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Kathy Pinna
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09/20/2016
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AncientFaces
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Popular Science magazine promoted this mask during the 1918 - 1920 flu pandemic. You could smoke a cigarette while being protected - but you had to swallow the smoke. (Yuck!)
Ree Young
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I quit 31 years ago. I can't recall every swallowing smoke, but if you can swallow air, such as when you eat too fast or chew gum, I guess it's possible to swallow smoke.
I've read some people say they've swallowed smoke and it made them feel sick. Swallowing air can make a person burp and feel bloated. I don't think smoke in the esophagus or stomach is very good for health.
I've read some people say they've swallowed smoke and it made them feel sick. Swallowing air can make a person burp and feel bloated. I don't think smoke in the esophagus or stomach is very good for health.
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So how do people blow smoke rings? Or exhale through their noses? Don't they take smoke in really deep? (Yep, I confess, I was a 50 yr smoker - but I really, truly didn't inhale 😀)
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He's safe from influenza but gets lung cancer. Fair trade
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well, lung cancer takes longer? Actually, in the early 1900s, lung cancer was rare. It existed but pathologists would call med students in when they found it because it didn't show up very often.
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AncientFaces If lung cancer was rare, what ingredient did change in sigarets that made them more likely to cause cancer? Would be interesting to know. :-)
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Wendy Laan It would. My mother's theory was all of the chemicals they used in the latter half of the 20th century to grow and cure tobaccos. Also, filters are full of chemicals. But I also think (no proof) that it's the increased air pollution. Did you know that archaeologists have found lung damage in 5000+ yr old bodies - the damage was from cooking fires in homes.
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AncientFaces Interessting!
And I think your mum could be very right. After all tobacco on it's own is a natural product that is been used for ages and ages.
And I think your mum could be very right. After all tobacco on it's own is a natural product that is been used for ages and ages.
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Wendy Laan Cigarettes were not meant to be chain smoked as they are today.
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Virginia Helen Yes, to indigenous peoples, tobacco was sacred. Used in ceremonies.
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Michael Guerin you could STILL got a straw in for a fit of whatever!
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