Well, if cigarettes are so bad, what about pipes and cigars? For cigarette smokers, especially, switching is just fooling yourself. You’ll inhale the smoke to get the nicotine effect. Besides, pipe and cigar smokers have their own health problems, including cancer of the lip, tongue, throat and oesophagus.

How about smokeless tobacco such as snuff or chewing tobacco? These provide “satisfaction” by giving a shot of nicotine. It just takes a bit longer to get the hit, but then if one keeps the stuff in the mouth, there’s a constant flow to the brain. And the nicotine, regardless of the source, still has the effects on the cardiovascular system that can kill. Moreover, smokeless tobacco has been well established as a deadly cause of cancer of the mouth, and it also leads to gum disease that can mean tooth loss.

There are other things that can substitute for the oral satisfaction you’ll crave, and for the fiddling around that you do with the cigarette in your hand. I’ll detail a number of options.

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