Did you quit smoking?

["couldbecousin"]

Propylene glycol is produced from propylene oxide which is produced from propylene which is produced from petroleum, natural gas or coal.

Thanks. Both are marketed in the e-cigarette world as safe products because they're used in food products and considered safe to eat.

I kind of wonder if safe to eat and safe to inhale are really that closely related.  Water is safe to eat but breathe enough of that stuff in and you have serious problems.  Same goes for yogurt, bran flakes and cheese fondue.

  My own saliva is safe to swallow, but occasionally I inhale it and problems ensue. 

[Grey Area]

Water and hydrogen peroxide are both made of hydrogen and oxygen. We should therefore stop consuming water, just to be on the safe side.

[DirtDawg]

I tried pipe smoking a few years ago, but it always gave me hiccups.

Do not swallow the smoke. Swallowing smoke always contributes to various anomalies within the stomach.

You do not have to inhale, as I do. Just rolling the heavy smoke around on your taste buds ans exhaling from your nose is how most people enjoy pipes and cigars.
An advanced technique might be taking in a large "mouthful" of smoke and allowing it to drift slowly out of your mouth while inhaling it gently through your nose.
Awesome way to experience heavily flavored tobacco!

['andersom']

That has been ages, that I smoked cigars. Liked the taste a lot better than the taste of cigarettes.
Nice to think back on that. Not feeling any urge to do it again though.

[Parts]

My foster son took up smoking a pipe and smokes so much less that he used to,  it also has the added bonus of smelling nice

["couldbecousin"]

My foster son took up smoking a pipe and smokes so much less that he used to,  it also has the added bonus of smelling nice

  One of my childhood neighbors was a pipe smoker.  I preferred that to the smell of cigarettes. 

[Gopher Gary]

Water and hydrogen peroxide are both made of hydrogen and oxygen. We should therefore stop consuming water, just to be on the safe side.

I say we start drinking more hydrogen peroxide. 

[DirtDawg]

Propylene glycol is produced from propylene oxide which is produced from propylene which is produced from petroleum, natural gas or coal.

Thanks. Both are marketed in the e-cigarette world as safe products because they're used in food products and considered safe to eat.

I kind of wonder if safe to eat and safe to inhale are really that closely related.  Water is safe to eat but breathe enough of that stuff in and you have serious problems.  Same goes for yogurt, bran flakes and cheese fondue.

  My own saliva is safe to swallow, but occasionally I inhale it and problems ensue. 

Long story/short version; my late father and I both share a weird ("genetic?"  or congenital - twice?) difficulty in that we both have suffered from a "weak" epiglottis.
More often than I care to remember, my father almost choked to unconsciousness due to this. I have had my rough days as well.

It is not just saliva, though, the weirdness ramps up when I am eating. I sometimes aspirate tiny amounts of food. Scary!

Once my weirdness crops up, I usually spend a week or more with my lungs full of liquid as the aspirated solids are dissolved and coughed up.

Fucking YUCK!

[DirtDawg]

My foster son took up smoking a pipe and smokes so much less that he used to,  it also has the added bonus of smelling nice

Back when I was "completely" retired and a stay at home dad,  once the kids were off to day school or bed, I never put my pipes down. I smoked them constantly.

Of course, I have to allow them to rest a day or two between bowls, but I own over fifty high quality pipes. I have a preference for Peterson, Savanelli, Dunhill and a few calabash types I have owned since the seventies.

When my wife was pre-filling some info at the hospital a nurse asked her, Oh, he smokes a pipe, well how many times per day does he smoke it.
my wife said that he smokes constantly and he never puts his pipes down. The nurse said that she had to write something in the little square and could she tell her how much that is. My wife just said, a lot.
 

These days, I smoke two cigarettes at work (very portable and so easy, but not very satisfying) and I usually start a bowl when I drive home, finish it a few puffs at a time as the evening approaches. Another bowl after my evening meal and I generally finish that bowl just about bed time (which is usually after midnight).

So I do not smoke nearly as much as I did ten years ago.
 

Oh, a full pipe bowl in one of my favorite Peterson's or large calabashes will usually last me for almost an hour if I do not allow it to go out, much.