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The feeling of smoking marijuana vs. smoking cigarettes?
I'm writing a novel for NaNoWriMo (see: http://www.nanowrimo.org/) and one of my characters smokes pot. I've never smoked pot or cigarettes, so I need to know what each of them feels like. Thanks.
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
I smoke both regularly, here are the differences:
Cigarettes:
Cigarettes don't really give a high like pot. For a person who just started smoking or doesn't smoke regularly, a cigarette will give a slight head buzz lasting only a couple of minutes. The main reasons people smoke cigarettes are either stress, to be cool, or they are Truly addicted and need them. Someone who smokes regularly will start having with drawl symptoms upon stopping like being agitated easily and on edge(I know I am without my smokes). Some say it is as hard to quit cigarettes as it is heroin, and I agree.
Pot:
Pot can be smoked many different ways. The most common is either in a rolled up cigarette filled with marijuana called a "joint" or "spliff", or through a water pipe which is usually refered to as a "bong", or through just a normal glass pipe(ones without water). Marijuana high onsets very quickly, usually within 1 minute of smoking. It affects everyone in different ways but mostly it makes you very relaxed and gives you a mellow and laid back view of the world. It makes you think about stuff differently in a positive manner and makes you carefree. Tell tell signs of someone who has been smoking pot is red eyes, and they will talk and look like they are zoned out.
Hoped this helped man, let me know if you want something more specific.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
well smoking ciggs for new smokers gives you a "buzz" which is just like a slight dizzy feeling and can make some people sick starting out (did for me). but it relaxes the body and as the body gets used to ciggs it takes more and more to make you feel normal and relaxed so thats how people get to smoking a pack a day. now marijuana is different. its like a euphoric feeling. like you just feel good and everything is funny. things become better than they normally would. there can be a loss of perception of time. youd feel like your talking for hours and youll look at the clock and its been 10 minutes. you become hungry which is called getting the munchies. you will become lazy and forgetful but your mind will race in thought often jumping from subject to subject. these feelings dissipate after the high wears off around 4 hours or so. people often say that as you smoke it more and more often that the high will not be as great as the time you first smoke but this is a lie. if a person develops a tolerance to marijuana and does not feel as high as they normally would all the have to do is wait a few days then smoke again or switch to a different strain then the high will be just as great as the first time they smoked.
- Anonymous5 years ago
I don't think its the same thing. Cigarette is worse. Weed will get you high, if there s a lot of smoke around. The smell goes away . Cigarettes, the smell stay longer on your hair etc. I'm a smoker and e ex weed smoker.
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