Does anyone smoke a pipe? Or did you?

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helenbacque

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I just realized that I haven't seen a pipe smoker for a very long time. How did it lose favor among smokers? Many years ago, an acquaintance smoked a tobacco called Cherry Blend and it had a pleasant aroma.
 

My stepfather smoked Middleton's cherry blend too, I always enjoyed the smell of his pipe.

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helenbacque said:
I just realized that I haven't seen a pipe smoker for a very long time. How did it lose favor among smokers? Many years ago, an acquaintance smoked a tobacco called Cherry Blend and it had a pleasant aroma.
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I think that more people started smoking pot in their father's /grandfather's pipes. Later, the older tobacco pipe smokers died.

Seriously, I have smoked Cherry Blend in the past, probably the early 80s.

I don't smoke anything now, glad of it, but wished I had quit alot earlier...:shrug:
 

I was a pipe smoker in the 60's, and I still have a collection of them. I tried a bunch of tobaccos, but preferred a mild Dutch cavendish. I gave it up in the mid 70's when I noticed a little ache in my chest after smoking. But, I still miss it, especially on cool evenings outdoors. I loved the smell of the tobacconist's shop. I've only smoked one cigarette in my life, and didn't like it.

Don
 
I have HEARD that a lot of people have given it up because of the increase of cancer cases
of the mouth....(lips, tongue etc.) The hard plastic of the mouthpiece (stem) is much heavier than
a cigarette or cigar. I'm not sure of that however.
 
My Dad got cancer of the tongue and emphysema. But, he was a lifelong cigarette and snuff user. I bought him a pipe once, and he smoked it so fast the bowl got too hot to hold. A good briar pipe packed and smoked right should just get a little warm. Any form of tobacco is risky.

I was introduced to pipes by a co-worker who smoked them. His always smelled so good. On the other hand, I had a boss who smoked London Dock. It smelled like something from under a dock. Then there was Mixture 79, so flavored and sweet that it made your tongue numb.

Don
 
Pipe and RYO here--- Pipe is much more pleasant but cigs are more handy.....
At present I'm on Virginia's ,,, Hal O the WYND,,,Brown Flake,,,etc
 
Not to deviate too far from topic, but the tobacco I've used in the past that is A-D-D-I-C-T-I-V-E is:

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Nothing better! I hated giving it up, was like getting divorced again....
 
My Dad would take a pinch of Copenhagen snuff, stick it under his lower lip, and never spit. He said it gave him pep. I tried Red Man chewing tobacco once, tried not to swallow any, and still got sick. It did taste good though.

Don
 
Yes, I have 4 pipes, though I don't smoke as often as I used to. Tobacco is obscenely expensive in the UK, so I tend to buy it (and cigars) in Germany or the Netherlands.
 

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