I don’t smoke. Tried a cigarette about 15 years ago, and it didn’t do anything for me.
If I started chewing nicotine gum, would I notice any physical effects? Aside from, perhaps, devloping a craving for more gum?
It would probably make you very sick the first time including being very dizzie and maybe vomiting if the dose is high enough. That’s what often happens when people try one of the oral forms of tobacco like Skoal for the first time (including me). The idea and route of absorption and is similar. If you kept chewing the gum, you would get sensitized to it after a few tries and, if you keep it up, you can certainly get addicted to the gum itself. I have heard of non-smokers that got addicted just to the gum by doing what you describe.
I doubt you knew how to inhale a cigarette on your first try because it takes practice. You probably didn’t get much nicotine in your system from it.
Others have told me the same thing. I’m sure you’re right.
I was wondering if there were any bad physical effects of chewing nicotine gum. Say if you followed the opposite program to quitting smoking, starting with a small dose and working your way up to a whole piece. People who give up smoking gain weight, would chewing the gum decrease your appetite?
I’ve smoked occasionally in the past, and nicotine gum burned the inside of my mouth similarly to the way dip would. I didn’t notice a buzz the same way I would after dipping or smoking (I dipped for a summer when I was working construction, I smoked a few cigs a month). I think it’s because it’s released into the blood stream much more slowly than the other methods. To me it was just gross, and worthless because I didn’t get a buzz.
A non-smoking friend once tried a piece but didn’t follow the instructions. You are supposed to just chew a few times, then park the gum until the tingle goes away … he just kept chewing it. He got very red in the face, said his heart was racing, and felt like he was going to puke but didn’t. He never asked for another piece.
I would think so, for two reasons. I believe nicotine has a stimulant effect, which would curb your appetite. Plus, having the gum in your mouth will keep you from eating to a certain extent as well.
My husband (a non-smoker) once picked up a wrapper that once held a nicotine patch and breathed in, which made him very dizzy. I’d think actually ingesting a lot of nicotine would be an unpleasant experience for him.
I tried using gum instead of dipping. Chewing three of the smaller dose pieces a day instead of a using a can of Cope made sleep that night impossible for some reason. I have 97 pieces left if you want to buy them.
My uncle is in his mid seventies, and he’s smoked for most of those years. My aunt, his wife, actually quit smoking more than ten years ago. Since then she’s been on his case even more to quit.
His experience with the nicotine gum is not typical. You’re supposed to chew the piece for just a bit and then place it between your cheek and jaw. Well, he was chewing the gum constantly, like it was bubble gum.
In the end, he got dizzy from the rush of nicotine, passed out, and his truck drifted off the road. Luckily he wasn’t hurt, and the truck could be repaired.