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Chest pain after inhaling hot ash from tobacco pipe. my question is can i hurt myself from this? any help in this regard is greatly appreciated
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Yes: Hot ash would be very damaging to the frail mucosa of the respiratory tract causing burn injury, not to mention the long-term carcinogenic potential (worsened because of combination of physical trauma with carcinogens in the smoke). Could also act as an irritant producing bronchoconstriction/wheezing/shortness of breath in certain people. Hope this helps.
Answered 9/28/2016
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