Health Question for the Older Crowd

[puff_not_snuff]

I like good health.

 

[puff_not_snuff]

Dont wish your life away...

Or wash it away in a cloud of smoke...

 

[Gabby Hayes]

It varies from person to person. Generally it causes gum disease, deep staining of your teeth, at least before they fall out. Other possibilities are mouth cancer, throat cancer, COPD, lung cancer, physical addiction, psychological addiction, and other rewards. Denial becomes your religion. Other than that, no fears.

The Surgeon General put out a report a few years back saying that pipe smoking for non inhalers poses very few health consequences statistically. Lung cancer was found to be virtually nonexistent (so much for secondhand smoke pundits) in pipe smokers while oral cancer was only slightly higher statistically than non smokers. And pipe smokers had the same if not longer life expectancy as non smokers. So take it for what it’s worth.

 

[bullet08]

The Surgeon General put out a report a few years back saying that pipe smoking for non inhalers poses very few health consequences statistically. Lung cancer was found to be virtually nonexistent (so much for secondhand smoke pundits) in pipe smokers while oral cancer was only slightly higher statistically than non smokers. And pipe smokers had the same if not longer life expectancy as non smokers. So take it for what it’s worth.

Expect the worst, hope for the best. Sometimes, you come out even.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Expect the worst, hope for the best. Sometimes, you come out even.

Enjoy life like you're not going to make it out alive.

 

[olkofri]

 

[mortonbriar]

I do notice that smoking a pipe over the last 12 years or so has coincided with my hair starting to turn grey. I assume it is the smoke in the air settling in my hair. Also I can see a direct correlation between daily pipe smoking and the slow loss of air in my truck tyres.

 

[LikeDadDid]

We all have a Jiminy Cricket on our shoulder. My brother @Jerry144 and I both started smoking late, in our 50's, with cigars. He always says to his Jiminy, "You have something else you'd prefer to die from?" I always say to mine, "What's smoking going to do, kill me when I'm 90?" I don't think I'd see it differently were I younger, and I heartily approve my children piping, especially given that they are practicing moderation.

 

[puff_not_snuff]

If you have COPD you probably shouldn't smoke a pipe.

 

[burleybreath]

If you have COPD you probably shouldn't smoke a pipe.

Ditto for Mad Cow Disease.

 

[sablebrush52]

The Surgeon General put out a report a few years back saying that pipe smoking for non inhalers poses very few health consequences statistically. Lung cancer was found to be virtually nonexistent (so much for secondhand smoke pundits) in pipe smokers while oral cancer was only slightly higher statistically than non smokers. And pipe smokers had the same if not longer life expectancy as non smokers. So take it for what it’s worth.

Are you referring to the 1979 Surgeon General's report?

 

[wilblee]

I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself.
— Johnny Carson

I ain’t in this for my health.
— Levon Helm

 

[puff_not_snuff]

I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself.
— Johnny Carson

I ain’t in this for my health.
— Levon Helm

Johnny Carson gave up alcohol in part because he was a nasty drunk.

 

[Sweet Home Alabama]

There are people who refuse flu and COVID-19 vaccines.

 

[OzPiper]

If you have COPD you probably shouldn't smoke a pipe.

If you have COPD you shouldn't smoke !
I take a break from smoking if I am unwell or have any respiratory tract issues eg a cold or sore throat.
I had chronic sinusitis some years ago which stopped me from smoking for months at a time. Needed extensive sinus surgery to fix. I had a great ENT surgeon and I'm good now.

 

[olkofri]

There are people who refuse flu and COVID-19 vaccines.

?

 

[Chasing Embers]

There are people who refuse flu and COVID-19 vaccines.

Yes there are.

 

[puff_not_snuff]

There are people who refuse flu and COVID-19 vaccines.

and blood transfusions.

 

[Chasing Embers]

and blood transfusions.

After the Bayer HIV debacle, I don't blame them.

 

[Sweet Home Alabama]

Lots of ways to get sick and die