Whats The Difference Between Inhaling Cigar Smoke And Inhaling Cigar Smoke?
February 12, 2010 by MBC Staff
Filed under Afficianado
I was just wondering, like how much of a difference does it make if youre inhaling smoke from a camp fire then if youre inhaling cigar smoke
well, the smoke from a cigar is refined, and doesn’t have as much junk and stuff like a campfire would. The wood has all kinds of things in it, and a cigar has tabacco or whatever.
“Cigars and cigarettes differ in both size and the type of tobacco used. Cigarettes are generally more uniform in size and contain less than 1 gram of tobacco each. Cigars, on the other hand, can vary in size and shape and can measure more than 7 inches in length. Large cigars typically contain between 5 and 17 grams of tobacco. It is not unusual for some premium cigars to contain the tobacco equivalent of an entire pack of cigarettes. U.S. cigarettes are made from different blends of tobaccos, whereas most cigars are composed primarily of a single type of tobacco (air-cured or dried burley tobacco). Large cigars can take between 1 and 2 hours to smoke, whereas most cigarettes on the U.S. market take less than 10 minutes to smoke.”
(quoted from http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/10_16.htm )
And in terms of differences in the way they are smoked:
“One of the major differences between cigar and cigarette smoking is the degree of inhalation. Almost all cigarette smokers report inhaling while the majority of cigar smokers do not because cigar smoke is generally more irritating. However, cigar smokers who have a history of cigarette smoking are more likely to inhale cigar smoke. Cigar smokers experience higher rates of lung cancer, coronary heart disease, and chronic obstructive lung disease than nonsmokers, but not as high as the rates for cigarette smokers. These lower rates for cigar smokers are probably related to reduced inhalation.”
(quoted http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cancernet/600365.html )
The nicotine, chemicals, and tar is whats bad about cigars and cigarettes. And the camp fire doesn’t contain these, but it can cause damage if you inhale to much of the smoke from the fire.
campfire doesn’t do anything cigar can have an impact after a long time
campfire smoke doesn’t have tobacco in it
camp fire smoke might have more toxic chemicals