I have learned one or two things about enjoying my smoking experience. I did buy a cob pipe and I could not get a good flavor. Very strange varnish like flavor. I couldn't taste anything but a plastic like flavor. The next morning I discovered it had a filter in the stem which I removed and now I have a good smoke tobacco taste. I even pushed a cigar into the pipe and it tasted like it should without the pipe. Now I can experiment with different tobacco in the pipe. 1. Take the filter out. 2. A cigar gives you way more flavor from the tobacco in your mouth. You have the smoke flavor and the tobacco flavor. With the pipe it is all smoke flavor.

And you can get the full effect of all the Carcinogens!

if the man enjoys it , let him , none of us are getting out of here alive , he can choose his way.

I agree.
And can you imagine ? ? ? Some folks actually ride motorcycles, and even drink poison ! (alcohol)

Do a deep dive into whats in what you are eating. The amount of herbicides and pesticides found in every day products will amaze you.. we grow, raise, catch, or hunt a large % of our food.

Im also experimenting on learning g how to produce my own tasty poison( wine ) day 5 on fermentation today . The wait is killing me. If I had a good fool proof recipe I would start another batch. Just picked up a 5 gal carboy and some other things used off market place. But I dont want to experiment with a big batch i would rather be sure I will get something thet will turn out. I dont mine experimenting with half gal or 1 gal batches.

George Burns smoked cigars every day. Made it to 100.