As I am smoking, I am putting a particulate into the air as the smoke disperses, and I am breathing that stuff. I may not be inhaling the smoke directly through the stem, but I am definitely inhaling my own second-hand smoke.
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While that's true, I can't imagine it being nearly as rough on the lungs as inhaling directly from a pipe.. or a cigarette.
I have also suspected that the size of the bit on a pipe might affect how much smoke slips by.. If the bit's bigger, that would make your jaw open wider, which could open a path to your lungs.
Probably not, but if you set in a room with any amount of overspray from particulates, you can feel it. This is why I now have an excellent vacuum system in my studio and I wear a respirator for a lot of my polishing and solder work. If I forget to wear my mask when soldering, just that little bit of vaper will set me to coughing fits and sore lungs. It doesn't take much.
But, people are different. I know that when I smoked cigarettes, I could handle the smoke much better, but then again, most cigarette smoker's first instinct when coughing is to light up another to help calm down the cough.
I also know that when i have to go long periods of time without my pipe, I can have the most congested nose that I can't breath out of either side, but as soon as I walk towards my truck knowing that I am soon to fire up my pipe my body reacts by opening my sinuses. I was telling this to some guys at The Briary, when one of them confessed that he used to have a problem with coke. He said his body did the same thing, clearing the nasal passages just with the idea that he was about to get a snort, or whatever they call it.
The body does strange things, most of them not so intuitively healthy.
So to clear my sinuses, start snorting coke... check! ?
I kid. No booger sugar for me.
Bet that wasn't the only passage cleared...
... Ever heard of the cocaine shits?
No first hand experience here, but from what I've heard it very much is a thing.
Some say it's because the cocaine is cut with laxative and others say it's because cocaine is a stimulant sort of like strong coffe.
I’m not necessarily recommending it but snuff is easily the most harmless tobacco product. Ok
Yes yes,, “a friend I use to know...” ohh, I’ve heard that before.
Yes yes,, “a friend I use to know...” ohh, I’ve heard that before.
I tried to user snuff and probably would have continued had it not tasted like dogsh*t.
Doesn't snuff, like chew, rot your teeth.?
Doesn't snuff, like chew, rot your teeth.?
Neither are good for your teeth. If I had to guess, I’d venture that chew is worse because of the added sugar from the molasses.
Why not consider nasal snuff?
When they put me on an iron lung then I will slow down.
It is the cigarettes. You can smoke the pipe without inhaling & still get Nic hit without whacking lungs.
Now you are showing your age
Yeah, but that’s easier said than done for most folks that came to pipes from cigarettes or moist snuff. Most pipe tobacco (even many of the supposedly strong blends) doesn’t have that fast nic hit that snuff and cigs do. I never messed with cigarettes really, but snuff, chew, and cigars were my preference before switching to pipes. There are very few pipe blends that give me a noticeable amount of nicotine, and even fewer that will actually give a buzz.
May I suggest:
Brown or black rope
Dark Flake or Plug
Tambolacka
Maybe you're different, but I smoked a lot of Dark Flake, sometimes only that, for weeks. I did so because it reliably kicked me in the head, which I really liked.
You're saying that such blends don't do it for you?
Brown or black rope
Dark Flake or Plug
Tambolacka
Maybe you're different, but I smoked a lot of Dark Flake, sometimes only that, for weeks. I did so because it reliably kicked me in the head, which I really liked.
You're saying that such blends don't do it for you?
Harris, you're a smart guy. If they put you in an iron lung, you'd just find a way to make some apparatus to keep on truckin'. Might be kind of hard to pack, however. But hell, add that to the list of your live-in duties. I see that in the realm of pipe smoking, you are unstoppable.
Those are all hard to get here, so I’ve never tried any of them, but I will make a point to try them out. I’ve had GH Sweet Coconut Twist, which is supposedly just topped brown rope, and is supposed to be pretty strong- nothing. It’s tasty, but no nic for me.
The only blends I’ve had that have given me any noticeable amount of nicotine (without me being super dehydrated in front of the forge): SG 1792 Flake, Peterson Irish Flake, D&R Picayune (if it’s a big bowl), Five Brothers.
I did just receive some SG Black XX Twist, Brown No 4 Twist, and some Warhorse Bar. I haven’t tried them yet, but will soon. Those are all supposed to be pretty stout. Not that I really look for a nic hit these days, but it’s nice if there’s a little something to it.
