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I suspect that its the paper and the filters (some of which actually used to contain asbestos, and others ground glass) that contribute to cancer as much as the tobacco itself.
I've actually never smoked a tobacco cigarette in my life, but even with weed, I always preferred pipes and bongs to joints. Keep the paper out of the equation entirely.
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The only tobacco I ever smoked was in pipe ceremonies. And as Angel previously indicated, you "don't inhale".
Tried chewing tobacco once in junior high. Got sick. Never touched it again. Cigarettes just never appealed to me, though if there's such a thing as "genetic" tobacco addiction receptors, I should have had them, since both my parents smoked prior to me being born. Mom quit when she was pregnant. Dad quit when I was about 5, I think. Both became militant non-smokers after that. But it never appealed to me, even as a "rebellion" thing.
Same here.
No pipe ceremonies wif tabco.
Tried Red Man after the local Triple A baseball team left a whole bunch of it on the bench after a game when I worked for them. Got sick.
I have tried to smoke twice.
First time I got sick, coughed, hacked, wheezed....got a headache...
I said "Why in the hell do you want to feel this messed up?"
My friend said "Oh, you get used to it".
My reply: "I could never get used to being sick. Fuck this shit".
Thank the gods I dodged that bullet.
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Tried that once myself when I was 21. I was working at a lumber yard as a customer loader at the time. When it was real hot we were allowed to hang out in the shade by the office but when it was your turn you had to go out to the yard. I took a dip while I was waiting my turn. I felt fine until it was my turn and I had to get out into the hot desert sun. Within a few seconds I knew wasn't gonna make it so I handed off to the next loader and headed for the shade. As soon as my boss saw me all pale and covered in sweat he sent me home for the rest of the day.
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Angel (09-17-2014)
Here's what I did in school today.
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I forget to reset the date and time on my digital camera. I took that picture tonight.
Krusty loves to engage in dull activities. It was programmed to be that way.
Actually the paper and filters are the least harmful of the ingredients...
The raw tobacco leaves go through complex chemical baths prior to curing, cutting and manufacturing. In each cigarette, when lit there's 2000-4000 chemical compounds in the particulate matter commonly called tar that are the primary carcinogens... of which there are over 40+ known carcinogens. As Angel mentioned formaldehyde and benzene... add the following to that list as well as artificial flavoring chemicals...
Ammonia: Household cleaner
Angelica root extract: Known to cause cancer in animals
Arsenic: Used in rat poisons
Benzene: Used in making dyes, synthetic rubber
Butane: Gas; used in lighter fluid
Carbon monoxide: Poisonous gas
Cadmium: Used in batteries
Cyanide: Deadly poison
DDT: A banned insecticide
Ethyl Furoate: Causes liver damage in animals
Lead: Poisonous in high doses
Formaldehiyde: Used to preserve dead specimens
Methoprene: Insecticide
Megastigmatrienone: Chemical naturally found in grapefruit juice
Maltitol: Sweetener for diabetics
Napthalene: Ingredient in mothballs
Methyl isocyanate: Its accidental release killed 2000 people in Bhopal, India in 1984
Polonium: Cancer-causing radioactive element
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Table salt contains two deadly poisons. Sodium and Chloride. Ingest either one on their own and they will kill you deader than a doornail.
Some elements and compounds are poisonous on their own but become safe when combined with other dangerous elements and compounds. Strange how chemistry works.
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True... combine them with organic material and light them on fire and they make all kinds of new, interesting and deadly chemicals...
What usually kills people in a fire is smoke. I don't care what's burning, inhaling any kind of smoke is not good for you. Especially habitually over a long period of time. I'm amazed smoking doesn't kill people sooner than it does.
Take H20 (water) run a positive and negative lead from a DC power source and it will start to bubble. Oxygen will collect on one polarity and Hydrogen will collect on the other polarity. Both elements are flammable. Combine them and they put flames out. If the fire department sprayed pure hydrogen or oxygen out of their hoses you would have one hell of a blowtorch.
Talk about something to light your cigarette with.
Hmmmm....interesting observation made in yesterday's sharing circle. Those raised traditionally (Indigenous) have happy first memories. Interesting...
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