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Smoking Law in Great Britain
Because the non-tobacco products (i.e. vaping) are worse than even cigarette smoking. 2024 saw the release of 2 studies: In Korea cigarette smokers quitting vs. those continuing vs. those switching to e-cigarettes. After 5 years risk ratios were 1.0 vs 1.5 vs 1.65. Another study compared...- RingOfBriar
- Post #56
- Forum: Tobacco Legislation
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Smoking Law in Great Britain
Harmful to health... there is now good scientific data on how harmful. 357 420 participants https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2672576 Note how one form of smoking increased mortality by 2x and another form only 1.09x over a 26 year time period. Note how...- RingOfBriar
- Post #13
- Forum: Tobacco Legislation
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Brand new Peterson has a crack. What do I do?
For used pipes with damages due to hot smoking of prior owners I use a drop of sodium silicate mixed with ash or better removed cake from another pipe and apply on the spot. It will withstand much higher temperatures than the briar but the downside is the wood will not soak up moisture there, so...- RingOfBriar
- Post #14
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Are we really losing that much with the closures of Mac Baren and Sutliff?
I would not say quality at Mac Baren dropped per se, it is just that a lot of source material is missing now. I still have a tin of Roll Cake with Syrian Latakia, still a Plumcake tin with Syrian leaf, still a tin of Acadian Perique. While not bad, the Cyprian leaf is made from Izmir and fire...- RingOfBriar
- Post #45
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Are we really losing that much with the closures of Mac Baren and Sutliff?
STG has the pipe tobacco mopoly, they control the market. C&D and Samuel Gawith do not have much capacity. With the improved margins by removing blends and the created monopoly STG prices do n ot need to go up over the next years, but it might be different for the smaller manufacturers. The...- RingOfBriar
- Post #43
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Are we really losing that much with the closures of Mac Baren and Sutliff?
The situation is still underestimated. When Mac Baren took over Planta most of their blends disappeared. The difference here is that Mac Baren still had competition from STG after 2018. The situation now is much more severe: not only will the Mac Baren blends disappear, but STG + Mac Baren have...- RingOfBriar
- Post #18
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion