"clean" tobacco?

[0roo0roo]

pure smoke into your lungs without even a fiter. unfiltered its like smoking several filtered cigs. your brother is just rationalizing bullsh*t he wants to do.

http://www.hws.wsu.edu/healthycoug/Articles/BidiCigarettes.html
Studies have found that bidis and other additive-free cigarettes produced equal to greater amounts of nicotine, carbon monoxide, tar and other toxic components.

 

[EyeMWing]

Is your brother my electronics recycler?

And it's healthier. But still a damned far cry from healthy.

 

[Pepsi90919]

he's gotta be smart, he's smoking

 

[ubercaffeinated]

Get real, the filter/no filter difference should be clear, regardless of additives. To put it simply, the main issue here is tar and whatever else is unfiltered in the smoke. Tar does far worse damage than any of the additives put together to the body. Sure, nicotine on it's own causes all sorts of problems, but in terms of lung cancer and/or development of COPD, the causes are mainly due to tar + other carcinogens in the smoke and how it royally ****** up your airways.

http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/328/7431/72

"Conclusion The increase in lung cancer risk is similar in people who smoke medium tar cigarettes (15-21 mg), low tar cigarettes (8-14 mg), or very low tar cigarettes (<= 7 mg). Men and women who smoke non-filtered cigarettes with tar ratings >= 22 mg have an even higher risk of lung cancer."

 

[Gibsons]

Originally posted by: makoto00
Get real, the filter/no filter difference should be clear, regardless of additives. To put it simply, the main issue here is tar and whatever else is unfiltered in the smoke. Tar does far worse damage than any of the additives put together to the body. Sure, nicotine on it's own causes all sorts of problems, but in terms of lung cancer and/or development of COPD, the causes are mainly due to tar + other carcinogens in the smoke and how it royally ****** up your airways.

http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/328/7431/72

"Conclusion The increase in lung cancer risk is similar in people who smoke medium tar cigarettes (15-21 mg), low tar cigarettes (8-14 mg), or very low tar cigarettes (<= 7 mg). Men and women who smoke non-filtered cigarettes with tar ratings >= 22 mg have an even higher risk of lung cancer."

First link to peer-reviewed data in this thread. :beer:

Although 0roo0roo gets credit for an indirect link. :beer:

 

[imported_LoKe]

I have to appologize. I missed the comment about him not using a filter. However, my arguments should be assumed to mean 100% pure filtered vs store-bought filtered.