Although it isn't a pollutant in the way cigarette smoke is with tars, checmicals, etc, smoke is smoke and it burns your throat and lungs. Everytime you smoke (anything) you are, basically, burning your throat and lungs.

how bad is pot smoke for the lungs? Well, if you're smoking it everyday, it's definitely really bad. Joints don't have filters. also, you're not getting a quality controlled product, and it's going to be harsh stuff. pot smoke DOES have tar in it and it does form some unsavory compounds when it combusts.

It's better for your brain and your lungs if you try a healthier way to relax. Exercising regularly is amazingly good for your body, not just weight loss. I find myself feeling a lot less stressed if I go to the gym for an hour.

Hell, I smoked them for about two months, but mostly for the smell.(I soon discovered a wonderful brand of clove incense and gave up the nasty habit.)

Lately,though, I'm around so much secondhand tobacco smoke that I can taste it sometimes -- and it's starting to taste good. Thing is, I'm mildly allergic to tobacco, so I couldn't smoke them even if I wanted.

Clove cigarettes are made with second rate tobacco, but they add clove oil to them to make them smell nicer. Clove oil also anesthetizes the air passages so that you don't ontice the harsher smoke tearing the hell out of your lungs.

So in short, clove cigs are TOBACCO, and they are not a safe product.

You can find support groups to help you kick a tobaco or pot habit. A good start is to get involved in activities where you can't smoke. Get a job, take up a sport or something. Just keep yourself occupied in a healthy activity where you cannot smoke, and the habit will be less overwhelming.

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I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.

- Galileo

Message to the American stoners who think they're overachievers: getting busted for pot possession will make you ineligible for financial aid and many scholarships. many colleges ask about criminal records, including drug busts. don't f*ck up your chances of getting into college because you wanted to smoke out. that's a great way to screw yourself over big time.