Is Pipe Smoking Bad For Your Health?

Let’s try to tackle one of the big questions that new and potential pipe smokers often ask. First of all, I am no medical doctor, so take my opinions for what they’re worth. That’s all this is, my opinion. But it is an educated opinion. 

WHERE DOES THE FEAR OF HEALTH RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH PIPE SMOKING COME FROM?

I think it stems largely from the decades-long anti-tobacco crusade spawned by government institutions as well as entities like the World Health Organization. I don’t trust any of them. And I certainly don’t trust them to decide what’s best for my health, tobacco use or not.

Granted, most of this anti-tobacco crusade in the United States targets cigarettes. I’ve never been a cigarette smoker and do not wish to become one. I simply don’t like cigarette smoking. To me, cigarettes are a product of industrial, corporate society and is a different world from premium tobacco found in quality cigars and pipe blends.

We can thank the holy trinity of government, pharmaceutical companies, and much of the medical profession for the unattractive “smoking kills” labels that adorn our tobacco tins.

So it is no wonder, with this constant barrage of doctors and governments telling the world to stop smoking, the thought crosses one’s mind almost instinctively: will this tobacco pipe kill me?