I have a question for everybody. Please answer

[yuri66]

Just tell him the truth, your Dr. is supposed to be your confidant in matters of health, yeah you may get an ear full from him but at least he knows your history and if there is ever a medical emergency he has all the facts not just some of them. My Dr. knows that I smoke, and in the beginning he told me you know you should quit and etc. etc. etc. I explained to him that I enjoy smoking and I know the risks, since then he does not mention it anymore and we have a great relationship and he takes very good care of me. I guess it depends on your Dr. if you trust him, he is your primary Dr. and how often do you visit him. I have the misfortune that I must see mine every 4 months or so, but it also is a blessing in hopes that any situations will be caught early. Now with regards to my pipe he told me on several occasions to keep smoking it because it relaxes me and with the migranes I get its a good thing.

 

[asianhombre]

My doctor asked me the same thing actually. I mentioned that I am a Pipe Smoker, and do not inhale, however since the smoke does go into your mouth, nicotine, tar, tobacco smoke stuff still gets in their and in some small capacity, inhaled as well (pretty much unavoidable, as the soft tissue on the inside of the mouth is super sensitive, and absorbs more things since it is normally protected by the mouth's ability to open and close.

 

[sherlock]

I say yes to both Dr.s and Insurance companies. They can test you for nicotine use and I don't need my health insurance company to drop me or refuse to cover my health bills because I didn't disclose that I was a nicotine "user". Like other have said, when Dr.s ask ask how much I tell them a couple of bowels a week and it is not an issue.

 

[smokey422]

The original 1964 Surgeon General's report on smoking and cancer found that pipe smokers that didn't inhale actually lived two years longer than non-smokers. My doctor knows I'm a pipe smoker and he said he's not worried about it, cigarettes are the real killers. I think the pipe smokers lived longer in the 1964 report because pipe smoking actually reduces stress. Think about all of the famous pipe smokers who have lived long and healthy lives: people like Einstein and Walter Cronkite. It obviously didn't shorten their lives.
Smokey

 

[bostonpipe]

My term life insurance is based on being a pipe smoker. I can tell you that it is lot less than being a cigarette smoker; about a third less. Higher than a non-smoker, less than a cigarette smoker. One needs to shop around. My insurance agent is a pipe guy and found me this policy through Prudential (I state this only as being in my case, not to promote this insurer).