# Many bug bites (itchitchitchscratchow)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-bug-bites-itchitchitchscratchow/592805>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 15, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-bug-bites-itchitchitchscratchow/592805 "2011-08-15T18:12:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-bug-bites-itchitchitchscratchow/592805/21 "2011-08-17T16:00:30Z")

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> [@rachelellogram](#):
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> Do you know why this works? I guess I could google it. I’ve just never heard that before, and I’d think in a family of almost-all smokers, that it would have come up at some point. Tobacco poultices! Seems quaint, and cool if it works 🙂

My family of smokers never heard of it either. I read about it here, I think. Don’t know why it works and I can’t say if it works wonders or not, even though I’ve tried it before. But it’s something to try if you are sittin’ home with your cigs in the middle of the night, scratching up a storm and not wanting to go out and get something else topical.

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