Tobacco substitutes

hooboy

Starting to Get Obsessed

Oct 22, 2015

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bou t 1/2 mile past \"Resume speed\\\"

• Oct 28, 2015

• #1

Just curious as what other items have been smoked other than tobacco. "LETS Omit Controlled items!"

But Items such as corn silks , coffee, etc, inquiring minds....

hoo

 

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aldecaker

Lifer

Feb 13, 2015

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• Oct 28, 2015

• #2

Dried tea leaves. Why, I don't know.

 

cortezattic

Lifer

Nov 19, 2009

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7,638

Chicago, IL

• Oct 28, 2015

• #3

Check out Rule 7

 

cosmicfolklore

Lifer

Aug 9, 2013

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75,656

Between the Heart of Alabama and Hot Springs NC

• Oct 28, 2015

• #4

Are Sutliff blends considered a tobacco substitute? ::

 

sablebrush52

The Bard Of Barlings

Jun 15, 2013

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45,290

Southern Oregon

jrs457.wixsite.com

• Oct 28, 2015

• #5

Just curious as what other items have been smoked other than tobacco. "LETS Omit Controlled items!"

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Leaving out controlled items, leaves out tobacco.
Lots of people smoke dope in pipes. It really messes them up. Stop doing that, you hippie potheads! Stop doing that or I'll take away your sitars and paisley covered bed spreads!

 

deathmetal

Lifer

Jul 21, 2015

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32

• Oct 28, 2015

• #6

"We removed all the tobacco so we could fit in more of your favorite aromatic flavors!"

 

mso489

Lifer

Feb 21, 2013

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60,455

• Oct 28, 2015

• #7

That's about it. Indiginous peoples, Indian nations and others, have smoked tobacco and/or unusual mixes of other herbs. However, in the otherwise light-hearted discussion, I'd say, don't experiment with untried or unknown tobacco substitutes. Many plants produce high test toxins to ward off insect enemies that, if smoked, can sicken or kill you. The scientific or aesthetic interest of puffing on unknown botanicals could be the last thing you do, so don't do it.

 

deathmetal

Lifer

Jul 21, 2015

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• Oct 28, 2015

• #8

Check out Rule 7

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Hmm...

Hookahs are the wine coolers of the tobacco world, and they also have nothing to do with the true tobacco pipe smoking experience.

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Glad I did. That's hilarious. Also a good example of why the "No True Scotsman" fallacy is not as broad of a category as most surmise.

 

brass

Lifer

Jun 4, 2014

1,840

7

United States

• Oct 28, 2015

• #9

Are Sutliff blends considered a tobacco substitute

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? :rofl:

 

perdurabo

Lifer

Jun 3, 2015

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1,575

• Oct 28, 2015

• #10

Maybe GL Pease could weigh in on this one. I swear I saw something about him working on a Tobacco with Tea blend. It might have been on this months crawl.

 

mikestanley

Lifer

May 10, 2009

1,698

1,126

Akron area of Ohio

• Oct 28, 2015

• #11

There were a couple of articles in The Pipe Collector a few years ago about herbal substitutes for tobacco.

It was interesting but I never actually tried any. Once I retire, I just might look into it more.

According to the author, there are a fairly large number of different choices.

Mike S.

 

deathmetal

Lifer

Jul 21, 2015

7,714

32

• Oct 28, 2015

• #12

I've had some decent herbal cigarettes of the legal kind. I could see mixing them with some strong tobacco in a pipe.

 

prairiedruid

Lifer

Jun 30, 2015

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1,135

• Oct 28, 2015

• #13

Cloves have been mixed with tobacco but I think they'd be too harsh to smoke by themselves.

 

mortonbriar

Lifer

Oct 25, 2013

2,676

5,722

New Zealand

• Oct 28, 2015

• #14

There are herbal substitutes on the market, like this notobacco

but I dont know anyone who has tried any of them, so have no idea what they are like...

 

derfatdutchman

Lifer

Jun 4, 2014

1,134

1

• Oct 28, 2015

• #15

Mixture 79

 

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jitterbugdude

Part of the Furniture Now

Mar 25, 2014

993

8

• Oct 28, 2015

• #16

Not sure why we are even having this discussion. That's like asking what subsitutes there are for beer, pizza, ice cream etc. There is no such thing as a tobacco substitute!!!!!! well ok, derfatdutchman has a point.. maybe Mixture 79

 

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aldecaker

Lifer

Feb 13, 2015

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42

• Oct 28, 2015

• #17

Too true. There is no substitute for tobacco. Perhaps "alternative" would be a more accurate term.

 

condorlover1

Lifer

Dec 22, 2013

8,051

27,176

New York

• Oct 28, 2015

• #18

During WWII people used to make pipe tobacco out of dandelions and colts foot leaves which was by all accounts quite popular and was used in a fashion not dissimilar to 'hamburger helper' to stretch out limited supplies of pipe tobacco. Apparently parsley has a fairly neutral flavor which when mixed with tobacco can bulk out a dwindling supply of the real thing.

 

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shutterbugg

Lifer

Nov 18, 2013

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• Oct 28, 2015

• #19

My grandma used to smoke herring.

 

condorlover1

Lifer

Dec 22, 2013

8,051

27,176

New York

• Oct 28, 2015

• #20

That sounds a bit fishy to me! :rofl: