They intentionally add more poisonous shit to them.
What and why
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isekaihero@ani.social 5 days ago
I don’t smoke myself but you need to know that cigarettes are super-processed crap. They intentionally add more poisonous shit to them. Even I like the smell of loose leaf tobacco smoked in a pipe, or in a quality cigar. The reason people first started smoking tobacco is because it smells good. But you’re right that’s not cigarettes.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 5 days ago
isekaihero@ani.social 5 days ago
tar, formaldehyde, and benzene are all added to cigarettes. Tar is a binder, the formaldehyde is a preservative, and benzene is an accelerant. The problem is that all of these things are toxic and/or cancerous.
Smoking loose leaf tobacco is the healthiest way to do it if that’s what you want to do. The little foam filters in cigarettes do nothing and the additives added to processed tobacco make it much more unhealthy.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 5 days ago
Thanks for the info :)
Soapbox1858@lemm.ee 5 days ago
Yep. Cigarettes smell and taste terrible, but I love the smell of pipe tobacco and cigars. I enjoy smoking a cigar a few times a year. Though, the smoke only smells good in the moment. Once it permeates clothing, it reeks just as bad as cigarette smoke the next day.
theblips@lemm.ee 5 days ago
For some reason clothes soak up the nasty smells the most, but to my nose the room ends up smelling quite nice for a few days. Talking about cigars
Soapbox1858@lemm.ee 4 days ago
I’ve never smoked one inside, other than in a cigar shop smoking lounge. I would never do that to my house lol.