Do You Inhale?

Been smoking a pipe since age 15. I am 58. Never had a cig addiction and never inhaled the pipe but accidentally, then I choke. I'm too much of an athelete to inhale. I walk at least two miles everyday on the tread mill or outside (and, I do smoke when I walk, by the way). Need to stay in shape for downhill skiing (my Winter passion every weekend). No, we don't have mountains in Wisconsin but we do have deep ditches and a few hills. But I do travel to the Rockies for the big stuff now and then. Can't inhale... I hear that's bad fer ya!

No

Except by accident sometimes.

Not a pleasant experience I might add.

I'll inhale through the schnozz on favorite blends - only 2 or 3 times a bowl.

I'm 48. I'd like to make it to 80+. Inhaling will kill ya. Besides it brings nothing to the experience besides a nicotine kick ... if you need a bigger nic-kick go for some of the ropes (some of them will knock you on your ass!).

Don't do it man ... break that habit soon.

I've lost the study I had ... and its a shame because it was a good one. It was written before all the anti-smoking insanity came about. Pipe smoking (according to the study) is basically harmless UNLESS you inhale ... when inhaling its as damning as smoking a cigarette and there's just no doubting that will kill ya.

aged Penzance, could not help myself. It was sooooooo velvety smooth.

every time I accidentally inhale...I end up hacking up a lung...so no thanks...I don't really like the nicotine buzz...a little but too much and it just makes me queasy...anyway...never really smoked cigs...and don't plan on it...I am in this for taste...and the relaxation...

Cheers,

Josh

At least not on purpose.

no sir.

If I am not focused on the bowl I am smoking, I inhale. It's almost second nature after years of cigarette smoking.Happens more often if I am smoking something light like Carter Hall or Sir Walter Raleigh. But I try not to inhale. I wouldn't want to meet the set of lungs that has multiple bowls of Captain Black breathed into them.

After years on cigs I am so use to inhale, that I do it by instinct, and I can't see my self no doing that, it's just a part of my smoking style.

I find normal inhale a very small part of smoke... if the pipe is kept close between the teeth and not always in hand.
I love to keep the pipe in the mouth and have hands free. Why? Because I'm not "doctor in right smoke" (2 bowls in a week) but only a alltime-smoker: I smoke while working, while driving, while talking with people, while fishing while I read, always ... so I prefer tobaccos not difficult to absorb if a small part ends up in the lungs.
The same ideas apply to pipe: easy to smoke (straight), well balanced, oil cured.

no matter what I smoke.

I can add that inhaling Big n Burley aint that nice. a bit to harsh for that.

I have smoked alot of ciggs, and still have not gotten out of the habit of inhaling at times. Most of the time, smoke enters my mouth, and exits via my nose, without entering the lungs.

I am working on it

> How many here inhale and how often?

"I did not have sex with that woman."

"I did, but I never inhaled."

> Come on now, fess up! I tend to Inhale thfirst three tokes, then I fall into a rythm of once every
> ten puffs.

We are talking about smoking tobacco in our pipes, right? Right?

that I must be inhaling some smoke. I'm a clencher & I breathe, so some smoke must be finding its way in. But I don't do the kind of inhaling I did when I was a cig smoker.

I inhale but not as deeply as I would with a cig

Yuck! I wouldn't want to see that set of lungs either! All clogged up with that syrupy, gooey, tar.
I think I will not do it anymore after thinking about that! I too like the simple burleys, especially these days since my finances are not so good.
I accidentally inhaled Irish flake once, and I thought my nuts fell out and rolled away! What a blast that was, and quite painful!

When I quited cigarettes I smoked my pipes in the same way as I smoked cigarettes and inhaling was natural. Then in the search of cool smoke the sole technique of pouring smoke into the mouth cavity was changed. When I smoke my throat is closed but there is no much to inhale anyway. I may occasionally catch with my nose smoke released from the mouth. If this counts as inhaling then I do this a few times per bowl.

Surprisingly, thinking about this was unpleasant. It's like a thousand-leg is asked what's your left 15th leg is doing when right 40th one moves forward.

in my 39 years of pipe smoking. I smoke using the breath smoking technique and am a clencher. It's just handier having both hands free and I have always done it this way. Makes it easier to work, drive, or fish.

Smokey

A bit, it happens. I try not to, especially after listening to some of the points rick made on the subject in an ealier thread much like this. The fact that I do inhale sometimes would have to put down to being a ciggarette smoker(A habbit I have cut back on - about a pack a week - but have not fully quit).

Of course everyone here is actually inhaling at least a bit, but this really adds up to little more then second hand smoke, which is bunk anyway, lol.

I simply can't help myself. I guess the habit started with a bit of pot when I experimented as a youngster. At least I inhale a lot less than when I was smoking cigarettes and do not have that sore lung feeling in the morning that I used to get when only smoking cigarettes.

If I inhale, it's completely by accident.

Probably inhale my own SHS.

Tobacco is there to taste, not irritate my lungs, even though it might be an unintentional consequence ...

I only inhale three time a bowl now.
I dropped the rythm thing, it's a bad habit to get into that will definitly get you hooked.
Since I popped open a can of Rum and Maple, I've found you don't need to inhale to get satisfied, beings it's a pretty strong Burley blend. Thanks to all the folks here who don't inhale for giving me the initiative.

I've smoked a pipe for 40 years, and never, never inhale. Whenever it has happened accidentally, I usually cough my head off. A good indication that inhaling is very bad for a person's health.

I don't know how anyone could inhale any tobacco smoke (pipe, cigars, or cigarettes). I tried when I was a boy, and it left me gasping and coughing. To illustrate the point further, I was watching an old Film Noir movie "Murder my Sweet" with Dick Powell as private eye Phillip Marlowe. In one scene, he was taking a drag on a cigarette while talking to the Femme Fatale (Claire Trevor). As he talked the smoke came out of his nose and mouth for what appeared endless.

He died of lung cancer. Nuff said.

Then there's the other camp. Like my mother for instance. She's over 50 now, chain smokes and has a clean bill of health. She gets a regular checkup and so far nothing that would indicate any problems. Cholesterol, Blood pressure, etc. Everything checks out OK.

In fact, there has only been a single case of cancer in my entire family, including extended family (400+ people). Breast cancer in one of the few non smokers. She's still with us today.

The anti's don't tell you those stories.

I don't inhale, unless it's by accident. I quit smoking cigarettes and am using pipes as a healthier/tastier alternative.
I think back to my first week of pipe smoking. (I'm still very new to this)
The pipe smoke would strip the inside of my mouth. Turned it raw and sometimes painful. Imagine doing this to your lungs!
My mouth has gotten used to it now...

Yes, and I enjoy every lung-searing moment. But not 5Bros; foolishness doesn't extend that far.

The bulk of the stuff I smoke regularly is a little stout for inhaling (5Bros, OJK, Big n Burley, etc.) so I rarely inhale and rarely feel the need to. Most of these blends will let you know they aren't to be inhaled as it just ain't all that pleasant. Some lighter blends I will inhale on rare occassion, PA and CH but it really is once in a blue moon.