began smoking cigars. Get the queasy feelings on an empty stomach. Need something to dilute the traces of tobacco juice that you swallow when smoking cigars.

Well, if it was a less than premium cigar, or one made during the "Boom Years" it could be that the tobacco filler and/or binder was not fermented(sweated) long enough. Underfermented tobacco will cause a burning/irritation in the chest area. You can get more info on that at www. coffinails dot com. It's a site for those of us that grow our own tobacco.

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Funny you should ask. For the first time in many many years it happened to me, a little.

Saturday I had a Rastafari, Indian Tabac Teepee,a Diesel Corrosion or Hi-Octane, CI Corojo Church., Don Tomas Fat Toro Corojo and finished the night off with 2 Cuban Parejo Epicures. In that order. (plus 6oz. of Bacardi 151)


I don't think the latter had anything to do with it, but when I stood up to make a head call, I was listing to the port side and the room was taking heavy rolls.

I've smoked gars for over 30 years. I got queasy once in the beginning with a Candela. Remember, the only green things ok to put in your mouth are veggies and if you're a kid, boogers.

I've got so much nicotene in my body, when I sweat, I smell like a wet ashtray.

I'm 6'4", 315. I'm glad I don't get sick and fall down. No one would risk picking me up!

One more thing. The secret to drinking a lot of 151 is to lie down on the floor first. You won't get hurt when you pass out. Also be cautious, it's highly flammable.

Hope this helped in some cosmic way.

rjdc

Sounds like a slight case of nicotine poisoning.

Check here for he dire description:

http://www.oklahomapoison.org/prevention/nicotine.asp 

I get this when smoking while doing something strenuous like panting trees or other yard work.

Try chewing gum while smoking, for me it seems to absorb some of the nicotine and helps with ‘cigar breath’ after a nice smoke. Also make sure you are drinking enough water.

IMHO, albeit chewing gum while enjoying a cigar may some purists to cringe, I enjoy it more than coffee or a refreshing brewed beverage with a cigar.

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Sounds like you had ape meat for dinner

Yeah I get queasy on some occasions. I was smoking some Acid def sea with some friend over a beer. Only had one beer and the room was getting smokey and I hadnt had a lot to eat and i thought i was gonna hurl. I took a quick swig of one guys everclear and that helped me hurl and I felt much better