Cigar smoke and it's longterm effects seem be minimual. Good news!
timtom
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What are the percentages of chances of getting cancer of the mouth from cigars verses the chances of getting cancer of the lungs from cigarettes?
Been wondering on this for a while now.
While I'm asking also include, if you have any relevant information on sinuses, for those who retro hale.
Thanks in advance:
Tim.
Been wondering on this for a while now.
While I'm asking also include, if you have any relevant information on sinuses, for those who retro hale.
Thanks in advance:
Tim.
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Good point.
Whether or not a previous cigarette smoker would completely dismantle the question I had in mind in the first place.
I am mainly wondering about cigars as I partake of them myself and simply wanted to access my chances of later medical trouble.
Fun fact, one of the early reports (1960's) found that pipe smokers live longer than non smokers on average. Cool.
Here's another coupla fun facts - I worked for Boeing in the mid-60's and they had some really peculiar policies and procedures. One, although unwritten, was that although they'd hire a pipe smoker, they'd rarely ever consider one for promotion to the supervisor level because, to Boeing's way of thinking, a pipe smoker was generally not a dynamic-type person. They were too lethargic and laid-back.
And as for living longer, it didn't apply to my step-dad. He was the type who was constantly fooling with his pipe - packing it, re-packing & tamping it, trying to keep it lit. He was doing just that one day and made a left turn in front of an oncoming truck. RIP, dad..... ??
I think I have licked, sniffed or had, lots of worse things in my mouth that would cause me harm than a cigar, lol.
Good news there, and I believe in taking it where I can find it, in a world of bad things happening to good people.
I would be careful of insinuating the fact of putting bad things in my mouth.
Just saying............
Some bad and corrupted minds could c*m up with all sorts of bad things that have been put into one's mouth.
Just kidding of course.
Thanks for the info bro.
Am I correct in this assumption Puffman?
If so then I proclaim here and now to keep firing up until I can distinguish the different taste by pure practice!
In fact I think I will have one in celebration of your comments now.
Thanks:
Tim
Sorry to have to hear of your lose bro.
I think the key here is "relatively small and insignificant compared to other forms of tobacco use." I mean, nothing good from a health point of view can come from allowing smoke of any kind to enter your body, but I would think that the luings are such gentle and delicate organs that cancer is far more likely to occur there than in the places where cigar smoke ventures. Meaning that probably mouth, tongue and throat cancer must be rarer than lung cancer, otherwise we'd be heariing lots of medical noise about it. Considering the huge numbers of baseball players that chewed tobacco over the decades, only a relative few cases or mouth cancer (most notable Kurt Schilling) have surfaced. And you really don't hear many stories of famous cigar smokers dying of mouth or throat cancer--Ulysses S. Grant was probably the most notable victim.
I think that smoking anything is an act of cognitive dissonance. You know that it's not good for you, but your own risk/benefit tolerance determines how often you'll light up and if and when concerns about health issues will convince you to stop. Personally, I'm concerned enough about it that I try to limit the number of cigars I smoke to no more than 2-3 a week.
Just remember, it's all averages and doesn't necessarily imply much about you. None of these studies I've read include other health and risk factors that might generate some better stats.