Thanks, even more great info and insights !Yes, IIRC the U.S.S.G. report came out in 63-64.
This was a very good time to do a survey because many more people smoked cigs or pipes or cigars back then.
The idea that some people are more prone to a disease than others is based on bad science AFAIC.
Sure, genetics may well play a part but lifestyle, diet, habits, environment and mindset are most responsible for illness.
Drs say that because my mother and her father had heart attacks that my siblings and I are at much higher risk of heart disease. Utter bullshit. None of my three brothers, sister nor myself [all now in our sixties] have had any heart issues.
Cigars, like pipe tobacco, have no added nasty chemicals.
The comedian George Burns smoked several large cigars every day for most of his adult life.
When asked what did his doctor say about his habit, Burns replied "I wouldn't know. He's dead".
Burns lived to over 100yo.
The only health concern to be aware of; do not smoke if you ever have an open wound in your mouth.
Tobacco tar will get in and aggravate the wound which can, in some cases, eventually lead to an oral cancer [this is why back in the day, when oral health was not like it is today, oral cancers were not that uncommon in pipe smokers]
One or two bowls a day is what I consider moderate.
A pipe after ones evening meal is an excellent way to relax after a long day.
It's the meditative effect that explains why pipe smokers who don't inhale, live three years on average beyond that of a non-smoker.
You know, the more I reflect about it, the more a evening pipe sounds good! It may become a habit of mine, once I have'll have my own place
