First off, I haven’t read or remember many posts like the following of a sexual nature in quite a while here on the Dope. So, mods, if this is inappropriate please delete it and accept my apologies.
I am a guy and I have found that if I smoke a cigarette while in the process of beginning to masturbate, I get this incredibly intense sensation in my penis. Almost as if I am about to ejaculate even though I never do. I find that sexual things that would normally only be of cursory interest become incredibly exciting. It is probably the case that it is not the subject matter, but simply a reaction taking place in my body due to the nicotine, so for instance, I could be turned on by a jar of spaghetti sauce. 
My simple question to you all is have you ever experienced the same feeling? And if so, assuming that you all are smokers, when did you discover this, and how?
Mmmm. I smoke, but I can’t say I’ve ever smoked during a sexual act. After, certainly, but not while I’m naked and stimulating my naughty bits.
You’re weird.

Ok, I should clear the air. I went a bit overboard in the OP, or perhaps didn’t make myself clear. I would never be turned on by a sauce, for instance (and do I feel ridiculous having to say that). That was just a silly example to get my point across, and that is that a good drag on a cigarette greatly enhances the initial feelings of an erection.
And on a lighter note, I’m reminded of a question I asked a past girlfriend before we ever had sex. I asked her, “Do you smoke after sex?” Her reply: “I don’t know, I never looked.”
In Thailand, smoking IS a sexual act. It’s slang for “blowjob.”
You do know that you’re supposed to put the cigarette in your mouth, right?
Certainly smoking weed has an effect but tobacco is definitely an ‘afterwards’ event.
Have you tried any other nicotine product? Does that have the same effect?
I like to smoke while I’m masturbating. The nicotine enhances the pleasure, especially if I haven’t had a smoke in a while and have a craving. The orgasm is a lot more intense. I have to be careful though, I’ve had the cherry drop on my dick a few times. I haven’t done this with other nicotine products, but I don’t think it would be the same. Smoking delivers the nicotine quicker and gives me a rush.
I really can’t remember how I discovered this. When I was a teenager I used to smoke in the bathroom because it had a fan in there. I also used to whack off in there. Put two and two together I guess.
I don’t know. I never looked. (rimshot!)
But what if you could say that you have? 
That is exactly what I am talking about. I knew I couldn’t have been the only one to discover this. I too don’t remember how I discovered it, but I had been smoking for years and years before I did so. Now it’s the only time I smoke.
I smoke about 80 a day. That could be quite troublesome. 
Aussie Fish, I didn’t want to encourage anyone to start smoking, so I didn’t suggest that every guy here try this, but you ought to give it a go since you already smoke. It really is quite awesome.
I was referring to the last sentence
<Now it’s the only time I smoke.>
I’d have to have 80 wanks a day to keep up with my smoking habit. 
I added smoking while masturbating years ago. It lead me down a path of self destruction. I discovered it after I had been drinking, I wasn’t even a smoker but quickly got hooked. As my nicotine addiction increased my masturbation frequency increased proportionally. With the ease of access to porn I was stuck on a dark perverted path. I obsessed with sex. I constantly lusted after women even though I was married. I added more things to increase the rush - alcohol, thc, prescription drugs, illicit drugs, whatever I could add to the mix. It all got worse and worse. Like every addiction, my cravings for nicotine increased and I was masturbating whenever and wherever i could (especially wherever I could get away with smoking. I remember once counting having masturbated 11 times one day. It went on for years. I finally had enough of the pain and suffering, especially of those around me. I finally broke free from the alcoholism. After a few years not drinking I started taking the medication Chantix (thank God for Chantix), and finally was able to quit smoking and jerking off. I was 7 years sober and 2 years smoke free when I was out of town for work when an idea popped-up somewhere in my head and I had a cigarette and a quick jerk session. BAM! Within a few months I was sneaking cigarettes and finding places to light up and stroke. I could see it going down that path again so I got back on Chantix before it got further out of hand. That’s where I am with it today, here to try to warn others of the slippery slope on which you are sliding. Please beware!
Chantix ain’t for jerk-offs. Got it.
Chantix - not just for quitting smoking anymore!
Chantix-Toss one in before you toss one off.
Moses and the burning bush.
Where there’s smoke, there’s… um…