Beneficial cigarettes?

Adam

I was pondering this the other night but, unfortunately, i dont have all the answers... but as we all know, the collective boards community could tell the world the meaning of life if we unified our efforts, and used google a lot...

So my ponder was this: Is there no substance which, when burned, gives off a smoke that is beneficial when inhaled? (i spent most of my time wondering how to word that...)

And subsequently, could cigarettes which are actually beneficial to your health not be created?? Be they nicotine free or otherwise, i feel it would be a remarkable aid to smokers, knowing they could smoke something that wasn't going to possibly kill them... Thoughts?

Of course this could all be dispelled if no such substance exists... here's hoping!

plonk

An american cigarette company has invented a cigarette which they claim to be 90% less harmful but with all the great flavour
but to answer your question i dont think anyone would sxoke anything else as it would not be as addictive

Fajitas!

Hmmm...burning anything is automatically going to create smoke...which will stick to your lungs as tar... So I'd say the nearest you'd be able to get is some form of inhaler.

However, it would be great. I have a horrible cough at the moment from smoking. Ugh. Cancerous.

Endurance Man

Well there are herbal cigarettes. I smoked them when i was trying to stop the old nicotine, not really sure if they are good for you but they certainly arent as bad as normal cigs should i say

Adam

Well, being a smoker, and having tried to quit, i know that half the problem is needing something to do with your hands, its an unusual feeling, but i personally believe that if i were to try and quit knowing that there was something i could smoke instead it would be a lot easier...

And as i said, these theoretical cigarettes could contain nicotine, just not the million and one other harmful ingredients...

sideFX

fade_to_grey wrote:

And subsequently, could cigarettes which are actually beneficial to your health not be created?? Be they nicotine free or otherwise, i feel it would be a remarkable aid to smokers, knowing they could smoke something that wasn't going to possibly kill them... Thoughts

Don't think so mate. It's the nicotine we're addicted too so whatever it is would have to substitute that. And substitutions are normally as bad ... e.g. heroin / methadone.
Ye see your body naturally makes small amounts of nicotine and when you start smoking it doesn't need to so the galnd gets the sack and is made redundant and dies. If you could figure out a way of stimulating it again with a substance there might be a chance. I'm not a doctor so i stand fully corrected to that but im 90% sure. Anyway, half the problem is the ritual of smoking and the bizz of the secretive behaviour when you first start.

I like your thinking tho ..

Adam

Back in a sec lads, just poppin out for a smoke!

biko

Nicotine can have a beneficial effect on schizophrenia