Originally Posted by
Tightwad
This topic is just riddled with lies and mis-information about risks, hazards and product info.
Pipes and quality cigars (not the junk cigars found in grocery stores & gas stations) are
real all pure tobacco with food flavor additives for pipe tobacco's. Since pipe smokers
don't inhale (the smart ones) the risk of lung , and certain other cancers, is minimal
including lip & mouth cancers.
Your right that pipe smoking is safer than heavy cigarette smoking, but its still more dangerous than not smoking.
From the
International Journal of Epidemiology
Results There were 1133 major CHD events and 440 stroke events, 919 new cancers and 1994 deaths from all causes in the 7121 men with no diagnosed CHD, stroke, diabetes, or cancer at screening. Compared with never smokers, pipe/cigar smokers (primary and secondary combined) showed significantly higher risk of major CHD events (relative risk [RR] = 1.69, 95% CI: 1.32, 2.14) and stroke events (RR = 1.62, 95% CI: 1.08, 2.41) and of cardiovascular, non-cardiovascular, and total mortality (RR = 1.49, 95% CI: 1.13, 1.96, RR = 1.40, 95% CI: 1.08, 1.83 and RR = 1.44, 95% CI: 1.19, 1.74, respectively), after adjustment for lifestyle and biological characteristics. They also showed a significantly higher incidence of smoking-related cancers (RR = 2.67, 95% CI: 1.70, 4.26), largely due to lung cancer (RR = 4.35, 95% CI: 2.05, 8.94). Overall, the effects in pipe/cigar smokers were intermediate between never-smokers and light cigarette smokers, although risks for lung cancer were similar to light cigarette smokers.
Conclusion Pipe and cigar smoking, whether primary or secondary, carries significant risk of smoking-related ill health.