Cigar Smoke and the Dangers of Being Exposed to it
Author: Jackie Winn
Every one has heard of the risks associated with passive smoking. A lot of people ask whether the dangers of inhaling send hand cigar smoke are as great, or even greater.
Unfortunately it seems that being around the second hand smoke from a lit cigar is just carries as much danger or even more danger then that from regular cigarette smoke.
Second hand smoke given out by lit tobacco products is classes as environmental smoke from tobacco. Environmental smoke relates to all the second-hand smoke given out from lit tobacco products, including cigarettes and cigars. Research tells is that this environmental smoke contains many of the same type of chemicals and irritants that smokers inhale on a daily basis.
All types of environmental smoke from tobacco contain, ammonia, nicotine, carbon monoxide and hydrogen cyanide, they may also contain varying amounts of benzene hydrocarbons, nitrosamines and vinyl chlorine which are all recognized as carcinogens. Due to the fact that as a rule cigars are usually considerably larger than standard cigarettes they actually release greater amounts of second hand smoke than cigarettes. Due to these facts being around second hand smoke from cigars can be a greater risk to health then inhaling second hand cigarette smoke.
Even considering that cigarettes and cigars both release similar types of environment tobacco smoke, there are in fact some key differences between both types. These key differences are due to the vastly different methods used during the manufacture of Cigarettes and Cigars.
The process of manufacturing cigars includes a long process of aging and fermentation of the tobacco leaves. During this manufacturing process, large quantities of carcinogens are made. When a cigar has been aged and fermented it is packed into a nonporous wrapper which is designed to slow the burning process of the cigar. The Fermentation and manufacturing process both add to the levels of carcinogens released into the smoke of a lit cigar.
Once a cigar is lit, to combination of carcinogens produced during the manufacturing process are released. The non-porous wrapper around the cigar also adds to an unclean burn that contains an elevated level of carcinogens.
Yet another reason for cigars producing larger amounts of carcinogens is their length and girth. To put it simply cigars are larger than cigarettes and their greater size means they emit a greater volume of smoking contain toxins, irritants and carcinogens. On top of this, and to make matters worse, cigars are designed to be smoked more slowly than cigarettes and people who smoke cigars are encouraged to "enjoy the relaxing experience" and take their time. This leads to a longer smoking time, and of course much more smoke is produced. For health reasons therefore it is advisable to avoid places where cigars are being smoked and if you personally do smoke cigars try to do so in an area which is well ventilated.
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How do i get a sexy throaty smokesque voice without the carcinogens of smoking?
You need to go to a game and scream like hell! You will have the smokesque voice the next day.
Because of the smoking bans many people are spouting off how many known carcinogens are in second hand smoke?
Do any of these activist spouting off how bad smoking is know how many known carcinogens are in automobile and truck exhaust? Is that next? Anyone know if any studies have been done?
not sure on the exact number….but i do know that these HEALTHY overweight, heavy drinkers are glad about the smoking ban!!!
If smoking is so bad, why does it take so long to kill you?
With all the carcinogens in the smoke you would think everyone who smoked would get Cancer, why isn’t that the case? Is it because smoking is actually beneficial to your health and rids crazy anti-smoking junk food eating people from your life?
I was surprised to learn that less than 20% of ALL smokers develop lung cancer. Makes you wonder if all the hubbub about second hand smoke is just exaggeration too!
Hookah smoking exposes the user to much more carcinogens than cigarettes. I tried it once, will I be okay?
Yes, it takes years of smoking to get cancer.
Which smoking device limits the harm from carcinogens the most?
This is regarding marijuana use, not sure if that makes a difference. (keep your opinions to your self, I’m looking for facts and if you think your nay saying about smoking is going to be the reason that I stop your wrong so save both of us some time and move on to the next question if you don’t have any helpful insight. Thank you)
I think the answer is either a “volcano” vaporizer, or a bong with multiple percolators, however I am only speculating.
I would go with the vaporizor. BUT, you NEED to have one that is temp controlled. Having the vaporizor does no good if you have it too hot – you will catch it on fire and end up with the same chemicals. The point of vaporizing is to heat it up enough to create vapors, but not enough to catch it on fire or create smoke. So, you need temp control to do that.
Really though, the BEST way to remove harmful chemicals from your experience, in my opinion, is to cook in food.