Question 1

what are the benefits and costs of pipe smoking?

Accepted Answer

No benefits: There are no health benefits to any type of smoking. The cost could be your health.

Question 2

which is worse: cigarrete smoking or pipe smoking?

Accepted Answer

Smoking Cessation: #1 both increase the risk of oral cancer.  Cigarettes, when inhaled, increase lung cancer risk.
#2. Nicotine anonymous
#3 I have had success treating people in recovery from nicotine addiction using the patch.  Decrease the dose very gradually, making reductions every two weeks or longer, to increase the likelihood of staying stopped.  This works bests if done in combination with #2.

Question 3

can someone tell me if pipe smoking better than a normal cigarrette?

Accepted Answer

Cancer risk: Any form of tobacco exposes you to the risk of oral and other cancers as well as other health problems. Is it really worth the risk? I see patients all the time when it's too late to go back in time and not smoke in the first place. Is it better to run across or ride a bike across a major highway against traffic to get to the other side?

Question 4

is pipe smoking as dangerous as cigarettes?

Accepted Answer

Yes: In different ways than cigarette smoking.  Cigarettes can cause oral, pharyngeal or lung cancer, since the smoke is inhaled into the lungs.  Pipe smokers typically don't inhale into the lungs, just the mouth, so they are at risk for oral cancer.  Any tobacco product puts the user at increased risk for cancer.

Question 5

should i be worried about my tobacco pipe smoking?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Any type of smoking is cause for concern.

Question 6

which is more addicting: cigarettes or pipe smoking?

Accepted Answer

See below: Don't know.  Don't care.  Both are addictive and harmful and the studies to compare the relative risk will not be done because they are not ethical or important.

Question 7

does pipe smoking affect the quality of a person's voice or speech?

Accepted Answer

Pipe smoking: Pipe smoking will likely alter your voice or speech only if you inhale the smoke.  Not inhaling may spare your voice but still risks mouth cancer and tooth and gum disease.

Question 8

how does pipe smoking affect health  compared to cigarette smoking?

Accepted Answer

It's still tobacco: Pipe smokers get more in the way of cancer of the mouth, iips, tongue, mouth and throat, including the larynx, than do cigarette smokers, but less lung cancer and heart disease, because they usually do not inhale the smoke.  However, nicotine is absorbed from oral mucous membranes, so addiction to nicotine and many of the cardiac problems still occur.

Question 9

will pipe smoking lead to a weak left vocal fold?

Accepted Answer

Not usually: Pipe smoke not being inhaled commonly leads to cancers of the mouth, tongue and nasopharynx.  Weakness of the vocal cords is usually due to a nerve injury, neurological pathology such as a growth in the brain or polyps and other such growths of the soft tissues of the vocal cord and throat.

Question 10

do cigar smoking and pipe smoking also increase risk?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Since most pipes and cigars aren't inhaled, they aren't associated as much with lung cancer. They are more associated with mouth and throat cancers. Other cancers are linked as well, but those are the most.

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