NuffCatnip: I smoked from time to time, but I stopped after I had a pneumothorax, my right lung collapsed. :/
I´m even getting paranoid if someone is smoking near me. :P
You do realize, that pipe smoke is not inhaled and smoking a pipe won't even give you a noteworthy amount of nicotine?
Besides the point, that the standard active coal pipe filters are vastly superior to this nonsense that is used in cigarettes.
I didn't smoke cigarettes for long since they were all not very tasty and interfered with my singing which smoking pipe doesn't really, especcially when done so rarely like I do.
Excessive pipe smoking can be dangerous for the throat but not really for the lungs.
It's not surprising to see, that people here talk about "smoking" as it would be the same with every system while cigarettes are the worst variant for your health (while tasting really shitty), since cigarettes are so common since it's not about aroma but about nicotine for most people anyway.
One question for the cigarette smokers here:
Why inhale? Have you developed taste sensors in your lungs by some weird quirk of evolution?
I don't see the point since deliberately getting a nicotine addiction and lung cancer can't be a valid reason either.