are HERBAL CIGARETTES safe to smoke?

i dont smoke at all, nor drink and im a strict vegan but i saw Holland and Barratt selling herbal cigs. they are nicotine free, tar free and all herbal. is it ok to smoke them or will it still give me wrinkles and throat cancer?

surely its no different to breathing smoke from a bonfire?

Reply 1

Steeeeevo

15

missjelly

i dont smoke at all, nor drink and im a strict vegan but i saw Holland and Barratt selling herbal cigs. they are nicotine free, tar free and all herbal. is it ok to smoke them or will it still give me wrinkles and throat cancer?

surely its no different to breathing smoke from a bonfire?

your right, all your doing is breathing in herbal smoke, but smoke none the less. Anyway if you don’t smoke anyway why are you even interested in smoking them? just wondered.

Reply 2

Punkjunkie04

yeah they seem like a stupid idea. Why are human beings so interested in breathing in harmful gases lol? SO MANY people smoke and i honestly cant understand why!!!

Reply 3

TKR

15

depends what kind of 'erbs are in them

:wink:

Reply 4

missjelly

OP

http://www.garden.co.uk/acatalog/Herbal_Cigarettes.html

i just fancy trying smoking to see what its like. but i dont want nicotine. i saw them and thought it might be something to try. a bit like the first time you have alcohol

Reply 5

CheesyBeans

1

Steeeeevo

your right, all your doing is breathing in herbal smoke, but smoke none the less. Anyway if you don’t smoke anyway why are you even interested in smoking them? just wondered.

To look big and cool, obviously!

Reply 6

missjelly

OP

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/background_briefings/smoking/272145.stm

actually folks i found this article. it ISNT safe. im NOT going to try them. DONT smoke.

Reply 7

missjelly

OP

http://www.quackwatch.org/02ConsumerProtection/FTCActions/herbalcigarettes.html

http://healthyherbs.about.com/cs/cancer/f/aa062500.htm

here's more. dont do it.

Reply 8

Punkjunkie04

i cant believe you were even going to try it to see what its like? WHY? because you have seen other ppl try it and were jealous? i guess it must be easy to envy all those lucky people who are literally BREATHING TAR into their lungs....like i said whats the human fascination with clogging up our own lungs with crap? The nicotine is an excuse: humans have smoked for centuries without cigarettes- whats the point? Its like some wierd self-destruction that some people stick to.

So many people that i know who smoke seems to do it for attention, particularly as something to moan about! "God i'm trying to quit but they are so nice...blah blah" Just dont bloody bother!

Reply 9

CheesyBeans

1

There is also the fact that MissJelly is trying to be a model and it's been known that quite alot of models don't eat and just smoke instead, maybe thats the reasoning? Maybe she wants more the the model vibe? :rolleyes:

Reply 10

Punkjunkie04

lol i cant imagine anything more unnattractive than a model who stunk of smoke and was skinny as a twig...there would be like this unhealthy aura around them...

Reply 11

Steeeeevo

15

CheesyBeans

To look big and cool, obviously!

But honestly, how cool is smoking HERBAL cigarettes???? Its just like saying tree huggers are cool :eek:

Reply 12

naelse

15

i don't see the point of smoking unless you are smoking some kind of stimulant..

Smokey

Treehuggers are cool :eek:

Reply 15

Punkjunkie04

Ok: honestly if you had to take a stimulant of some kind, would you 1) inject it into your veins via syringe, 2) take it as a tablet 3) sniff it or 4) smoke it?

if the nicotine's what we're apparently after lets make nicotine pills? lol but then people would take them "to see what they taste like" and then moan when they get hooked on them...ugh

Reply 16

Catski

I believe you'd still get smoke in your lungs which would include tiny bits of plant matter... and I'm told thats whats so bad for you.
Remember that if you inhale anything into your lungs the vast majority of it is never coming back up again.

Reply 17

5150

Herbal cigarettes are a waste of time. You have to suck really really hard on them and you don't get the fun stimulant effect that you'd get from normal cigarettes.

Reply 18

Steeeeevo

15

Catski

I believe you'd still get smoke in your lungs which would include tiny bits of plant matter... and I'm told thats whats so bad for you.
Remember that if you inhale anything into your lungs the vast majority of it is never coming back up again.

even vommit! after all the rough mornings I've had my lungs must be rather full now :biggrin:

Reply 19

Sabre

6

Well they may still be bad for you but they are still a hell of a lot better than normal ones considering they are nicotine free which means no physical addiction and they are tar free which means no tar getting put in your lungs. Although there is still loads of other horrible stuff in herbal cigs so I wouldn't smoke them.

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