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washington213 Since: Jan, 2013
#1: Jan 12th 2011 at 11:42:02 AM

Is it the tobacco itself that hurts you, or is it just the nasty additives they put in cigarettes that hurt you?

For example, if one smokes pipe tobacco, which doesn't have as many additives as cigarettes, is it pretty much just as bad as smoking a cigarette?

Pykrete NOT THE BEES from Viridian Forest Since: Sep, 2009
NOT THE BEES
#2: Jan 12th 2011 at 11:48:13 AM

IIRC it's primarily the smoke itself that hurts you by depositing particulates in your lungs, and the additives make things even worse.

So your answer is yes.

edited 12th Jan '11 11:49:17 AM by Pykrete

Wanderhome The Joke-Master Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
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#3: Jan 12th 2011 at 11:52:07 AM

[up] Pretty much. Tobacco isn't good for you, the cheap shit they put in cigarettes is even worse.

Really, the only good reasons to smoke are to look cool and RL-trolling anti-smoking busybodies.

edited 12th Jan '11 11:53:36 AM by Wanderhome

drunkscriblerian Street Writing Man from Castle Geekhaven Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: In season
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#4: Jan 12th 2011 at 7:14:31 PM

Actually, pipes aren't as harmful for two reasons...

  • 1: You don't inhale it, you just roll it around in your mouth for flavor. And pipesmoke is so strong, if you accidentally do inhale it, you cough like hell. So, no lung cancer.
  • 2: The tobacco doesn't actually touch your lips the way it does with cigars. So, less risk of mouth cancer.

If I were to write some of the strange things that come under my eyes they would not be believed. ~Cora M. Strayer~
washington213 Since: Jan, 2013
#5: Jan 12th 2011 at 7:21:58 PM

^^ Or one just likes the smoke. I've experimented with some flavored pipe tobacco. Fruity, yet burnt.

Compared to my experience with cigarettes, which just left a horrible taste in my mouth and the only benefit to them is that if you take them with alcohol, it gets you drunker faster. Considering their addictiveness, I suppose the repulsion is a blessing, so meh.

edited 12th Jan '11 7:22:43 PM by washington213

Wanderhome The Joke-Master Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
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#6: Jan 12th 2011 at 7:46:38 PM

[up][up] To indulge in a bit of leet-speak "lolno." You might not get a lungful with every puff, but it's impossible to not inhale any smoke, so there's still a chance of lung cancer, just not as much.

Also, you get an interweb if you can tell me how these two sentences are related:

1) "Rolling smoke around the mouth for flavor."

2) "Oral cancer."

Rainbow Pomeranian Lover from Central Illinois (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded)
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#7: Jan 13th 2011 at 6:47:02 PM

[up] Because the smoke in itself contains carcinogens?

BobbyG vigilantly taxonomish from England Since: Jan, 2001
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#8: Jan 13th 2011 at 6:51:01 PM

Seems like everything contains carcinogens nowadays.

The point is that pipe smoking puts you at a lower risk of cancer than cigarette smoking, not that there's zero risk.

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TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
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#9: Jan 13th 2011 at 8:15:25 PM

You have a increased chance for some types of oral related cancers by comparison. Could be worse you could use chaw.

edited 13th Jan '11 8:19:49 PM by TuefelHundenIV

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Wanderhome The Joke-Master Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
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#10: Jan 13th 2011 at 9:19:56 PM

[up][up] Pipes have less chance of causing cancer =/= "Pipes are harmless."

drunkscriblerian Street Writing Man from Castle Geekhaven Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: In season
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#11: Jan 13th 2011 at 9:53:08 PM

Never said pipes were harmless. Just way better than cigarettes. Besides, spend too much time in the sun and you'll get cancer. No one gets out alive...

If I were to write some of the strange things that come under my eyes they would not be believed. ~Cora M. Strayer~
TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#12: Jan 14th 2011 at 12:54:12 AM

WE ARE ALL DOOMED TO MUTATE! No seriously there are so many different ways to get cancer I would be surprised if someone never got it in their life these days.

Who watches the watchmen?
Pykrete NOT THE BEES from Viridian Forest Since: Sep, 2009
NOT THE BEES
#13: Jan 14th 2011 at 10:32:05 AM

Well, the commonly-cited statistic is that one in three people develop some sort of cancer in their lifetime (and a huge chunk of those are directly related to an isolated risky behavior like smoking). Sorta says...you know...the others don't tongue

edited 14th Jan '11 10:33:14 AM by Pykrete

CommandoDude Since: Jun, 2010
#14: Jan 14th 2011 at 11:56:20 PM

Am I the only one totally fed up with these rediculous "Tobacco companies manufacture DEATH" ads?

drunkscriblerian Street Writing Man from Castle Geekhaven Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: In season
Street Writing Man
#15: Jan 15th 2011 at 12:27:10 AM

@Commando dude: No, you are not. Especially since I dated a nurse who told me that if you die of anything and you smoke, those who fill out your death certificate are required to list smoking as one of your causes of death.

Why? So that anti-smoking crusaders can have the inflated numbers they enjoy.

If I were to write some of the strange things that come under my eyes they would not be believed. ~Cora M. Strayer~
Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
Barkey Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#17: Jan 15th 2011 at 7:31:37 AM

The thing that I get pissed about is that Tobacco companies are limited to almost nothing in the way of advertising or defending themselves, yet the anti-smoking groups sit around spouting their own rhetoric all day. It's not that I feel all of their claims are false, it's that on principle I don't see it as being right to silence one side by force but let the other speak.

Landa Nothing Special Since: Feb, 2010
Nothing Special
#18: Jan 15th 2011 at 5:02:41 PM

Pipe smokers live longer than non-smokers. This is probably just do to economic demographics. Also, you can definitely inhale pipe smoke without coughing. I do it all the time.

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