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Cumol  ·  3582 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pipe Smoking: Why I do it, and why you should try it.

I take that a step further and tell you:

everyone should try a good hookah/shisha

It has many aspects that you also discussed above, but it also adds the social part to it. I enjoy smoking with friends, passing the pipe from one person to the other while discussing different topics. As you said, it takes people away from their screens and into the moment. Plus, it tastes better than normal cigarettes :)

I have been smoking shisha for the past 12 years. My lung capacity is still normal according to my doctor, no Idea why.





Meriadoc  ·  3582 days ago  ·  link  ·  

My last landlord, may he rot in the fires of hell, was ex-Mossad and went to Israel frequently. The one time he ever made it out to our side of the country, he brought us the most fantastic shisha I've ever smoked. Lord I miss that stuff.

Cumol  ·  3581 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Funny enough, the best tobacco nowadays is produced in Europe and the U.S. The best pipes too.

It was just a matter of time until somebody decided to upgrade shisha smoking

OftenBen  ·  3582 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I treat shisha like a cigar and don't lung the smoke, so I doubt that it would have the same effects as say, cigarette smoking. That being said I don't do it much anymore, nicotine just isn't my chemical.

Cumol  ·  3581 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Its practically impossible to not lung the smoke from a shisha unless you are taking tiny tiny puffs.

I also enjoy playing with the massive clouds of smoke, it's fun