Pipe Smoking

[hc4361]

My dad smoked a pipe but I don't know anyone who smokes a pipe today. I can't remember the last time I saw anyone smoking a pipe.

Does anyone here smoke a pipe?

[douglas9401]

Pipe then.

[RATTER15]

I have done over the years but not for a long time now. I think pipe smoking is fading out with cigarette smoking.

[EDDIE51]

The owner of our local mobile phone shop is often seen standing outside the shop smoking a pipe. He is the only person I know who still smokes a pipe.

[wolf63]

I don't know any pipe smokers but the wee sweetie shop around the corner is also a tobaconist. Lovely smell from some of his tobacco.

[Jackdaw33]

When I first started teaching nearly all the men who smoked smoked a pipe. You could literally cut through the atmosphere in the common room.

[seekeerz]

Is pipe smoking as detrimental as cigarettes ? I don't know, it's never mentioned .....

[Cloverjo]

You never see a tobacconist's shop anymore. It's slightly odd that tobacconist's were also sweet shops, back in the day.
I can't remember the last time I saw anyone smoking a pipe. I remember the smell of them. I loved it.

[Cloverjo]

I hadn't read wolf's post when I posted mine. He's said what I said, more or less.

[Cloverjo]

I mean "she", sorry, wolf.

[Jackdaw33]

Yes, tobacconists and confectioners. There used to be loads of them. I remember some of the specialist tobacconists - all gone now.

[stuey]

My father always smoked St. Bruno.

[cupid04]

I smoked a liquorice pipe once...

[Jackdaw33]

Unthinkable these days but back in the 50s every Xmas I would get a junior smoker's set containing liquorice pipes, chocolate cigars, candy cigarettes and sweet tobacco (shredded coconut dusted with chocolate).

[Answerprancer]

Sort of ...I vape, the modern equivalent maybe.

[Cloverjo]

I remember sweet cigarettes, and I also remember when it was cold enough to see our breath in winter. We used to pretend the breath vapour was smoke as we puffed on our sweet ciggies.

[baza]

I smoked a pipe in the early 70s, a proper tobaconist in Tunbridge Wells used to do his own blending. Uh the good old days.

[Jackdaw33]

Around Xmas time you used to get cigarettes in boxes of 50 in a festive sleeve to give as presents.

[Answerprancer]

I remember sweet cigarettes, they used to taper during use and bend easily. I also vaguely remember sweet tobacco as long strands of desiccated coconut covered in something resembling demarera sugar (?)

[Jackdaw33]

The sweet tobacco was chocolate-coated.

[Answerprancer]

Demarera ...and no returns.