Put That in Your Pipe!

At a time when tobacco regulations and taxation are claiming to be doing it for the children, to prevent access and keep them from tobacco, it begs the question, has anyone bothered asking 'the children' why they started smoking or where they buy their tobacco?  It is against the law in the first place to provide minors with tobacco and most legitimate businesses abide by that. In an effort to punish those that don't follow the law more laws are enacted that end up harming those that play by the rules the most.

 

I can only speak for myself. I never took up the cigarette habit. Both my parents smoked at home and in the car with the windows up - the 70's and 80s, what great times. :)  I was into sports and didn't like the way cigarette smoke smelled. When I was 25, out the blue I decide to buy a cigar because I liked the way they smelled and loved it. Over the years I smoked cigars occasionally but not enough to call myself a smoker. Fast forward to 2009. I am recently married with one daughter and a son on the way. It is getting more difficult to find time to sit down to smoke a cigar and the smell afterword was not a favorite thing for my wife. Hey, why not try a pipe. I did. I found it relaxing, and the smell actually didn't bother my wife when I came back in from my man cave.

Believe it or not I do have a point to this story. It was about this time I came across an article written by Rick Newcombe, "Put That in Your Pipe: As an act of rebellion against political correctness, pipe smoking is hard to beat." A passion for the briar and pipe tobacco was born! I don't always have time to sit down and enjoy a full pipe bowl, but the idea of what pipe smoking represents is with me always. It is different for everyone. As pipe and cigar smokers know, it isn't an addiction, its is a way of thought and a certain old school attitude toward life. Enough of my ramblings, Mr. Newcombe explains it far better than I could. Enjoy!

Put That in Your Pipe

Here is another great article about adult college students discovering the pipe - note that high cigarette taxes made some check pipe smoking out and a pleasant experience kept them interested.  There weren't any predatory tobacco execs or advertisers pushing them into it.  Isn't FREE WILL a grand thing! 

The Latest Thing They're Smoking in Pipes on College Campuses: Tobacco