mouth.3. If just 10% of cigarette smokers switched from smoking cigarettes tosmoking a pipe or cigar you would double the amount of pipe and cigar smokersout there.4. Pipe and Cigar smokers taste the tobacco, like you would wine or coffee.5. While many point to the surgeon generals report from 1964 about how badcigarettes are (and I agree, cigarettes are pretty bad, mostly for thechemicals) many fail to look at what it says about pipe smokers.According to the Committee,cigar smoke has 4 times as much benz(a)pyrene as cigarette smoke, and pipesmoke ten times as much as cigarette smoke (p. 58). Yet, the Committee foundpipe and cigar smoke to be pretty much innocent of causing lung cancer, andeven concluded that pipe smokers live longer thannon-smokers.6. Because the amount ofnicotine is so small for pipe smokers you dont see them (pipe smokers)becoming addicted to it or smoking a pipe. They smoke for the same reasonsomeone may enjoy a glass of good wine.7. But in talking aboutnicotine, lets discuss the benefits which again area always left out:Modern science tells us thatnicotine is an alkaloid which produces certain physiological effects in humansand animals. Nicotine is found in tobacco plants,and to a lesser degree in tomatoes, green peppers, potatoes, and eggplant. Thegeneral effects of nicotine are biphasic: initially it is mentallyinvigorating, and then it leads to a relaxing effect. In small doses, nicotineincreases alertness, concentration, and enhances mental performance. Today we know that nicotine protects against Alzheimers andParkinsons, and can help treat Tourettes syndrome, ADHD, schizophrenia,epilepsy, and possibly rheumatoid arthritis and colorectal cancer. Newdiscoveries are being made every year about the beneficial effects of nicotine,but these benefits are usually overshadowed in the public domain bySmokerism and anti-smoke hysteria.Fortunately, we know that stress kills, and the greatest benefit from luxurytobacco comes from its relaxing effects!8. e-Cigarettes and vapes isjust another delivery method for large quantities of nicotine that keeps youmore heavily addicted while it can help you quit cigarettes it does not stopthe delivery of larger quantities of nicotine. Not only that, youre vaping onchemicals (some may argue that its no worse than pipes or cigars). Premiumtobacco is natural; or rather has less chemical additives than say cigarettesor e-Cigarettes. For more information refer to the premium tobacco process attobacconist university.9. Pipe smoking lends itselfto slowing down ones pace. Thus, if youre a type-A personality that is onejelly dough-nut away from a heart-attack caused by stress, picking up a pipe mightallow you to relax, slow down and reflect on what has you so wound up. In turn,helping you remove one of the main contributors to health problems stress.10. We live in an increasinglyfast-paced society, so much so that we sometimes dont stop and smell theflowers. There is ritual in pipe smoking that helps ground us, and slow us downto reflect on the day and the amount of change that has happened. Pipe smokingalso helps us socialize with our friends and with strangers in ways thatfacebook and social media just cant do.