#72: How to get the most out of smoking

We all love to smoke!

Here's are some tips I follow everyday:

Tip 1: Don't always fully exhale the smoke. Exhale half and then breath normally; keeping some inside to enjoy the feeling longer.
Tip 2: For each cigarette, for some of the puffs, fully exhale before inhaling the smoke. This allows the smoke to evenly disperse within your lungs as you inhale.
Tip 3: Cover the filter ventilation holes, a ring of small holes half way up on the filter, with your lips. This allows for a more flavorful experience.
Tip 4: After inhaling the smoke, hold it in for a few seconds before exhaling.
Tip 5: Fresh cigarettes are the most important thing of all. Old cigarettes don't taste or feel as good as fresh cigarettes. Try to buy your cigarettes at a store that sells a lot of tobacco products.
Tip 6: The more you smoke, the more you'll enjoy each cigarette.

#71: Smoking F.A.Q.

Don't look so lost, we're here to answer your questions!

Here's a list of the most frequently asked questions about smoking. Please email me if you have any questions you'd like me to include.

• I'm under 18 years of age, should I start smoking?
• I'm under 18 years of age, should I even be reading this?
• Is smoking pleasurable?
• Is smoking bad for my health?
• Is smoking addictive?
• I'm 18 years of age or older, should I give smoking a try?
• What's the best brand and style to smoke?
• Is smoking sexy?
• What if someone I know disapproves of me smoking?
• I want to quit smoking, what should I do?

I'm under 18 years of age, should I start smoking?

Not if it's illegal in your neck of the woods.

I'm under 18 years of age, should I even be reading this?

You can, but just remember, if it's illegal in your area to smoke under the age of 18, don't do it. We here at SmokingFeelsGood.com want to stick around for a while and if it's discovered that this sight is encouraging underage smoking, we will be mauled by the public. Yes, a good mauling can be fun, but keeping this site up and running is too. Therefore, we are not encouraging anyone to break the law. Don't make the smoking police come after us! You can use anything on this site for school papers or other education purposes.

Is smoking pleasurable?

Very much so and for a variety of reasons:

• Cigarette smoke contains a natural substance called nicotine which is primarily absorbed in the lungs. Nicotine stimulates and massages the pleasure centers of you brain providing you satisfaction and enjoyment.
• The taste. Smoking is an acquired taste just like coffee and alcoholic beverages. Once you find the perfect brand, you'll enjoy the taste every time. You'll also find the taste significantly enhanced with certain other flavors (like coffee, alcoholic beverages, and sweet foods.)
• The tactile stimulation. After one becomes a real smoker, the feeling of the smoke as it enters the lungs, how it feels as it swirls around deep inside your lungs, and how it feels as it leaves the mouth or nose, all can provide feelings of pleasure.
• Smoking is addictive. Your body will become accustom to the pleasure and the presence of nicotine in your system. Once the nicotine leaves your system, your body will begin to desire it and even create feelings of discomfort if the desire isn't met. Simply satisfying this urge and replenishing the supply of nicotine to your body feels good and reinforces the pleasures of smoking.

Is smoking bad for my health? 
Have you seen the side of a pack? It's all true and we all know how bad it is. But that doesn't take anything away from the simple fact that smoking is pleasurable and that rational intelligent people choose to experience that pleasure everyday. For more information on the health risks from smoking, please see this website from the CDC.

Is smoking addictive? 
I definitely say yes, but I'm surprised by so many people now a days who smoke only when they go out or during the weekend. This element of smoking has both a positive and negative side. The positive side is that it contributes to the pleasurably of smoking whereas the negative side is that it may make it very difficult for some people to stop smoking if they so choose to do so.

I'm 18 years of age or older, should I give smoking a try? 
It's only natural to want to feel pleasure and everyone should give it a try. If you're so inclined, by all means Click on the How to Start Smoking link on the left part of this page and give it a shot. You won't really know the full pleasures of smoking until you've made it through your first 4 or 5 packs. At that point, you'll know if smoking is right for you.

What's the best brand and style to smoke? 
The one that provides you the most pleasure, period. There's so many to choose from, from 100s to kings and full flavor to lights. You'll need to try all that look appealing to you. I for one, prefer 100s over king size cigarettes since bigger and longer is better and I prefer full flavor over lights because I love the intensity and feeling of the smoke as it enters and exists my lungs.

Is smoking sexy? 
Click on Take or View Polls and find out.

What if someone I know disapproves of me smoking? 
Explain to him or her the pleasures of smoking and then offer him or her a cigarette. You can also direct them to this site.

#70: The World's Most Expensive Cigars and Cigarettes

To smoke or not to smoke is the main choice that people make in present days. Smoking seems to be a popular and famous habit of many people all over the world. Also when speaking about cigarettes we often attach a particular status, which goes higher if you give preference to expensive cigars and cigarettes.  If you want to find which are the most expensive cigarettes and cigars read on.

Cigarettes

Lucky Strike
A single pack of these cigarettes can be purchased for $100,000. This exquisite cigarette pack launched by R.J. Reynolds is considered to be the world’s expensive cigarette pack ever created. You would wonder what makes this cigarette so valuable, if you look attentively on this pack you may see that the package is not simple. This Lucky Strike pack has 18 carat white gold coat and a ruby stone in the right corner. In 2006 this smoking product was mostly created as an advertising stunt, displayed at the largest airports.

Davidoff Classic Cigarettes
Davidoff is a luxurious cigarette brand manufactured by Reemtsma Cigarettenfabriken GmbH, division of Imperial Tobacco Company, one of the largest cigarette producers. For almost a century, Davidoff Cigarettes are considered the most prestigious world brand.

In 2009, many smoke lovers were amazed by the manufacturer, when it has launched a Davidoff diamondpack, which cost $21,500.

Chancellor Company’s Treasure Cigarettes
The Treasure Cigarettes are also one of the most costly cigarettes in the tobacco world. A splendid aluminum pack with a unique watermark on the cigarette paper and the silver foil tips make these cigarettes look gorgeous. The size of one cigarette stick is about 90 mm. At present a pack of Treasure Cigarettes are available at $50.

Cigars

Gurkha Black Dragon
Gurkha Black Dragon is the costly cigar brand in the world. This truly tobacco treasure was made of an exclusive Honduran tobacco blend with unique select fillers. This was a limited edition as cigars were produced from an old and rare tobacco sorts. The price for a stick was also striking - $1,150.

Gurkha His Majesty’s Reserve
One more luxurious cigar brand is Gurkha His Majesty’s Reserve, which is also known among cigar connoisseurs as “Rolls Royce” of the cigar industry. These famous cigars are manufactured from the rare cognac and premium tobacco sorts. Less than 100 boxes of His Majesty’s Reserve are produced per year, which makes them even more expensive. If you thing about trying this cigar, you will have to spend more than $750 for a single stick.

Cohiba Behike
Cohiba Behike is the third most valuable cigar in the world. This limited cigar is sold with a one of a kind designed humidor, which maintains optimum moisture thus preserving the initial cigar flavor and taste.  A humidor with 40 cigars is available for $18.846, a single stick for $470.

#69: Hookah Tips :)

Mix flavors with each other

You can mix two or more flavors and come up with your own unique hookah flavor. You can do different portions of different flavors. Here are some flavors that go well together:

• Mint & Rose
• Double Apple & Rose
• Mint & Melon
• Strawberry & Banana
• Cherry & Cola
• Mango & Peach

To mix the tobacco flavors together simply mix them in a jar and put it in the bowl. Start small, only mixing enough for one bowl at first. This way you avoid ruining a large amount of tobacco if you don’t like the mix.

Add food flavor extracts to the tobacco

Some people like to enhance their experience by adding their own flavors. One of the most popular flavors to add is mint and it is one of the strongest. Only a couple drops of mint extract in a bowl of tobacco will add a nice minty kick. Other flavors can be used but it is best to stick to food grade, glycerin based flavoring designed for candy production.

Add rose water to the base

Some traditional shops will add rose water to the base to add a slightly floral note to the smoke. The effect is subtle and use most often with black style molasses. Otherwise rose flavored tobacco is preferred and offers more rose flavor.

Add Wine, Juice, or Alcohol

Some very strongly scented liquids can add a slight flavor note to the smoke but

• If you decide to add wine, use white wine for more subtle flavors and use red wine for heavier flavors (like double apple or red grape).
• Don’t add anything that you don’t enjoy the flavor of.
• Adding clear spirits like vodka and ever-clear are pointless. they have no flavor and the alcohol is not inhaled since the base water does not add to the smoke.
• Be aware that you only need a small amount of these additives. Usually one or two shot glasses of the additive is enough.

#68: Health Benefits Of Marijuana

It relieves arthritis discomfort

Marijuana alleviates pain, reduces inflammation, and promotes sleep, which may help relieve pain and discomfort for people with rheumatoid arthritis, researchers announced in 2011.

 Researchers from rheumatology units at several hospitals gave their patients, sativex, a cannabinoid- based pain-relieving medicine. After a two week period, people on Sativex had a significant reduction in pain and improved sleep quality compared to placebo users.

Marijuana treats inflammatory bowel diseases.

Patients with inflammatory bowel diseases like Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis could benefit from marijuana use, studies suggest. 

University of Nottingham researchers found in 2010 that chemicals in marijuana, including THC and cannabidiol, interact with cells in the body that play an important role in gut function and immune responses. The study was published in the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.

THC-like compounds made by the body increase the permeability of the intestines, allowing bacteria in. The plant-derived cannabinoids in marijuana block these body-cannabinoids, preventing this permeability and making the intestinal cells bond together tighter. 

#67: 10 Best Favourite Hookah Flavors

Hookah is a kind of water pipe that has been used for the smoking purpose. It has been coming from the past. Adding flavours to the hookah and then consuming it is quite in practice. Hookah is available in various different manner and sizes. People gets pleasure in doing it as it has gains over other types of smoking but has some disadvantages too. Flavoured hookah is also termed as shisha. There is countless number of flavours available in the market for those love hookahs; there are mint, fruity flavours, candy flavours and many more out there. Many refreshing hookah flavours are there for the people which can relish their hookah session. So below there is a list of some very exceptional and wonderful flavours to try.

10) Orange:

Orange is a great fruity flavour to have. When people smoke orange flavour they smell it as if they are surrounded by oranges all around. It has very powerful and strong orange essence which is experienced by people who take it. It is a very complicated flavour. Sometimes it can be very intense and can be overwhelming. One thing needs to be kept in mind that when consuming orange not much heat should be used otherwise the taste can turn into repulsive one. It can be mingled with others but its overpowering effect should be remembered so mint should be used.

9) Sweet melon:

It is another very rejuvenating flavour to have. Its aroma is very syrupy resembling that of cantaloupe. It possesses very amazing and mind blowing smell of cantaloupe that is very sweet in taste. It has very tangy, spicy and sugary taste reminiscent of a melon. Any person who follows in taking hookah must have this flavour. This melon flavour have an excellence of standing alone as it tastes very marvellous all alone, it doesn’t need to be mixed with any other flavour as doing it will just diminish the taste of melon, although it can be blended with only one flavour and that is just mint.

8) Vanilla:

Vanilla is a zest that is obtained from orchid which is a plant. Orchid is inhabitant of Mexico. This flavour is so mouth watering and very delectable. This is very soft smoke and is quite silky and creamy. When people have this they going to feel it like vanilla ice cream. It is very much admired among the crowd. When it is united with other flavours out there, fantastic flavour is generated. It can be mixed with almost every flavour. It gets along nicely with fruity flavours, generally in the company of berry flavour.

7) Peach:

Peach is one more fruity taste to take pleasure in. It seems very appetizing and delightful. It is more or less similar to iced-tea of peach flavour. It has got very sweetie and lovable essence. It has very soft and pleasing flavour entirely similar to its smell. . This flavour tastes with the tinge of nectarine in it. It has the ability to mingle with the other taste or flavours very simply without having any trouble. It has a very nice combination with many flavours specially mint, vanilla and mandarin.

6) Cola:

Cola flavour is pretty one of its kind. It is entirely exceptional. It is of candy type. It is an exact copy of coca cola and if we place this in base it will turn out to be more superior. The smell it possesses is quite different, distinct and influential too. It has a quite dominant cola taste and one must take care while mixing it with other flavours as it has dominant effect and tends to overshadow other flavours. If a person is fond of drinking cola then it’s the best choice for him. It combines decently with grape and orange.

5) Pan rasna:

Pan rasna is very wonderful and remarkable in taste that it completely cool down and revive a person. It’s amongst the one of the best flavour. It is the blend of many fruity essences along with mint. It brings together rose, cherry and pomegranate with slight essence of mint into single unit. It will make you feel amazing. A person can take it all alone but blending or mixing it with some other flavours add a lot to the pleasure and delight. It has a pretty well combination with many flavours, the best one are the combination with kiwi or mint.

4) Strawberry:

Strawberry is rare and exclusive flavour of hookah. It is a nice way to get exceptional taste. The person undertaking this particular hookah flavour will experience a strong strawberry scent. It feels like strawberry all around but not unbearable. It is fantastic and excellent in taste just like the way it smells. Both the smell and taste is so magnificent that it is so simple to just make it as your primary flavour. To make it more delightful one should mix it with other flavours like coconut, apple, banana, vanilla and many more.

3) Bubble gum:

Bubble gum flavour turns round inside the mouth just resembling to the bubble gum material we used to have and adore it as a kid. It has a well defined and a discrete taste which persist for prolonged time throughout the session of hookah. The smell and essence of this flavour is tremendous and splendid. The tang is quite amazing and just feels the same as the genuine gum.  It is quite good in taste with some trace of candy inside it. When a person smokes this flavour he will be feeling like 9 once more.

2) Mint:

Mint is one of the most revitalizing flavours.  It provides a really chill, fresh and breezy taste to your hookah. The person will be subjected to concentrated mint aroma and aura. It tastes mint and savour seems very light. Mint flavour is very refreshing but to make it better mixing it along with others can make it better. Any hookah aficionado is must to include mint, as it is advised to apply mint under the chief flavour underneath of bowl. It is should be applied in 3:1 ratio that is chief flavour to mint. Usually mint blend properly with any taste but it really combine well with sweet melon and apple.

1) Double apple:

Apple flavour is the finest and greatest of all. It will be very pleasant and enjoyable for the novice. It has got an excellent status and it produces dense smoke. It is very tempting and alluring in taste. Its fragrance is similar to anise. It is very mighty and strong in taste and has got different taste of anise. The taste is quite changeable, for a moment it tastes very sugary and another got the dense anise taste. It has a good blend with banana and mint. It has created a standard and it is the most popular among the people.

#66: The Upside of Cigarettes

"The Upside of..." is a new series that uncovers surprising benefits of things universally panned for being unhealthy and/or bad for the environment. Basically, it makes you feel a little less guilty about your vices.

Cigarettes have been getting a bad rap for decades, on up through this month's four-part seriesat The Incidental Economist about the social costs of smoking ($40 a pack, if you were wondering). And yes, nearly all of the criticism is deserved. Fortunately, though, there are a few reasons to feel not-so-bad about the existence of cigarettes.

Nicotine may hold the key to weight loss medicine. Scientists at Yale University and the Baylor College of Medicine have found nicotine receptors in the brains of mice that seem to influence appetite. The researchers found that when nicotine binds to this particular receptor, certain neurons in the hypothalamus section of our brains are activated. That gives them hope for a weight loss drug that specifically targets this pathway. Not only that, but it could alleviate nicotine withdrawal. (Although this last plus might not count as a benefit, since we wouldn't need it if cigarettes didn't exist in the first place!)

Smoking keeps you on your toes. A big reason people smoke is to focus. Some studies showthat nicotine can indeed increase motor skills, alertness, and short term memory. Like the weight loss research, these findings have spurred scientists to look into medicines that mimic nicotine but ditch the tar.

Cigarettes are a perfect excuse to get out of an insufferable conversation. Now that a good amount of cities have outlawed smoking in bars (good!) there's now one less way to get out of a painful convo with a stranger (bad—the bathroom excuse only works once). Even if you don't actually have a cigarette, at least saying you're having one will buy you five minutes.

Cigarettes are still kind of cool.

#65: MARIJUANA HELP IN WEIGHT LOSS?

In a stunning look at the medicinal properties of marijuana use, a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology has found that obesity rates are lowered by roughly one third in those who smoke three times weekly. The research included 52,000 participants, with findings concluding that 22% of those who did not smoke marijuana were obese, compared with just 14% of the regular marijuana smokers.

The “munchies” (increase in appetite after smoking marijuana) are very real. Just ask anyone who smokes marijuana on a regular basis. It’s this “benefit” of increased appetite that makes marijuana an effective treatment for people suffering from the lack of appetite so common with cancer, AIDS, and other diseases. So, how could any study find that marijuana smokers are less likely to be obese?

Two surveys were analyzed for the American Journal of Epidemiology study. Each showed that pot smokers were less likely to be obese. But, before you try and track down marijuana for your next weight loss cure, read on.

There are many potential explanations for the findings. Firstly, as Maia Szalavitz with TIME reports, pot-free people could be substituting food for pot as their “unhealthy” habit. Another potential explanation, that some pot smokers are smoking because they are sick. Diseases like cancer and AIDS often result in a lower-than-normal body weight.

Finally, there’s the explanation that Szalavitz fails to consider: that many marijuana smokers don’t use their recreational drug of choice to gorge themselves at every chance. Perhaps marijuana smokers are cognizant of the fact that smoking causes the munchies and so they act accordingly—maybe allowing some extra indulgence while “high” but reverting to a more healthful lifestyle in between “sessions.”

Maybe, and you can call me crazy, but maybe many marijuana smokers are more concerned about their health and maintaining a healthy weight than non-pot-smokers.

These are just possibilities.

These explanations seem especially relevant when one considers that THC is shown to increase appetite; that it’s accepted by some mainstream medical doctors as a solution for weight gain, and that a now-banned substance in Europe once used the exact opposite effects of THC for a diet aid. (Incidentally, this now-banned substance caused severe depression and suicidal thoughts.)

What is likely true is that someone who is obese or who is at risk for obesity and who is not a regular smoker will not find their diet cure-all in a joint. For a non-smoker, marijuana won’t likely help you drop the pounds. Instead, try utilizing vitamin D or including hot peppers into your meals – just 2 of many natural weight loss tips. However, if you are a smoker, rest assured that your marijuana may have yet another benefit.

#64: Weed Movie - Just For You - Knocked Up (2007)

For fun loving party animal Ben Stone, the last thing he ever expected was for his one night stand to show up on his doorstep eight weeks later to tell him she's pregnant.

Director:

 Judd Apatow

Writer:

 Judd Apatow

Stars:

 Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd 

Storyline

When Alison Scott is promoted in E! Television, she goes to a night-club to celebrate with her older married sister Debbie. Alison meets the pothead reckless Ben Stone and while having a small talk with Ben, Debbie's husband Pete calls her to tell that their daughter has chicken pox. Debbie leaves the place but Allison stays with Ben, drinking and dancing along all night; completely wasted, they end up having a one night stand. Ben does not use condom and eight weeks later, Allison discovers that she is pregnant. She calls Ben and they decide to try to stay together and have the baby. However, Ben needs to grow-up first to raise a family of his own.

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#63: Weed Movies - Just For You - Dazed and Confused (1993)

The adventures of incoming high school and junior high students on the last day of school, in May of 1976.

Director:

 Richard Linklater

Writer:

 Richard Linklater

Stars:

 Jason London, Wiley Wiggins, Matthew McConaughey |

Storyline

It's the last day of school at a high school in a small town in Texas in 1976. The upperclassmen are hazing the incoming freshmen, and everyone is trying to get stoned, drunk, or laid, even the football players that signed a pledge not to.

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#62: How To Keep Your Breath Fresh ?

1

Brush your teeth. You need to get the cigarette taste out of your mouth. Brushing your teeth and tongue is the best thing to do. Use a mouthwash too.

2

Cover up your breath. After you're done smoking, eat something that will cover up your cigarette breath. Doritos and mints work best. If possible, it is best to brush your teeth.

3

Drink a soda or other beverage while you smoke. A dry mouth tends to hold much more odor.

4

Chew some strongly flavoured gum or drink something like Ice Coffee to get rid of smoky breath. Drinking a beer and coke also helps.

5

Smoke remains in your breath and stains your teeth. Make sure to have good quality mints or gum to help mask the smell. If you have time, brush your teeth and tongue; the residual odor will be reduced.

#61: Tips For Smoking

• The most suspicious thing a young smoker can do is to "go out for a few minutes." What would you be doing outside for 5-6 minutes other than smoking?
• Peel and eat oranges - the citrus helps mask the smell on your breath, and peeling the oranges (especially smaller juicier ones like satsumas or tangerines) will get the smell off of your fingers.
• Avoid smoking for at least 1/2-1 hour before you see your parents.
• Decide whether to use a lighter or matches. Matches are cheaper and are easier to get rid of when the heat is on but lighters are cheaper in the long run, don't make any noise in your pocket, and are generally smaller (and "cooler").
• Smoking in the wind is an extremely useful way of not smelling like cigarettes. Find a place that is usually windy. Steep hills almost always have a breeze on them. You can avoid most tobacco smells (except for your hands) if you smoke while you ride your bike and by turning your head sideways when you smoke.
• Try avoiding smoking for 1 hour before returning home. Even the best gum will not mask the smell of a recently smoked cigarette.
• Wearing a hooded sweatshirt while smoking can keep the smell out of your hair and off of your shirt.
• People who smoke are less likely to smell the smoke on you, so if your parent doesn't smoke be extra careful to get rid of the smell.
• It might just be smart to get yourself a jacket and pair of gloves exclusively for smoking. Make sure that your parents don't know about these.
• If you're a girl, make a small hole in your handbag/school bag in the lining and pop the packet in there. Make sure the hole isn't visible when you open the bag. This trick works best in a black bag with black lining.
• If you smoke in your room, get some incense, and light it whenever you smoke, however, keep in mind that sometimes not even incense helps if you are a heavy smoker.
• If you have a pool near the house you can always take a dip. Try swimming underwater for 20 minutes and most of the smoke will be gone.
• Try smoking with a friend who got caught once.It may seem weird but he's going to teach you from his mistake!
• If you're smoking outside in your garden, burn a candle in the room you come straight back in to, it will magic away the smell. Avoid using air fresheners or incense sticks, they're too suspicious.
• Blow Pops or Tootsie Pops are good ways to mask cigarette breath. Keep a stash handy and just have one right after you're done.
• Use orange extract, it is very strong and you can pat it around your check. (FYI: use only a little bit.)
• A good way to mask cigarette smell on your breath is peanut butter or soy sauce.
• Baking soda can really help mask the smell of cigarette smoke.
• If smoking at your house or a friend's to ease the smell off easily, insert your clothes (shirt) in a dry-cleaner.
• Smoke less and if you can just quit.

#60: Different Types of Marijuana Pipes

Most marijuana pipes are categorized by either their style, makers, and material used to make them.

Marijuana Pipe Materials

Glass pipes- Glass pipes are probably the most common marijuana pipes that you can find. Glass pipes usually smoke better than wooden or metal pipes, though ultimately it depends on the design of the pipe. Glass pipes come in either clear glass or colored, and are usually vibrant and colorful. Though they are fragile when compared to wooden or metal pipes. Nothing can ruin your day more than dropping a glass bowl and having it shatter all over your floor with the bud still roasting on the floor. Glass pipes don’t get hot after multiple uses due to the nature of the glass.
Wooden Pipes- Wooden pipes are typically produced for tobacco, though they can be just as good for smoking marijuana. A tobacco wooden pipe will have a larger bowl to pack full of tobacco, tobacco smokers will usually spend awhile smoking their pipe and the larger the bowl, the less time they have to spend packing the bowl. Wooden pipes are good for getting a natural and rich marijuana smoking experience. The hits with wooden pipes are usually warm, and resemble well, smoking out of wood. Wooden pipes are either decorated ornately with carved designs, while others have a smooth carved finish. Some wooden pipes have brass or copper fitting on the mouth piece as well for the bowl for an extra design touch.
Metal Pipes- Metal pipes have some of the craziest pipe designs I have seen. ‘Normal’ metal pipes are known as chamber pipes and have a bowl that screws onto the top of an L shaped connector piece then is connected to the stem and the mouth piece. Chamber pipes hit relatively good, and some even come with two chambers. The metal pipes are usually decorated with colors or are left to the color of the metal that they were created with and have a rustic look to them when compared to other pipes. Metal water pipes resemble larger hookah pipes, but fit in your hand, and I have had some of the best smoking times with one of those little hookah pipes. They are extremely efficient at getting you high and look really cool, most people probably wouldn’t know you had a marijuana pipe if they saw it and would just think its an antique.

#59: Designs and Styles of Marijuana Pipes

Bubbler Pipes- A bubbler pipe is a combination between a traditional pipe and a water bong. A little bit of water is put down into the bottom chamber through the bowl, then when you smoke out of the bubbler the smoke is pulled through the water giving the same effect as a bong, but it is portable, smaller, and easy to conceal. My friend had one of these and back when we didn’t know so much about it we were just using it without the water, it didn’t look like a stereotypical bubbler with a big water chamber, it looked more like a regular glass bowl, but the different between adding the water and no water was amazing.
Chillum- The chillum is a conical pipe that has was traditionally used in India, but during recent time Rastafarians and recreational drugs users have been using it to smoke marijuana, opium and tobacco. Small chillums will bring the hot smoke directly into your mouth, while a larger chillum cools off the smoke and allows more smoke to be inhaled. Chillums are made out of wood, glass and stone.
Foldable Pipes- Foldable Pipes are designed with stealth and storage in mind. They are typically made out of flat pieces of wood or metal that slide or fit together like a puzzle to form a working pipe with a bowl. Some foldable Pipes use magnets too. They can then be disassembled into their separate pieces, some will fit together into an innocent looking block, or those with magnets can be combined to make whatever you want, or just simply be stored on the fridge. Noone would be able to tell what is for just by looking at it.
One Hitters- One Hitters are small pipes that have enough room in them for taking one good hit of marijuana. They often come with dugouts, or can be a small pipe all by itself. I have a metal one hitter that has a rubber mouthpiece and a cover that screws onto the mouthpiece with a small hole at the end, it has enough room inside for a small bowl of weed, pretty much one hit worth. One hitters can be in the shape and design of fake cigarettes to easily use them in public, and can even be tinged yellow at the end to look like a lit cigarette.One hitter cigarettes usually come with dugouts which is a container to hold the one hitter in one compartment and another compartment for holding your marijuana in the other. One Hitters are the best thing you can use to smoke when you’re out in public due to their innocent looks.
Stealth Pipes- There are also different kinds of stealth pipes that deserve a different category than the one hitter and dugouts. These look like everyday ordinary items, but can be transformed into an easily hittable marijuana pipe with either a twist or reconfiguration. There are pipes that look like pens, lipstick, and pipes that are made out of metal pipe fittings and can be taken apart easily to look just like a bunch of pipe fittings.
Vaporizer Pipes- A vaporizer pipe works just like a normal pipe, but is specifically made to vaporize the marijuana inside, instead of burning it allowing you to get 100% of the THC out of your marijuana, and it also doesn’t produce hazardous smoke from the marijuana either. Lots of people make their own vaporizer pipes, though there are a few available commercially online.

#58: A Smoking Spoof

The Daily Smoker

Funded by the Institute for Smoking and Hacking and by the makers of FLEM: "Stay happy while we get rid of the nasty."

The Smoker's Perspective

Nicotine: The Supreme Drug for Supreme HealthStaff Writer: Jo "The Butthead" Khamel
For many years, anti-smoking groups, such as the American Cancer Association, and government agencies, like the Food and Drug Administration, have confused and mislead the public by incorrectly concluding that smoking is bad and unhealthy. Nonsense! In fact, there are several articles that would support nicotine as a drug that promotes perfect health.
For instance, and article by Doug Levy of the USA Today discusses nicotine's power of promoting alertness. Nicotine speeds up the communication between brain cells and stimulates areas of the brain tied to alertness and memory. Mr. Levy also writes about nicotine's relationship toward Parkinson's disease. Levy also writes that cigarette smoking can lower the risk of Parkinson's disease. Researchers claim that something in smoke lowers the levels of an enzyme known as MAO B. Smokers have about 40% less MAO B than nonsmokers or ex-smokers, according to Joanna Fowler of the Brookhaven National Lab in Upton, NY. Because reduced levels of MAO B result in greater amounts of dopamine, smokers may have a lower risk of Parkinson's, a nerve disease aggravated by dopamine shortages.
In another article by the Associated Press in the USA Today, researchers suggested that cigarette smoking sharpens short-term learning and memory among young people. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, tested young smokers and nonsmokers at a word game that required rapid memory and quick recall. The 12 electrodes attached to the heads of the subjects in both groups recorded the brain waves while the word game was under way. The test clearly showed that there was a lot more processing going on in the brains of smokers when compared to nonsmokers. Jaime Pineda, lead author of a study presented at a meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, said, "'A smoker's brain is busier at the memory task than were others.'" In this test, smokers were quicker and more accurate in specifying whether or not a word was part of a set of five words that were flashed on a screen shortly before.
To reaffirm that nicotine improves memory and learning, Sharon Bengley of Newsweek writes about the "wonderful virtues of tobacco" (68). Nicotine strengthens the communications between neurons in the hippocampus, a structure in the brain involved in learning and memory. Nicotine works by increasing the strength of messages sent throughout the brain in the form of electrical impulses. In order for this impulse, which travels on neurons, to jump the gap that lie between each neuron and continue the message, it has to send an understudy: molecules that can diffuse across the gap. If enough of these molecules, called neurotransmitters, reach the neuron on the other side, they spark an electrical impulse in it, and the message continues. Nicotine increases the amount of neurotransmitters released. This greatly increases the chances that the message will reach the neuron on the other side. The more messages get through, the more memory is strengthened. Bengley also reports the 1991 study that found that the risk of Alzheimer's disease is lower in smokers.
All in all, cigarette smoking and nicotine improve the health of humans. These anti-smoking groups and the FDA are totally and completely wrong. Anyone who believes these reports have been mislead. Nicotine and cigarette smoke promotes alertness and better memory recall. These improvements would make the excellent, ideal worker or student. By smoking, workers would no longer sleep on the job and students would learn and remember more material. Smoking and nicotine would also reduce the number of Parkinson's and Alzheimer cases and probably lead to a cure for those diseases. In the words of a former presidential candidate, "smoking is not addictive." So, light up because your health may depend on it!
This editorial is supported by the following: Flip Moris, Inc., JR Renolds, Inc., and The Council for Smoking and Hacking Research.

References

Begley, S. "Memories Are Made of...." Newsweek. November 4, 1996. 68.
Associated Press. "Research suggests smoking sharpens thinking." USA Today. November 19, 1996.
Levy, D. "Nicotine's power on brain tied to smoker's alertness." USA Today, August 8, 1996.
......"Smoking, lower Parkinson's risk linked." USA Today. August 8, 1996.
Disclaimer: The odd names (FLEM, Flip Moris, JR Renolds, Institute for Smoking and Hacking) are not real in any form. For certain purposes, those odd names are meant to be comical and should not be affiliated with actual tobacco institutions and companies. However, the cited references in the essay are reported facts found in newspapers and magazine articles. Jo "The Butthead" Khamel is not a real person. If it is, then the use was unintentional.