Pipe smoking health statistics... Be the data

I like the idea but I don't know how'd you go about conducting this type of experiment with the resources at hand.

My pipe mentor died of throat cancer in 1973. Pipe smoking is not a magic bullet . . . . .we roll the dice and take our chances.

Not saying it's not a worthy pursuit; however, the pool here is too limited and there are also too many extraneous variables for any statistically significant findings I should think.

It also might have the opposite effect, as one person after another tells a pipe-related horror story (like when the doctor told my dad that the inside of his mouth was "cured like a ham.").

I don't have access to it, but those initial research papers on cigarettes and tobacco, gave pipe smoking, if not a pass, no outright scientific condemnation.

Well we know that under the UN Multi year study, the WHO decided to bury the research that shows that the dangers of second hand smoke poses no real risk to non-smokers.

www.davehitt.com/facts/index.html

Smoking is not a healthy choice, But based on my anecdotal existence, all of the pipe smokers that I knew lived very long lives, none that I knew ever developed any kind of cancer, I think that genetics plays more of a role than anything, and a pipe smoker that eats and dines in moderation and gets exercise may very well be less predisposed to smoking related illnesses than a greasy burger eater, pounding down Vodka every night.

The horse left the barn a long time ago on getting any true unbiased research by people of character...there is so much money involved by people that make their living off tobacco taxes, and grants given to "researchers" that know all to well who is buttering their bread...the whole damn system is corrupt to the core, from the cigarette manufacturers that got a pass on declaring what was in the cigarettes in lieu of the tobacco settlement with the government...to the greedy politicians that said it was about health, but looked the other way when they agreed to the settlement.

Somewhat dated but still a lot of pertinent info, with a perspective many would agree with....




www.weeklystandard.com/the-soul-corrupting-anti-tobacco-crusade/article/10364

I'm going to ponder this as I puff a pipe of Pegasus.

For those who ask, I tell people I smoke to ensure social distancing. When I smoked cigars on the golf course it did the trick and some people kept their distance. Now that I smoke pipe, I’m finding the opposite: people are getting closer to me wanting a whiff of the wonderful aroma from my pipe.

There is evidence, I have quoted elsewhere, that nicotine helps repel the COVID virus. I don't understand the bio-mechanics, but a study in France showed a disproportionally low number of smokers testing positive for COVID. That same "anomaly" has come up in other countries.

That’s the joy of collecting data or statistics. You can tweak it anyway you want.

It's all relative. Cigarettes are worse than cigars or pipes. How do pipes compare to spending hours on exhaust covered freeways? Some people eat sugar to excess or drink too much alcohol. Some will spend too much time running (Jim Fixx). Pick your own path to the great beyond. We should be allowed to pick our own tombstone epitaph.

I would agree here...there are too many variables.

My original intention was just, out of curiosity, to see if anyone had pipe-smoking related health issues. Even from posts since then, I've not heard of many who have succumbed to any - at least, not in the same way you hear about cigarette smokers.

But again...too many variables to draw any conclusions.

Thanks brother, you’re awesome. Cheers......🤛😁🏌️‍♂️

I think you may be on to something... A few weeks ago, out on a walk, I ran into a guy on his driveway playing a banjo. As I passed, we said hello and he said his wife kicked him out of the house until he was done playing his banjo.