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Originally posted by mr sticky
Also, if you are considering a relatively safe alternative to cigarette smoking, you may want to look at pipe smoking.
"Death rates for current pipe smokers are little if at all higher than for nonsmokers, even with men smoking 10 pipefuls per day and with men who had smoked pipes for more than thirty years." "Pipe Smokers who inhale live just as long as nonsmokers. Pipe smokers who don't inhale live longer than nonsmokers." (Death rate 20% less than for nonsmokers)"
SURGEON GENERALS REPORT
Public Health Service, Publication No. 1103, Page Nos. 92 & 112
Now, this was off a pipe website but I've seen similar information in a small number of health journal articles that think to include pipes.
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Just to clarify- they are saying breathing in concentrated smoke from burned leaves daily for 30 years does not adversely affect your health compared to breathing in normal air. Also, if you don't actually breathe in the smoke, it seems to have healing qualities, since these people that enjoy the rich deep taste of tabbaco in their mouths live longer than nonsmokers. Common sense is now reaching out and slapping you.
