Non Smoker Trying Hookah

[Mr. Crowley]

Not a smoker. Friends took me to a hookah bar, I liked the place. It was a fun experience, we were drinking and stuff. But I didn't feel anything. I know you're supposed to hold it in your lungs, tried to breath in as much as I could in my lungs.

I can't say I really felt anything besides what smoke should have felt like. How do I get a better Buzz? Edited March 14, 2010 by mushrat
we dont use that word here.

[Travis]

[quote name='Mr. Crowley' date='14 March 2010 - 01:28 AM' timestamp='1268551702' post='457013']
Not a smoker. Friends took me to a hookah bar, I liked the place. It was a fun experience, we were drinking and stuff. But I didn't feel anything. I know you're supposed to hold it in your lungs, tried to breath in as much as I could in my lungs.

I can't say I really felt anything besides what smoke should have felt like. How do I get a better
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You have it all wrong my friend..........Hookah is not a drug, its tobacco.
Its smoked to enjoy the flavor.

[Mr. Crowley]

Oh. Well...I did could hardly taste the flavor either. I tasted smoke mostly...

[dizzbizz]

No, you don't hold it in. You take deep inhales and exhales. I get really annoyed when people smoke my hookah and hold it in trying to get some kind of high from it.

I believe hookah is an art and not some drug meant to be exploited.

[Tyler]

You're doing it wrong. Really, really wrong.

Inhale with your diaphram and blow it out slowly over your tongue.

[A13lackFish]

hookah is meant to be an enjoyable, social, and skilled activity. You dont get high from it, if your getting a "buzz" or if your friends are getting a "buzz" its from lack of oxygen. Learn to do O's, mushroom clouds, and other tricks of your looking for a "better" reason to smoke hookah beyond enjoying the atmosphere and relaxing feeling of it, but no sir your not doing it to get a high so please don't get it mixed up if that's the only reason your trying to do it.

[Arcane]

i'm gonna disagree with most people....smoke it however you want. inhale and hold it, take short puffs, stick the hose in your ear and try to take a hit....

as long as you're enjoying the session....it doesn't matter what you do.

[Arcane]

[quote name='A13lackFish' date='13 March 2010 - 10:11 PM' timestamp='1268554269' post='457022']
hookah is meant to be an enjoyable, social, and skilled activity. You dont get high from it, if your getting a "buzz" or if your friends are getting a "buzz" its from lack of oxygen. Learn to do O's, mushroom clouds, and other tricks of your looking for a "better" reason to smoke hookah beyond enjoying the atmosphere and relaxing feeling of it, but no sir your not doing it to get a high so please don't get it mixed up if that's the only reason your trying to do it.
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hmmm...that's pretty wrong too. hookah tobacco does contain nicotine. nicotine does give you a buzz, depending on your tolerance. so, people can get a buzz not attributed to lack of oxygen. it's best not to spread false information.

also, a lot of people place their main priority on the buzz. there are some people, like mattarios2, who won't smoke tobaccos that don't give you a buzz.

hookah isn't something that has set guidelines...people smoke for different reasons. and nobody is really wrong in whatever reason they choose. for me, i'd ask you why learn to do tricks? it doesn't produce anymore flavor...your clouds don't get bigger and your sessions don't last any longer....so what's the point?

you obviously have different reasons for me than myself or the OP....so, who's really right in their ways? Edited March 14, 2010 by Arcane

[Chreees]

I'm with Jay...

[PSU Smoker]

[quote name='INCUBUSRATM' date='14 March 2010 - 07:14 AM' timestamp='1268565285' post='457042']
I'm with Jay...
[/quote]

+1

also try smoking when ur not drinking, you will def get a better flavor like this. Also there is alwasy the possibility the hookah bar messed up and ur shisha was burning.

[joytron]

nicotine is a drug

[Tyler]

[quote name='joytron' date='14 March 2010 - 01:44 PM' timestamp='1268588677' post='457069']
nicotine is a [b]stimulate, depressant, AND a laxative[/b][/quote]

[joytron]

[quote name='Tyler' date='14 March 2010 - 01:33 PM' timestamp='1268598826' post='457082']
[quote name='joytron' date='14 March 2010 - 01:44 PM' timestamp='1268588677' post='457069']
nicotine is a [b]stimulate, depressant, AND a laxative[/b][/quote]
[/quote]

Yeah to curb my constipation my doctor prescribed me one bowl of nakhla after meals

[Jeff_T]

A bowl a day keep you regular...

[mxtaylor]

Wow guys, way to attack a new guy to the forum.

Anyways, it could have been a bad flavor is very mellow. If they don't manage the hookah properly, you end up just tasting burnt/charcoal instead of the mellow flavor. Some brands of tobacco have higher nicotene content than others- if you read around on the forums you'll figure it out. Basically, there is unwashed tobacco and washed tobacco. When you wash it, you remove a good amount of nicotene so you don't buzz as much/easily.

There are a ton of different ways to inhale. Have fun with it and find what works best for you to taste the most flavor or whatever you are looking for. Sometimes a series of short puffs will taste a lot better than a huge inhale.

[thatonethere]

You guys kill me. All of the talk some of us make about getting a buzz, and now you guys want to take the high road and get upset because a new commer wants to get a buzz too??? C'mon now, smh.


Anyways, welcome to the forum Mr. Crowley. In my experience, I learned to start off taking small inhales since you are very new to smoking. This way you could get used to it. After you get pretty good with taking small inhales, slowly inhale deeper with each hookah session. Pretty soon, you'll be smoking like a champ! I don't think holding in the smoke will cause a buzz or not. I've never tried it. Once you inhale deeply and exhale, most likely, you'll catch a buzz (depending on the shisha provided).

If you want to catch a buzz, there are several shishas to choose from. The secret is to find the brand you like the most. A lot of us like Tangiers, and Nahkla. I recommend starting with Nahkla because it is the easiest shisha to learn with. Personally, I enjoy the Nahkla Mizo line myself.

Good luck with your hookah experience.[img]http://www.hookahforum.com/public/style_emoticons/default/Hookah.gif[/img] Edited March 16, 2010 by thatonethere

[PSU Smoker]

[quote name='thatonethere' date='16 March 2010 - 04:58 AM' timestamp='1268729921' post='457374']
You guys kill me. All of the talk some of us make about getting a buzz, and now you guys want to take the high road and get upset because a new commer wants to get a buzz too??? C'mon now, smh.


Anyways, welcome to the forum Mr. Crowley. In my experience, I learned to start off taking small inhales since you are very new to smoking. This way you could get used to it. After you get pretty good with taking small inhales, slowly inhale deeper with each hookah session. Pretty soon, you'll be smoking like a champ! I don't think holding in the smoke will cause a buzz or not. I've never tried it. Once you inhale deeply and exhale, most likely, you'll catch a buzz (depending on the shisha provided).

If you want to catch a buzz, there are several shishas to choose from. The secret is to find the brand you like the most. A lot of us like Tangiers, and Nahkla. I recommend starting with Nahkla because it is the easiest shisha to learn with. Personally, I enjoy the Nahkla Mizo line myself.

Good luck with your hookah experience.[img]http://www.hookahforum.com/public/style_emoticons/default/Hookah.gif[/img]
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The OP was edited and they werent originally looking for a buzz but something greater. This is why a lot of people chimed in that it wasn't about that. Also with using Tang id hold off on that until you get used to tobacco with a lower nicotine level cause Tang will knock you on ur ass since you've never smoked before. Nak is def a good starting tobacco from what i hear

[thatonethere]

[quote name='PSU Smoker' date='16 March 2010 - 01:38 PM' timestamp='1268768319' post='457452']
[quote name='thatonethere' date='16 March 2010 - 04:58 AM' timestamp='1268729921' post='457374']
You guys kill me. All of the talk some of us make about getting a buzz, and now you guys want to take the high road and get upset because a new commer wants to get a buzz too??? C'mon now, smh.


Anyways, welcome to the forum Mr. Crowley. In my experience, I learned to start off taking small inhales since you are very new to smoking. This way you could get used to it. After you get pretty good with taking small inhales, slowly inhale deeper with each hookah session. Pretty soon, you'll be smoking like a champ! I don't think holding in the smoke will cause a buzz or not. I've never tried it. Once you inhale deeply and exhale, most likely, you'll catch a buzz (depending on the shisha provided).

If you want to catch a buzz, there are several shishas to choose from. The secret is to find the brand you like the most. A lot of us like Tangiers, and Nahkla. I recommend starting with Nahkla because it is the easiest shisha to learn with. Personally, I enjoy the Nahkla Mizo line myself.

Good luck with your hookah experience.[img]http://www.hookahforum.com/public/style_emoticons/default/Hookah.gif[/img]
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[b]The OP was edited and they werent originally looking for a buzz but something greater. This is why a lot of people chimed in that it wasn't about that.[/b] Also with using Tang id hold off on that until you get used to tobacco with a lower nicotine level cause Tang will knock you on ur ass since you've never smoked before. Nak is def a good starting tobacco from what i hear


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Oic. Carry on.

[Hippo_Master]

Kids these days...

[PSU Smoker]

haha yeah...looks like he hasnt been on since he joined anyway lol...guess we scared him off

[Yeags777]

Every person I've seen that has tried to smoke my hookah and hold it like they're smoking *other stuff*, coughs... then I proceed to remove the hose from their hands and tell them to go away.

If you want a buzz, I recommend Pharaoh's Exotic Peach. That stuff kicks my ass..... hufty dufty

[Yeags777]

tried to edit my post to remove my phrasing/example... Can't find an edit button, if any. Sorry!

[TheyCallMeDave]

I didn't take the time to see if anyone suggested this, but I would try meeting up and smoking with someone who owns their own,a nd has experience smoking on their hookah. They will probablyhave better quality shisha than what you'll smoke at a lounge, and will know how to give the best experienceon their particular pipe.

Rhythmic, slow, long breaths on a potent, flavorful, unwashed shisha will give the best buzz, if that's what your after. Personally, I always put flavor in front. I think you will too in time. Edited March 18, 2010 by delSol_si
borderline

[MrIsrael]

I love seeing new people smoke hookah, specially the ones that smoke it like a cigarette (including the inhale).
*sigh* ahh, the long process of teaching one how to breathe....

[bellydancerakn]

Well my buzzes are good but also I'm not a smoker (except hookah which is occasionally and cigars, but cigars don't give a buzz cause you don't inhale) so I have no built up tolerance. Umm the first time I smoked hookah I noticed that if I place the mouth of the hookah hose(not really sure what you call it) between my lips, like i had my lips covering my teeth and the tip of th hose between them but NOT in my mouth all the way I got a stronger hit a better and sweeter taste.
Also, if you didn't feel anything and you were smoking at a bar then the shisha could be stale or cheap low-grade quality. You don't always know if you get what you pay for at those places. I'm not saying all bars are bad but I prefer to buy my shisha myself or smoke at my friends so I KNOW I'm getting good quality.