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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's time to bring back tobacco pipes.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

Pipe tobacco is amazing. It can be very complex after aging.

The average pipe smoker lives longer than the average non smoker.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

My grandfather would not disagree with you but then he's dead from lung cancer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

Sorry for your loss. FWIW, pipe smoke isn't inhaled and has much lower cancer rates than cigarette smoking. It's lower risk, not no risk.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

Thems fighten words. I don't smoke any churchwardens. Among pipe smokers, you're usually dealing with a particular type of socially tone deaf nerd when they smoke a churchwarden and start talking about pipe weed. You need to be at least 60 and fully grey to pull off a churchwarden.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

If it's true, it's likely socioeconomic. Relatively expensive start up cost, bag or tin of pipe tobacco usually costs more than a pack of cigarettes. Tends to select for wealthier users with better healthcare.

It's not inhaled so the cancer risk is lower than cigarettes. But, yeah, it's not healthy.

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