No. It has to be clay as that wears away the teeth and leaves a space caused by clenching the pipe. Modern acrylic does not have the abrasive action necessary to wear down the teeth as far as I know.
Lifespan of Pipe Smokers
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As a physician, I totally agree. Lying is not smart, because as stated above it may be important in giving you good health advice. Smoking an Alcohol are big issues for getting a reliable history. Most physicians don't care and there is no judgment, but we are required to ask.Oh, I meant lying about being dead... JK
I think the reason many people lie to their doctor is because of their insurance premiums going up if they are a tobacco user.
There is a reason we are required to ask. They are building a data base, and soon it will be used against you. Your ESG score (or similar) will be affected, and it is only a matter of time before we start seeing that being used in every day life.
While that is true, the firmness in the teeth will change your bite just as a dental appliance would. This affect is minimal, but the more you have a bit in your mouth and the harder you bite will determine the effect. Any dentists out there??
@condorlover1 I never clench my clays; don't want to get pipe notches!
all the cool codgers have pipe notches!!!
On recent hospital and hospital owned practice visits the receptionists asked many questions about mental health ... they laughed when I told them I wasn't a politician and don't have those issues but it was still a bit disconcerting and obvious someone was doing a survey/study/database for nefarious purposes. I trust my doctors but not the institutions for whom they work where major decisions seem to be made by people who have no idea about medicine or medical treatment. As for smoking they only seem to be concerned with and note cigarette usage not cigars or pipes.
I'm trying to process what strikes me as a dissonance in this post. Can you help me out?
On the one hand, you advise openness about those things which physicians (such as yourself) are required to ask.
On the other hand, you warn that these requisite queries have to do with a coming dystopian social credit score.
The latter doesn't endear me to the former. Could you comment further, Friend?
Yeh, we know from skulls that the clay pipes will abrade away a notch in the teeth, from the abrasive nature of unfinished clay.
Yeh, I think that I can decide whether smoking a pipe is causing me health problems without the doctor knowing, and apparently putting me on some sort of list. My dentist though is my first line of defence for mouth cancer, which is one of the issues that pipe smokers should be aware of. My dentist is a Dunhill enthusiast, and understands pipesmoker's concerns about insurance, so I am completely honest with him.
He also is very discreet about removing bullets and stitching up knife wounds... I'm kidding, haha.
Yeh, I think that I can decide whether smoking a pipe is causing me health problems without the doctor knowing, and apparently putting me on some sort of list. My dentist though is my first line of defence for mouth cancer, which is one of the issues that pipe smokers should be aware of. My dentist is a Dunhill enthusiast, and understands pipesmoker's concerns about insurance, so I am completely honest with him.
He also is very discreet about removing bullets and stitching up knife wounds... I'm kidding, haha.
The only data I've seen on this topic is nearly 60 years old: the U.S. Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health from 1964. Here's a link from the Wayback Machine: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-SMOKINGANDHEALTH/pdf/GPO-SMOKINGANDHEALTH.pdf. That report found little difference in death rates between pipe smokers and non smokers. The study didn't take certain factors into account. For example, in the 1960s pipe smokers were thought to be more affluent than cigarette smokers. (Pipe smoking in these days is much cheaper than cigarettes, so that may no longer be true.) More affluent people tend to have better health care, hence, they may live longer. Anyway, that's just one study from 1964. FWIW.
I'm dead, move on. It's now healthy to dwell on those we've lost.I couldn’t really get past this comment.
And they are forcing questions about gun ownership into the field as well; of course for similar tracking purposes.
So far, no one has posted that they died right after taking up pipe smoking... unless someone is lying.
Coming from a counselor (MH) perspective but also a common-sense perspective: genetics×environment×protective factors×exposure frequency/duration results in the health-related lung, heart, cancer, and other factors and varies person to person...
Anthropologists have studied Simon @condorlover1 extensively, and have concluded that he and his friend "Mr. 1920's" are time travelers. I am constantly reminding him that he doesn't have to drink bootleg gin.
No dissonance. Openness is important for you personally with your physician to get the best healthcare. The warning is about the governmental influence on the healthcare system which I do not advocate nor agree with. They will know if you are a smoker anyways. It is not 'coming' as we are already getting manipulated at the corporate level with ESG scores (Dylan Mulvaney anyone?) and not dystopian as it is well ingrained within society worldwide (full fledged in China). I am not a conspiracy theorist, these are the ugly facts of our society today.
It is not endearing. It is not smart to lie about your health to those who are trying to care for you. Both can be true.
So far, I can personally attest to 77 years. Chances of seeing 80? Most likely remote.
Doc, what exactly goes in your “records” for pipe smoking? Are you tagged with some code the government used to track trends lr
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