Define inhale please

[winton]

I admit I am new to smoking a pipe, or any form of tobacco. I understand inhale, exhale and hold breath. What do you guys mean by "pipe smokers don't inhale like cigarette smokers." Every video I see of pipes shows billows of smoke coming out. Please explain what what you mean.
Winton

 

[admin]

There are some more differences to be aware of.
- Cigarettes are inhaled into the lungs. You do not do this with pipe tobacco. You pull it into your mouth only, and then blow it out. You can exhale through your nose which sometimes enhances the flavor with some pipe tobacco blends.

From: How to Quit Cigarettes - Smoke a Pipe!

 

[admin]

It's kind of like a double-inhale with cigarettes. There is a pull into the mouth, and then another pull down into the lungs.
With a pipe, just pull it into your mouth and then blow it out.

 

[surfmac211]

I explain it like sucking on a straw. After you get it in your mouth you blow it out.

 

[unclearthur]

Suck a big old hit of pipe tobacco into your lungs and you WILL know the difference.

 

[collindow]

I've inhaled once or twice...man oh man did I cough! I've actually found that, these days, I flat out can't make myself inhale.

For example, I tried to smoke a Lucky Strike with a buddy. I wanted to really smoke it, like a cig should be smoked. But I couldn't. I just couldn't.

 

[cortezattic]

Life with Mrs. Cortez can sometimes make me think I'm inhale, y'all.

 

[pstlpkr]

LOL!

me think I'm inhale,

You might burn for that Cortez....

If we were playing poker, the guys would fine you a quarter for that joke.

 

[classicgeek]

ROFL
The times I've had accidental inhalations, the sensation is immediate, burning and unpleasant. It's a reminder to pay attention and do it right. I can't speak to comparisons to cig smoking, having never done it.
Simon

 

[admin]

LOL unclearthur and cortezattic!
I tried cigarettes when I was 11 years old and quit before I was 12. I never liked them.

 

[seakayak]

Into my mouth and out my mouth or nose. When an occasional unthinking puff finds it's way further south I immediately know the difference and the experience ain't especially nice. The billows you see in pipe smokers is a function of the fact that the smoke isn't being absorbed by the lungs.

 

[buck67]

I find that I accidentally inhale more when keeping the pipe in my mouth. Trying to talk or breathe will eventually bring it into the lungs. I've learned to just hold it in my hands to keep the smoke away from my face while not smoking.

 

[collin]

I do a lot of the old so-called; "French Inhale". (All the naughty girls in school used to do it. That's how I knew which of them I wanted to take out on Friday night!)
Drawing the thick rich smoke into your mouth, you remove the pipe pushing the smoke out of your mouth slowly with your tongue while inhaling it through your nose into your lungs. Yummy!!