i was afraid in the lungs.
do pipes cause mouth cancer?
Supposedly. Plus, if you DO inhale,
they're worse than cigs.
I don't buy this rumour. I used to smoke a pack a day or more of little paper tubes. When I finally quit the cigs I smoked the pipe constantly. I mean, I have eleven pipes and I rotate them, but for about six months I kept one going the whole time I was awake and my lungs cleared out, even though I inhaled the pipe constantly. I now smoke about two bowls per day and my lungs are clear. My doctor even congratulated me during my last physical, for quitting smoking, but I had to "fess up" and tell him the truth. I only cut back.
BTW, I keep an immaculate pipe. I even wash them under running water with soap to remove the excess tar. Then I allow them to cure for a couple of days to dry.
I believe the paper tubes, loaded with "stayburning" chemicals, do more damage than the tobacco.