swallowing smoke

[melt_000]

sometimes when i take a big hit of tobacco, i seem to involuntarily swallow some or most of the smoke? not like when you try to swallow to make sure it's in your lungs, but i feel it going into my stomach. is this wasteful? the stomach lining wouldn't absorb smoke very well would it?

[IHrtHalucingens]

yes it is pretty wasteful, your stomach is not designed to absorb gases into your blood stream as your lungs are.

[Dr.Ganesha]

It's probably a little wasteful, but the majority of the smoke is probably still going into your lungs. This happens to swim often, but he never feels like he didn't get as high as he should have. Also, it's neat to burp up smoke 30 minutes after you've finished smoking (if you're nowhere that you shouldn't be burping up weed).

[melt_000]

Originally Posted by Dr.Ganesha

It's probably a little wasteful, but the majority of the smoke is probably still going into your lungs. This happens to swim often, but he never feels like he didn't get as high as he should have. Also, it's neat to burp up smoke 30 minutes after you've finished smoking (if you're nowhere that you shouldn't be burping up weed).

yeah that happened when i was at checkout at the gas station.

[Creeping Death]

Getting too much smoke in my stomach makes it hurt the day after for me. When you take the hit, try to exhale first. This will help you to use your lungs.

[bcStoner420]

Happens to SWIM often when taking huge ass hoots out of bongs etc. If you really don't want to waste any, burp as much of it back into your mouth asn you can (closed mouth) and then inhale it, lol. Usually you will not be losing enough to really worry about.

[Silence_Inc]

holy amazonian tobacco is smoked by swallowing it ... dunno exactly what it's good for though.

[Sky Walker]

I think swallowing tobacco smoke is MAYBE good for causing stomach cancer.
I think swallowing tobacco smoke is somewhat wasteful depending on how much you inhale compared to how much you swallow. If you swallow all the smoke then this is most likely a huge waste.
I thing burping up smoke 30mins later is quite disgusting and would quite possibly trigger my gag reflex.
I think you should learn to inhale your smoke properly to achieve the full effects and save your stomach the trouble of dealing with smoke and tars.

[enquirewithin]

Originally Posted by melt_000

sometimes when i take a big hit of tobacco, i seem to involuntarily swallow some or most of the smoke? not like when you try to swallow to make sure it's in your lungs, but i feel it going into my stomach. is this wasteful? the stomach lining wouldn't absorb smoke very well would it?

It just makes you nauseous! I've seen more than one novice smoker heave because of swallowing tobacco smoke!