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Is smoking tobacco better than smoking cigarettes?

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Why Do People Smoke Roll Your Own Cigarettes? These are common reasons given for making your own cigarettes: Cost: A pouch of rolling tobacco and cigarette papers is much cheaper than buying brand name or generic cigarettes. read more

The tobacco itself tends to be stronger than in cigarettes, so no, it's not less harmful. However, pipe smoke is generally tasted as opposed to being inhaled into the lungs which in theory makes it less harmful to smoke a pipe than cigarettes. read more

Yet research shows that cigar and pipe smoking is every bit as dangerous as cigarette smoking, and possibly even more dangerous. A single large cigar can contain more than a 1/2 ounce of tobacco -- as much tobacco as an entire pack of cigarettes. read more

ANSWER: Some people who have been persuaded to give up smoking have ended up placing the tobacco directly inside their mouth instead—in the mistaken belief that smokeless tobacco (a.k.a. spit tobacco, chew, chaw, dip, plug, etc.) is less toxic and dangerous. read more

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