Are cloves safe?

[mattb]

Hey guys,

I recently followed an online guide on how to make clove flavored tobacco. I basically mixed kitchen cloves and Captain Black. It's a bit more complicated than that, but that't the gist of it.

So I wanted to ask if cloves are okay to smoke in a pipe? I know they make clove cigars, but I'm not sure if that's a special type of cloves or what. I figure it should be pretty safe, but it's better safe than sorry.

Thanks!

Matt

 

[bigvan]

I would imagine that cloves would SERIOUSLY ghost the pipe.
I've never done this, so I don't have any first hand experience. But I've also never heard of this being done, either (in about 24 years of pipe smoking).
I'm a little curious as to WHY you'd want to do it.

 

[ejames]

Cloves??

 

[baronsamedi]

I used to smoke clove cigarettes.

 

[havanarick]

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Your-Own-Clove-Cigarettes/Kretek

check out this page, it will answer your question

 

[igloo]

Cloves are not good for the lungs . If you so desire the flavor please do so in moderation .

 

[jship079]

Cloves are not good for the lungs

neither is tobacco

 

[philip]

When I want cloves, I prefer Beemans.

 

[hnryclay]

Beeman's is good but I like Teaberry!

 

[uberam3rica]

cloves are fine to smoke. In Indonesia they smoke kretek cigarettes, which have clove in them

 

[buster]

Du know? I did just get a clove snuff on my last order. Will let you know how it is when I sample it.

 

[baronsamedi]

I like Black Jack gum.

 

[uberam3rica]

I like all three of the gums

 

[puffy]

Some folks put them on ham while it's baking.That's just for flavor though.You don't eat them.I don't know about smoking them.

 

[pstlpkr]

I used to smoke clove cigarettes.

I like Black Jack gum.

+1

 

[tokerpipes]

Cloves have a medicinal value as well. They have numbing agent that is in the oil of the cloves. Great for tooth ache if you are waiting to go to the dentist.

 

[throwryuken]

ive made my own clove RYO cigarettes on numerous occasions and the smashed clove will stain whatever it touches. if you smoke clove in a pipe i would suggest dedicating a pipe to clove blends

 

[judcole]

I would imagine that cloves would SERIOUSLY ghost the pipe.
I've never done this, so I don't have any first hand experience. But I've also never heard of this being done, either (in about 24 years of pipe smoking).
I'm a little curious as to WHY you'd want to do it.

+1 to everything bigvan says.

 

[nsfisher]

cloves, now i dont know, i sometimes mix in crushed homegrown mint leaves with my baccy, and i have on occasion smoked green tea leaves, when i was visiting an old guy, just to try it a few times, but never cloves

 

[foxinabox]

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Your-Own-Clove-Cigarettes/Kretek

I've smoked packs of black, et al, with no problem. After 'bama banned 'em, I tried the DIY clove-cigarettes thing, they screwed up my body for weeks. Be warned.