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I am not crazy up on all this Wikipedia tagging and such, forgive me. Many years ago I views this article as I started smoking a pipe, and I will say it seems far, far more complete now. The overview and practical use of this article is spectacular, and I was genuinely impressed while reading that it has a great collection of all the things I've learned over the years. Just wanted to say that, amazing, quality article. Truly encyclopedic. 2600:1008:B100:8E85:0:0:0:103 ( talk) 09:52, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
I would agree, with the following serious reservation: this article completely lacks information about the health effects of smoking a pipe. I've had a lot of trouble finding any trustworthy information about the health effects of pipe smoking from simple searches. You get so much stuff on pipe forums and pipe tobacco sales sites saying that it is better for you than cigarettes, or sometimes even that it is better for you than not smoking. I expect a lot of this is bull, and it's very irresponsible. Then again, on sites concerned with health or general information about smoking and nicotine addiction, there is very little specific information about pipe smoking, only about cigars or water pipes. For example, it's difficult to find any information about the amount of nicotine and tar taken in from inhaling pipe tobacco compared to cigarettes. I really think it would be great if the Wikipedia article could collate some helpful and specific information concerning the health effects; failing that, at least a warning about the general dangers of tobacco smoking would be sensible. BuffaloBill90 ( talk) 21:05, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
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The photo at top appears to be broke. Just a heads up. 66.191.19.68 ( talk) 23:27, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
G. H. Hardy was English, it is doubtful whether this is a US work Phrood 14:08, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
*Delete it's not Lewis Collard! ( talk, contribs, en.wp) 14:31, 10 January 2008 (UTC) Deleted. — Giggy 13:24, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
I challenge the statement in the article: "Pipe smoke, like cigar smoke, is usually not inhaled. It is merely brought into the mouth and then released"
Where are the facts or statistics to prove this? Throughout the history of pipe smoking the smoke has been inhaled, not inhaling is an exception. Pipe smokers are not just "puffers". Pipe smokers do "puff" to keep tobacco burning etc, but they inhale as well. The notion of not inhaling is a health-conscious and politically-correct recommendation and trend of modern times in developed countries. That is a good idea, but this article should be about facts, i.e what in fact most pipe smokers do. I am a pipe smoker and I inhale, and all the ones I know inhale. We pipe smokers get smoke in our lungs because we inhale. Fact. If you puff, do not generalise. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.7.210.128 ( talk) 07:16, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
Pipe smoke is seldom inhaled, and a simple search of the switch to cigarettes in the 20's and 30's will show that early tobacco companies emphasized that the cigarette is inhaled (it was a selling point. Believe it or not, inhaling was considered feminine at one point and puffing masculine). Pipe tobacco, just like cigars, is high in alkalinity and not generally intended to be inhaled. That being said, it is personal preference in the end of the day, but as a lifelong pipe smoker who was born before 1950 (when it wasn't such as strange thing to smoke a pipe), I can state earnestly that inhaling wasn't common back then either (nor was political correctness). Pipe tobacco has changed massively over the past few centuries and is almost unrecognizable today in comparison to what was smoked hundreds of years ago. I assure you it is not a politically correct statement to say it is not inhaled, in fact, pipe smokers (myself included) tend to view inhaling as amateurish or otherwise uncouth (at least my generation does). If one wants to nitpick, then the earliest form of tobacco use was chewing and nasal inhalation via "nose pipes" of Native American tribes. Contrary to popular belief, the peace pipe is usually filled with what are called "smoking herbs" and not, usually, tobacco. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.96.15.125 ( talk) 02:03, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
Once again our lead picture has been deleted. To whoever it was who uploaded that last batch, those were very nice, but they got deleted because they weren't marked properly. If it's your work, you need to mark it as such or else those bots will get testy. I'd add a picture of my own pipe rack, but seeing as though three of my pipes are already on the page, I figure someone else ought to get the glory. So, please, look at your pipe rack and consider taking a picture. Frotz ( talk) 03:47, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
Does anyone here have a reference (that doesn't point back to Wikipedia) for the statement that a calabash pipe is easier to hold in the mouth whilst doing other things? Most calabashes I've examined, including my own, are too heavy to do this comfortably. Frotz ( talk) 19:51, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Well if its notable enough to the product , there might be some WP:RS written about it somewhere, otherwise its technically not notable enough to write in Wikipedia. Good question tho, I myself have never used a calabash. EliteArcher88 ( talk) 09:27, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
A proposed illustration ( [1]) showing how to install a 1/4"-diameter screened crater in an existing typical wide-bowl tobacco pipe was, contrary to standard Wikipedia practice, deleted within hours from this talk page as, according to the veteran editor, "unconstructive" and possibly "vandalism". (Those terms may be accurate in describing some edits made to articles but there is a presumption of good faith on talk pages.)
Surely it is to be expected that cigarette smokers, seeking to control their habit without abandoning inhaling altogether, will consult this article to find out about tobacco pipes that are small enough to use for that purpose. For this reason it is convenient that the midwakh picture be present, and obligatory that options for downconverting an ornate or treasured pipe also be covered.
A disturbing aspect of the above-mentioned editor's thinking is perhaps hinted at in a message to the undersigned: " Smoking pipe (tobacco) is about tobacco, not cannabis." One typical way in which the highly monopolistic cigarette industry, armed with tons of advertising money and contributions to influence legislators, and with the help of many "useful idiots", defends its profit margin (based on compulsory overdose, such as the 700-mg. cigarette format), is to defame and criminalize small, relatively non-wasteful smoking devices as illegal cannabis drug paraphernalia.
But at least, Sir, thanks for not inhaling! Tokerdesigner ( talk) 18:45, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
1. Including a reference, or any coverage, on screening[ [2] the crater is the only way to address the ignorance of many hot burning overdose smokers, who don't know (because the industry doesn't want them to) that smaller servings can be used (inhale or not) and that a screen is thinkable (let alone advantageous, because small particles won't slip down the channel and clog things up). This article, listed near the top of the "google" search results, probably attracts many readers who are thinking over their smoking options, and would be interested to know it is possible to use fine-grained material (such as the tobacco in some cigarettes) in a pipe instead, in which case a screen is advisable.
2. Suppressing a reference [3] to wikiHow is tantamount, in this case, to preventing readers from verifying that the idea of a small pipe (like the midwakh) is feasible; in that the wikiHow article, complete with a diagram, furnishes information on how to make one (whether large tobacco corporations approve or not). Meanwhile check that article aqain and see if you don't agree its approach is encyclopedic, objective, informative and that its inclusion is in the interest of public health. Tokerdesigner ( talk) 23:05, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
Pipes have been used since ancient times. Herodotus described Scythians inhaling the fumes of burning leaves in 500 B.C. Romans, and Greeks adopted pipes from their neighbors to the east and they were subsequently used by Germanic, Celtic and Nordic tribes.
As tobacco was not introduced to the Old World until the 16th century, the pipes outside of the Americas were usually used to smoke hashish, a rare and expensive substance outside areas of the Middle East, Central Asia and India where it was produced.
Native Americans smoked tobacco in pipes long before the arrival of Europeans. Tobacco was introduced to Europe from the Americas in the 16th century and spread around the world rapidly. Until the past century, when mass marketing made tobacco cheaper and advertisers urged larger dosages, most pipe bowls were narrow permitting small amounts of herb to burn at low temperature.
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"Other metal tobacco pipes include the very small Japanese kiseru and Arabian midwakh."
Progress has been made on another Pipe smoking-related article toward clarifying the issue of whether a specific design of pipe (narrowness of bowl) applies to inhalant or non-inhalant use. I feel the distinction "tobacco pipe vs. non-tobacco pipe" is far less useful to the reader. It can probably be easily verified of the kiseru and midwakh that they are so small precisely because intended for inhalant use-- of tobacco or anything. So since those pipes are mentioned anyway-- less pertinently under "metal"-- coverage of the inhalant vs non-inhalant distinction belongs in this article too.
(Also: why exclude the sebsi because it is "mainly" used for cannabis, when anyone can use a sebsi any time to inhale from a small plug of cigarette tobacco and possibly a verifiable percentage of all Moroccan smokers do.)
Wikipedia tolerates lingering "red links" which serve as challenge to researchers (unless you or I get it done first) to complete fact-checking; this is one of those legitimate "exceptional" cases. If some mention of this "inhalant" issue here resulted in some inhalant tobacco users getting the idea of switching from cigarettes to a small pipe, millions of lives and a huge share of national health care budgets would be saved, Jimmy would win a NewBowl Prize and $$millions would be raised for Wikipedia ( WP:Ignore all rules). Tokerdesigner ( talk) 17:40, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
"Herodotus described Scythians inhaling the fumes of burning leaves" - anyone can confirm that part? I've checked (but briefly by searching key words) in Herodotus "The Histories" and I couldn't find anything about smoking leaves, just smoking cannabis seeds in small tents. Asiemieniak ( talk) 13:18, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
This article is getting too many pictures. One picture for each type of pipe is good, but we now have multiple briar and meerchaums. This is disrupting the alignment of having an example of each type right next to its description. Your thoughts? -- Frotz( talk) 22:32, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
I agree - but have just made the problem worse by adding a reference to Churchwarden pipe, plus a picture. Is it possible to align the text with the pictures? Hjcross ( talk) 10:31, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
The second paragraph is unsourced and reads like copy from an aficionados' handbook on various pipes. In fact, there are many spots in this article that verge on celebratory. -- TheDiogenesBarrel ( talk) 01:29, 5 April 2015 (UTC)
The usage and topic of Peace Pipe is under discussion, see talk:Peace pipe (disambiguation) -- 67.70.32.190 ( talk) 04:50, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
In the section "Sweetening" there's some sources missing. Well, here is in fact one source for how to sweeten a pipe: http://www.thepipe.info/info/congos.html
I have no idea how to edit that into the article, so i'm leaving it here and hoping someone else will know how. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kongkret ( talk • contribs) 15:20, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
The Hookah article has a lengthy discussion of the [ associated health risks], it seems odd that this article doesn't mention such things. Far be it from me to suggest pipe smoking is seen as more culturally acceptable to the Wikipedian community than hookah smoking, thus excusing it from censure? But in any case it's a glaring inconsistency. Stub Mandrel ( talk) 16:39, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
Pipe smoking, while not healthy, is by far the "healthiest" of tobacco consumption methods behind snuff. The average pipe smoker only has a slightly higher chance of cancer than a non-smoker (and this can be confirmed by a google search). The risks exist, but to a lesser extent than any other type of tobacco use (again, behind snuff, which has an almost nonexistant risk level). I see, personally, no reason to have an extensive part of the article devoted to this, but a small "Health Risks" section of an unbiased nature could merit inclusion of course. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.96.15.125 ( talk) 02:09, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
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One of the best poems ever written is ´´ The Pipe ´´ by Baudelaire. Perhaps one of the english versions could improve this article! ( Ulftomme ) 2A00:1830:A001:F007:0:0:0:6 ( talk) 15:04, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
There is a phrase that reads "Most pipe tobaccos are less mild than cigarette tobacco" which sounds confusing and I'm not sure what it means. "less mild" in flavor? in nicotine content? Also, this would mean it's more powerful in some respects, and I'm not sure how that's being measured. OrlikGS89 ( talk) 21:13, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
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I am not crazy up on all this Wikipedia tagging and such, forgive me. Many years ago I views this article as I started smoking a pipe, and I will say it seems far, far more complete now. The overview and practical use of this article is spectacular, and I was genuinely impressed while reading that it has a great collection of all the things I've learned over the years. Just wanted to say that, amazing, quality article. Truly encyclopedic. 2600:1008:B100:8E85:0:0:0:103 ( talk) 09:52, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
I would agree, with the following serious reservation: this article completely lacks information about the health effects of smoking a pipe. I've had a lot of trouble finding any trustworthy information about the health effects of pipe smoking from simple searches. You get so much stuff on pipe forums and pipe tobacco sales sites saying that it is better for you than cigarettes, or sometimes even that it is better for you than not smoking. I expect a lot of this is bull, and it's very irresponsible. Then again, on sites concerned with health or general information about smoking and nicotine addiction, there is very little specific information about pipe smoking, only about cigars or water pipes. For example, it's difficult to find any information about the amount of nicotine and tar taken in from inhaling pipe tobacco compared to cigarettes. I really think it would be great if the Wikipedia article could collate some helpful and specific information concerning the health effects; failing that, at least a warning about the general dangers of tobacco smoking would be sensible. BuffaloBill90 ( talk) 21:05, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
Wikipedia is not a discussion forum; talk pages are for discussing improvements to the article.
The photo at top appears to be broke. Just a heads up. 66.191.19.68 ( talk) 23:27, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
G. H. Hardy was English, it is doubtful whether this is a US work Phrood 14:08, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
*Delete it's not Lewis Collard! ( talk, contribs, en.wp) 14:31, 10 January 2008 (UTC) Deleted. — Giggy 13:24, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
I challenge the statement in the article: "Pipe smoke, like cigar smoke, is usually not inhaled. It is merely brought into the mouth and then released"
Where are the facts or statistics to prove this? Throughout the history of pipe smoking the smoke has been inhaled, not inhaling is an exception. Pipe smokers are not just "puffers". Pipe smokers do "puff" to keep tobacco burning etc, but they inhale as well. The notion of not inhaling is a health-conscious and politically-correct recommendation and trend of modern times in developed countries. That is a good idea, but this article should be about facts, i.e what in fact most pipe smokers do. I am a pipe smoker and I inhale, and all the ones I know inhale. We pipe smokers get smoke in our lungs because we inhale. Fact. If you puff, do not generalise. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.7.210.128 ( talk) 07:16, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
Pipe smoke is seldom inhaled, and a simple search of the switch to cigarettes in the 20's and 30's will show that early tobacco companies emphasized that the cigarette is inhaled (it was a selling point. Believe it or not, inhaling was considered feminine at one point and puffing masculine). Pipe tobacco, just like cigars, is high in alkalinity and not generally intended to be inhaled. That being said, it is personal preference in the end of the day, but as a lifelong pipe smoker who was born before 1950 (when it wasn't such as strange thing to smoke a pipe), I can state earnestly that inhaling wasn't common back then either (nor was political correctness). Pipe tobacco has changed massively over the past few centuries and is almost unrecognizable today in comparison to what was smoked hundreds of years ago. I assure you it is not a politically correct statement to say it is not inhaled, in fact, pipe smokers (myself included) tend to view inhaling as amateurish or otherwise uncouth (at least my generation does). If one wants to nitpick, then the earliest form of tobacco use was chewing and nasal inhalation via "nose pipes" of Native American tribes. Contrary to popular belief, the peace pipe is usually filled with what are called "smoking herbs" and not, usually, tobacco. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.96.15.125 ( talk) 02:03, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
Once again our lead picture has been deleted. To whoever it was who uploaded that last batch, those were very nice, but they got deleted because they weren't marked properly. If it's your work, you need to mark it as such or else those bots will get testy. I'd add a picture of my own pipe rack, but seeing as though three of my pipes are already on the page, I figure someone else ought to get the glory. So, please, look at your pipe rack and consider taking a picture. Frotz ( talk) 03:47, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
Does anyone here have a reference (that doesn't point back to Wikipedia) for the statement that a calabash pipe is easier to hold in the mouth whilst doing other things? Most calabashes I've examined, including my own, are too heavy to do this comfortably. Frotz ( talk) 19:51, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Well if its notable enough to the product , there might be some WP:RS written about it somewhere, otherwise its technically not notable enough to write in Wikipedia. Good question tho, I myself have never used a calabash. EliteArcher88 ( talk) 09:27, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
A proposed illustration ( [1]) showing how to install a 1/4"-diameter screened crater in an existing typical wide-bowl tobacco pipe was, contrary to standard Wikipedia practice, deleted within hours from this talk page as, according to the veteran editor, "unconstructive" and possibly "vandalism". (Those terms may be accurate in describing some edits made to articles but there is a presumption of good faith on talk pages.)
Surely it is to be expected that cigarette smokers, seeking to control their habit without abandoning inhaling altogether, will consult this article to find out about tobacco pipes that are small enough to use for that purpose. For this reason it is convenient that the midwakh picture be present, and obligatory that options for downconverting an ornate or treasured pipe also be covered.
A disturbing aspect of the above-mentioned editor's thinking is perhaps hinted at in a message to the undersigned: " Smoking pipe (tobacco) is about tobacco, not cannabis." One typical way in which the highly monopolistic cigarette industry, armed with tons of advertising money and contributions to influence legislators, and with the help of many "useful idiots", defends its profit margin (based on compulsory overdose, such as the 700-mg. cigarette format), is to defame and criminalize small, relatively non-wasteful smoking devices as illegal cannabis drug paraphernalia.
But at least, Sir, thanks for not inhaling! Tokerdesigner ( talk) 18:45, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
1. Including a reference, or any coverage, on screening[ [2] the crater is the only way to address the ignorance of many hot burning overdose smokers, who don't know (because the industry doesn't want them to) that smaller servings can be used (inhale or not) and that a screen is thinkable (let alone advantageous, because small particles won't slip down the channel and clog things up). This article, listed near the top of the "google" search results, probably attracts many readers who are thinking over their smoking options, and would be interested to know it is possible to use fine-grained material (such as the tobacco in some cigarettes) in a pipe instead, in which case a screen is advisable.
2. Suppressing a reference [3] to wikiHow is tantamount, in this case, to preventing readers from verifying that the idea of a small pipe (like the midwakh) is feasible; in that the wikiHow article, complete with a diagram, furnishes information on how to make one (whether large tobacco corporations approve or not). Meanwhile check that article aqain and see if you don't agree its approach is encyclopedic, objective, informative and that its inclusion is in the interest of public health. Tokerdesigner ( talk) 23:05, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
Pipes have been used since ancient times. Herodotus described Scythians inhaling the fumes of burning leaves in 500 B.C. Romans, and Greeks adopted pipes from their neighbors to the east and they were subsequently used by Germanic, Celtic and Nordic tribes.
As tobacco was not introduced to the Old World until the 16th century, the pipes outside of the Americas were usually used to smoke hashish, a rare and expensive substance outside areas of the Middle East, Central Asia and India where it was produced.
Native Americans smoked tobacco in pipes long before the arrival of Europeans. Tobacco was introduced to Europe from the Americas in the 16th century and spread around the world rapidly. Until the past century, when mass marketing made tobacco cheaper and advertisers urged larger dosages, most pipe bowls were narrow permitting small amounts of herb to burn at low temperature.
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"Other metal tobacco pipes include the very small Japanese kiseru and Arabian midwakh."
Progress has been made on another Pipe smoking-related article toward clarifying the issue of whether a specific design of pipe (narrowness of bowl) applies to inhalant or non-inhalant use. I feel the distinction "tobacco pipe vs. non-tobacco pipe" is far less useful to the reader. It can probably be easily verified of the kiseru and midwakh that they are so small precisely because intended for inhalant use-- of tobacco or anything. So since those pipes are mentioned anyway-- less pertinently under "metal"-- coverage of the inhalant vs non-inhalant distinction belongs in this article too.
(Also: why exclude the sebsi because it is "mainly" used for cannabis, when anyone can use a sebsi any time to inhale from a small plug of cigarette tobacco and possibly a verifiable percentage of all Moroccan smokers do.)
Wikipedia tolerates lingering "red links" which serve as challenge to researchers (unless you or I get it done first) to complete fact-checking; this is one of those legitimate "exceptional" cases. If some mention of this "inhalant" issue here resulted in some inhalant tobacco users getting the idea of switching from cigarettes to a small pipe, millions of lives and a huge share of national health care budgets would be saved, Jimmy would win a NewBowl Prize and $$millions would be raised for Wikipedia ( WP:Ignore all rules). Tokerdesigner ( talk) 17:40, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
"Herodotus described Scythians inhaling the fumes of burning leaves" - anyone can confirm that part? I've checked (but briefly by searching key words) in Herodotus "The Histories" and I couldn't find anything about smoking leaves, just smoking cannabis seeds in small tents. Asiemieniak ( talk) 13:18, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
This article is getting too many pictures. One picture for each type of pipe is good, but we now have multiple briar and meerchaums. This is disrupting the alignment of having an example of each type right next to its description. Your thoughts? -- Frotz( talk) 22:32, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
I agree - but have just made the problem worse by adding a reference to Churchwarden pipe, plus a picture. Is it possible to align the text with the pictures? Hjcross ( talk) 10:31, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
The second paragraph is unsourced and reads like copy from an aficionados' handbook on various pipes. In fact, there are many spots in this article that verge on celebratory. -- TheDiogenesBarrel ( talk) 01:29, 5 April 2015 (UTC)
The usage and topic of Peace Pipe is under discussion, see talk:Peace pipe (disambiguation) -- 67.70.32.190 ( talk) 04:50, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
In the section "Sweetening" there's some sources missing. Well, here is in fact one source for how to sweeten a pipe: http://www.thepipe.info/info/congos.html
I have no idea how to edit that into the article, so i'm leaving it here and hoping someone else will know how. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kongkret ( talk • contribs) 15:20, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
The Hookah article has a lengthy discussion of the [ associated health risks], it seems odd that this article doesn't mention such things. Far be it from me to suggest pipe smoking is seen as more culturally acceptable to the Wikipedian community than hookah smoking, thus excusing it from censure? But in any case it's a glaring inconsistency. Stub Mandrel ( talk) 16:39, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
Pipe smoking, while not healthy, is by far the "healthiest" of tobacco consumption methods behind snuff. The average pipe smoker only has a slightly higher chance of cancer than a non-smoker (and this can be confirmed by a google search). The risks exist, but to a lesser extent than any other type of tobacco use (again, behind snuff, which has an almost nonexistant risk level). I see, personally, no reason to have an extensive part of the article devoted to this, but a small "Health Risks" section of an unbiased nature could merit inclusion of course. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.96.15.125 ( talk) 02:09, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
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One of the best poems ever written is ´´ The Pipe ´´ by Baudelaire. Perhaps one of the english versions could improve this article! ( Ulftomme ) 2A00:1830:A001:F007:0:0:0:6 ( talk) 15:04, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
There is a phrase that reads "Most pipe tobaccos are less mild than cigarette tobacco" which sounds confusing and I'm not sure what it means. "less mild" in flavor? in nicotine content? Also, this would mean it's more powerful in some respects, and I'm not sure how that's being measured. OrlikGS89 ( talk) 21:13, 11 July 2024 (UTC)