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     Markus Benicke Member Username: Markus Post Number: 27 Registered: 06-2005 |
Would you recommend pipesmoking to a non-smoker just because it's a nice experience for yourself, or would you try to keep him away from tobacco since it harms? Would you recommend pipesmoking to your grown-up son or your grandchildren? I love this forum, Markus | ||
| Aaron Charlton Smith Member Username: Acsmith Post Number: 6 Registered: 10-2005 |
I don't know about non-smokers, but I reccomend it to all my smoking friends. However, they all get to the packing and lighting stage and normally give up on it for the much simpler to light and smoke cigarillos, cigars, and ugh, cigarettes. "I have very poor unhappy brains for drinking..." -Othello | ||
| rob van loon Member Username: Smokingrob Post Number: 248 Registered: 10-2004 |
Nah, I don't really think our mouths or lungs were designed to be filled with smoke. Saying that, I wouldn't want to be without the comfort pipesmoking gives me. | ||
| Total Time Member Username: Loud_cyclops Post Number: 12 Registered: 06-2005 |
spirit or flesh, your pick i guess... im counting on cybernetics | ||
| Alan Poulton Member Username: Alan Post Number: 210 Registered: 06-2004 |
I was a non-smoker when I started smoking a pipe. I was so bad, I tried to force my views on my family and friends who smoked cigarettes. That would explain why it was such a shock for my wife when I said I wanted to smoke a pipe. I would definately recommend pipe smoking to non-smokers, because it's a different type of 'smoking' compared to cigarettes. There is no inhaling, and the relaxation that smoking a pipe brings is great. | ||
| Steven Ivan Walk Member Username: Rembrandt Post Number: 35 Registered: 08-2005 |
I smoke pipes and cigars, yet I still consider myself a non-smoker. I used to smoke 3-4 cigars a month, now I will some some 8-12 bowls of tobacco a month. [I figure its about the same tobacco intake.] I recently bought my brother in law a peterson, hoping to get him off the cigarettes, and onto something he can put down when he wants to. I have given cigars to non smoking friends, and they have smoked them - and its not a big deal. Personally, I worry more that I smoke pipes 2-3 times a week, instead of my once a week or less cigar habit, but I never find that I *HAVE* to smoke, and if there is something else I would rather do than go outside for a pipe - I have no problems doing so. | ||
| smokey strodtman Member Username: Smokey422 Post Number: 177 Registered: 08-2005 |
Probably it would depend on their personality. If they were a very nervous, hyperactive type "A" person, I would say yes. I say that because that description fits me and I have also had some major problems with bipolar mood disorder, which my pipesmoking has also helped. If they weren't, it would entirely be their decision, I wouldn't make a recommendation one way or another. smokey | ||
| Justin Cobb Member Username: Boba Post Number: 3 Registered: 09-2005 |
I smoked cigarettes for well over a decade, switch over to the pipe, and never looked back. I've had the occassional cig, but it is quickly thrown out after 2 puffs and me saying, bleh... I forgot how nasty these are. I used to smoke about a pack a day, and I only have 2 bowls now. 2 bowls has got to be better than sucking down 20 cancer sticks. All in all, I think if your going to smoke, at least you should enjoy it. To smoke just for the sake of smoking seems so idiotic... or at least it does now. | ||
| Paul Lundblad Member Username: Paullundblad Post Number: 18 Registered: 05-2005 |
I would if pipe smoking seemed to fit them. I know some people who I think should have been smoking a pipe all along, such as myself, and I'd recommend it to them. Otherwise I wouldn't suggest anything one way or the other. | ||
| ron ryser Member Username: Ronnie Post Number: 133 Registered: 11-2004 |
While pipe smoking is not harmless, it's not the worst thing you can do either. If my son showed an interest as he grew older, I wouldn't forbid it, nor would I push him into it. None of my non-smoking adult friends have shown much interest so I haven't pressed them either. | ||
| david goliath Member Username: Fritzin Post Number: 134 Registered: 07-2005 |
I hadn't so much as tried a cigarette until I got my first pipe. I along with others here have preached moderation a little which I find very important. I would recommend to a non smoker that it be up to them to give pipe smoking a try or not, it will suit you or it won't. Obviously there is that little guy on my shoulder who would tell me no. But I did change a cigarette smoking friend into a piper and he loves it and his lungs he reports are doing better now that he doesn't inhale. Also most pipe tobacco doesn't have the 52 or so chemicals most cigarettes do which(from the studies I've read) actually out weigh the nicotine and tar factors health wise. There are also plenty of pipe smokers out there who live to be ripe old ages but the dangers still should be listened to and respected. Smoking a pipe is an intimate after dinner affair for me and flavour is all that matters, not potency. On that note where's my matches...  | ||
| Mark Allen Member Username: Mark Post Number: 152 Registered: 11-2004 |
” While pipe smoking is not harmless, it's not the worst thing you can do either. “ Correct Ron. As I say, LIVING is dangerous to your health and everything in moderation. I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it but I would explain to anyone interested why I smoke a pipe. They can take it from there and make their own ‘life’s choices.’ Life is short but don’t ever regret growing old. It’s a privilege denied to many. I wish to go peacefully, i.e., ‘wake up dead’ one morning. | ||
| Tom Bruce Member Username: Tom_bruce Post Number: 241 Registered: 03-2005 |
I would no more suggest to someone to try a pipe than to accept from someone a suggestion that I quit. | ||
| Tim Seaver Member Username: Tims Post Number: 2 Registered: 09-2004 |
Live and let live. If asked by a nonsmoker if I'd "recommend" trying a pipe, though, of course I'd say it's worth a try! I'd say the same thing about trying any relatively safe pleasure that others might also enjoy. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend a fine wine or a double-malt Scotch, a few kayaking lessons, an invigorating yoga session, or a peaceful sojourn in Tuscany. Like Steven, I consider myself a non-smoker, but I smoke 6-10 bowls a week and savor every one, just as I do a rich Merlot. I've enjoyed pipe smoking since my late teens, when my decision to try a pipe was met with acceptance by my parents and friends. A roommate I had in college credits me with introducing him to pipes, but the decision to take up a pipe was entirely his own. He was a non-smoker and was drawn to the pleasing aroma of my pipe. When he asked for advice, I was more than happy to coach him in the purchase of a decent pipe and the basics of lighting and smoking it. He's been a devotee ever since. I'd never encourage anybody (smoker or non-smoker) to try smoking a pipe unless they showed an interest in it on their own. A friend of mine who's a cigar-a-week smoker recently decided that maybe a pipe isn't as much trouble as he thought. Of course, I was glad to give him the inside scoop, and now he's ready to give it a fair shot. I guess my answer to the question is that I'm glad to share my enjoyment of pipes whenever asked. Tim | ||
| Gene Szymanski Member Username: Lt_taz Post Number: 12 Registered: 02-2005 |
This is very interesting, since just the other day I've had a previous non-smoker with whom I work ask about pipe smoking. My sage advice to him was if you would like to try pipes, don't go overboard by buying an expensive pipe try a cob and a decent tobacco from the local tobacconist who appears quite knowledgeable. Last word from Howard was he was going pipe shopping over the weekend. | ||
| Jason Haeger Member Username: Jason_the_great Post Number: 544 Registered: 04-2004 |
I would suggest it if I thought it would fit their personality. That having been said, I've gotten two of my close friends interested in pipes. One of them was a non-smoker who was sort of curious after hearing me talk about it so much. (I have a hard time taking any hobby lightly.. personal flaw, and a financial headache) He tried it, failed miserably, but decided to give it another try. He picked it up rather quickly and has the basics down better than I do, but he doesn't smoke nearly as much, and I'm only 3-4 bowls per week these days. The other one was a cigarette-smoker.. sort of off and on, if you can believe that. sometimes he was a smoker, other times he was not. It was odd. I suggested that a pipe might be better since the tobacco doesn't suck and it's not quite as addictive(if at all.. I've never felt like I needed a bowl.. I've just been "in the mood"), and it's a bit more cost-effective for that reason alone, not to mention the variety. The variety is what kept me coming back to it as opposed to cigars. My roommate wasn't a smoker at all, but he decided he wanted to try a cigar that I offered him once. (free from the Macanudo tour last year.. I had 3 after the event, all free) He was hooked on cigars from that day on. He's tried more different cigars than I ever had, and I had gotten him into it. It was a money pit for him for quite awhile, and I, being ever the pipe-enthusiast amongst my friends, suggested he try a pipe since it's more economical in the long run, and there is much more variety to be tried. I let him use one of my pipes and gave him some tobacco, which he appeared to like alright. I've been trying to get him to get a corncob of his own so I don't have to keep letting my pipes rest even longer heh. In short, if they are not turned off by the idea, and it's fitting to their personality, definitely suggest it, but don't press it. Have them try it once, and see how they like it. If it's not for them, they'll know immediately. "The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher.." -William Makepeace Thackeray, from The Social Pipe | ||
| Brian Bertrand Member Username: Bertran Post Number: 52 Registered: 02-2005 |
Would I recommend it....I dunno. I have had people I know ask me about pipe smoking who were pipe smokers and I offered to let them try and explained the whole deal and such. At least one of em ended up being a pipe smoker. I suppose yes I would, if approached by a non smoker about it. I definitely would not be preaching in the streets about it to non believers tho ------------ Strength guided by honor is wisdom. | ||
| J. Bryan Shoup Member Username: J_bryan_shoup Post Number: 44 Registered: 03-2005  |
I certainly would, if they were mature individuals that I think would benefit from the contemplative hobby. I was hardly a smoker when I took up the pipe last year and had no affinity or expertise in other forms of tobacco - but I know I'm glad I decided to take up the pursuit. |