"For most, snuff is an alternative to smoking," says Alexander Schardt, a snuff lover from Hamburg, Germany, who runs the popular Snuffhouse.org discussion board
Moisture will usually collect inside during the smoke and will stain the white clay around the rim of the bowl brown when blown out
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References 1.IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans
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Research on serum cotinine levels (cotinine is the principal metabolite of nicotine) shows that pipe smokers absorb significant amounts of nicotine even without inhaling
