Who among us are PIPE smokers?

[tenngun]

LOL i will take my chances without sucking poisons into my lungs. your opinion may differ, you are certainly free to do what you want,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Ah
I’m not going to try to talk you in to becoming a pipe smoker. But pipe smoke isn’t sucked into the lungs. Smoke is taken by mouthfuls, not inhaled like a cigarette or a joint
Some can get into the lungs for sure, but very little, much like sitting around a campfire or an charcoal grill

 

[ZUG]

I quit cigarettes years ago - 1978 - and not touched any tobacco products again until 2007 (cigar or pipe) when my wife filed for divorce after 35 years of marriage - a real shock to me. Now at 75 I rarely have a good cigar or a pipe full of tobacco. I do have a good bourbon and water with a good cigar or a pipe full of tobacco on that rare occasion sitting on the back patio listening to nature - it's very relaxing. Everything in moderation

 

[olskool]

Ah
I’m not going to try to talk you in to becoming a pipe smoker. But pipe smoke isn’t sucked into the lungs. Smoke is taken by mouthfuls, not inhaled like a cigarette or a joint
Some can get into the lungs for sure, but very little, much like sitting around a campfire or an charcoal grill

hey i have no argument, i just don't care to partake, but that gives me no special rights. but i really doubt it is good for you in any way. i relax by drinking coffee or iced tea. i sure hope the caffeine ain't killing me! LOL but who knows. i saw the other day where a woman in Italy died at a documented 122 years old! she quit smoking when she was 116 YEARS OLD! she smoked cigarettes almost 100 years! she ate olive oil and dark chocolate every day,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[Uncle Miltie]

I try to smoke every day but sometimes I don't have the time.

Just finished some Dunhill Flake in a fine old Barling. Awesome!

 

[Danny Ray Milligan]

I believe they just called it “pipe weed”.

I remember that, in the appendices for the Lord of the Rings, Tolkien just said it was a variant of Nicotiana... They talked about different blends in the book, but there was never any mention of flavors, so I'm guessing his idea of blends were burleys or cavendishes....

 

[Smokey Plainsman]

Reading this with a lip packed full of Copenhagen snuff tobacco.

Life is good.

 

[Uncle Miltie]

A number of folks at a match I shoot at in Ohio (New Frontiersmen, Ashland OH) smoke pipes and commiserate when they have finished shooting.

 

[Dexis]

Who here is also a pipe smoker? Not necessarily int he traditional sense....but enjoys a good pipe and tobacco after a day of shooting. .I would love to know what your are smoking (pipe) and what is your favorite blend....For me I smoke a few pipes, but my go to right now is a Missouri Meerschaum Dune Cobbit pipe, and I love County Squire Tombigbee......

I mostly smoke cigars these days but I used to smoke a pipe fairly regularly. Sherlock style pipe and my favorite tobacco blend was Tawny Port.

 

[shorthair]

I quit after I finally decided that most of what I was doing was keeping my hands busy and chewing on the stem.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

I am so proud of all of you former smokers. I am one myself.Like Grandpa said "Fire on one end, A fool on the other".

i am 67 years old today! my mom and died when they were 63 years old! of heart attacks, they smoked, i never have. i enjoy breathing, just saying,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Not sure how the op's thread beginning about which members of this forum are pipe smokers invited opinions about the act of smoking a pipe?

LOL i will take my chances without sucking poisons into my lungs. your opinion may differ, you are certainly free to do what you want,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

AND since pipe smokers do not take the smoke into their lungs as a cigarette smoker does, I will leave this comment be....

LD

 

[Loyalist Dave]

I certainly hope this thread doesn't go down an off the topic rabbit hole...

I need to step outside and fire up my Churchwarden with some Virginia Flake....

LD

 

[EC121]

When I was a kid, some agency had a booth at the county fair. They had a smoker’s lung on display. It was coal black. I smoked a pipe in college(I liked both Flying Dutchman and Latakia blends) but every time I lit up I saw that black lung in my mind. That was in 1972. None since then. To each his own!!

 

[fireman1]

Some peoples children in this thread

I hope you sanctimonious Karen's don't shoot black powder, lead bullets, drive behind a diesel truck, live near a city or a highway. Those things will kill ya! Oh, BTW, better not be overweight either, that will really kill you.

After I finish in the shop today, I'm gonna smoke a bowl. I have surgery Monday so I have to skip smoking tomorrow.

 

[olskool]

Some peoples children in this thread

I hope you sanctimonious Karen's don't shoot black powder, lead bullets, drive behind a diesel truck, live near a city or a highway. Those things will kill ya! Oh, BTW, better not be overweight either, that will really kill you.

After I finish in the shop today, I'm gonna smoke a bowl. I have surgery Monday so I have to skip smoking tomorrow.

(sanctimonious Karen's) i think not. hey if you have no problem with sucking poisons into your mouth, who am i to try to stop you? go for it man! but the funny thing is i have never heard of a person dying or getting sick from shooting BP! LOL, or really lead poison but i know there is some people who do die from lead, but i bet they ain't crazy enough to put it in their mouth! and say, ah, it won't hurt you! carry on brother,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[tenngun]

Some peoples children in this thread

I hope you sanctimonious Karen's don't shoot black powder, lead bullets, drive behind a diesel truck, live near a city or a highway. Those things will kill ya! Oh, BTW, better not be overweight either, that will really kill you.

After I finish in the shop today, I'm gonna smoke a bowl. I have surgery Monday so I have to skip smoking tomorrow.

‘’I have to skip smoking tomorrow’
One thing I note is the lack of need to smoke that comes to cigarette smokers you don’t see in pipe smokers.
I normally smoke at breakfast. I work nights and on my days off flip schedules.
I get up about 6 am, have breakfast, smoke two bowls, take my dog for a walk, about five miles, return home ant take to what ever I’m doing that day.
When I work I leave for work at 5 pm get home by 7:30 have breakfast and shower and go to bed.
When I get up about 2 I have a meal, smoke a couple bowls clean up then off to work again.
On my first day off I come home and sleep till noon, get up, stay up till about 10pm, I don’t smoke at all on that day. Nor do I miss it
If I have some sort of morning dealings I often don’t smoke. And don’t miss it
Pipe smoking is always an enjoyable, it’s never a rushed thing, it’s never an ‘I need too.

 

[tenngun]

(sanctimonious Karen's) i think not. hey if you have no problem with sucking poisons into your mouth, who am i to try to stop you? go for it man! but the funny thing is i have never heard of a person dying or getting sick from shooting BP! LOL, or really lead poison but i know there is some people who do die from lead, but i bet they ain't crazy enough to put it in their mouth! and say, ah, it won't hurt you! carry on brother,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

According to the surgeon general of the USA, after extensive study it was found on average pipe smokers outlived non smokers by three years
Now I doubt there are any health benefits of pipe smoking but pipe smokers tend to be type B personalities. And that has an advantage that’s not injured by pipe smoking.

 

[olskool]

According to the surgeon general of the USA, after extensive study it was found on average pipe smokers outlived non smokers by three years
Now I doubt there are any health benefits of pipe smoking but pipe smokers tend to be type B personalities. And that has an advantage that’s not injured by pipe smoking.

look man, i could not care less if a man smokes a pipe or not, my personal feeling is the study about people living longer who smokes one is a crock! and it sounds more like an excuse to do it than not to. i am just saying common sense tells me there can be no benefit from putting poison smoke with over 7000 chemicals into your mouth! if that is true then we need to encourage kids to do it so they can live a longer life! anyway i am no ken, Keren or anything else, and could not care less what you do if it doesn't affect me! have at it,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[fireman1]

look man, i could not care less if a man smokes a pipe or not, my personal feeling is the study about people living longer who smokes one is a crock! and it sounds more like an excuse to do it than not to. i am just saying common sense tells me there can be no benefit from putting poison smoke with over 7000 chemicals into your mouth! if that is true then we need to encourage kids to do it so they can live a longer life! anyway i am no ken, Keren or anything else, and could not care less what you do if it doesn't affect me! have at it,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

You care enough to keep posting in the thread. How about just stay out of the thread? Some guys choose to smoke, some not. Freedom be scary!

For the record, I'm sure I sucked more crap into my lungs at an apartment fire today than all the pipe smoking I've done. After 30 years of fighting fire, smoking my pipe is way down of the list of stuff that will kill me.

 

[vintovka]

Other than crack heads in Eugene and Portland i have not seen a tobacco pipe smoked in decades. Used to love the smell of what called Cherry Blend pipe smoke.

 

[fireman1]

‘’I have to skip smoking tomorrow’
One thing I note is the lack of need to smoke that comes to cigarette smokers you don’t see in pipe smokers.
I normally smoke at breakfast. I work nights and on my days off flip schedules.
I get up about 6 am, have breakfast, smoke two bowls, take my dog for a walk, about five miles, return home ant take to what ever I’m doing that day.
When I work I leave for work at 5 pm get home by 7:30 have breakfast and shower and go to bed.
When I get up about 2 I have a meal, smoke a couple bowls clean up then off to work again.
On my first day off I come home and sleep till noon, get up, stay up till about 10pm, I don’t smoke at all on that day. Nor do I miss it
If I have some sort of morning dealings I often don’t smoke. And don’t miss it
Pipe smoking is always an enjoyable, it’s never a rushed thing, it’s never an ‘I need too.

Yup. Smoking a pipe is a pleasure, an enjoyable pass time not an addiction. I usually go out to the shop after dinner to smoke but not too late. Ideally around 6:15 or so then back in to sit with the wife for the evening.