So, there's a lot of smokers on SF, seems to come with the mental illness territory, but there's healthier options than classical tobacco:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_cigarette
Look into it, the vaporizer is about $30 US if I recall correctly, and the cartridges are cheaper than equivalent amounts of cigarettes leading to savings in money and health.
(Not available in Canada
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a better solution is to smoke dokha, not only is it healthier it can give feelings of euphoria, a "high", it tastes very nice, the smell doesnt cling like tobbacco, the smell that is left smells like spices and you only smoke a pinch full each time. plus the pipes you get are very decorative. Although for a beginner you should start on the "cold" blends first and only smoke one pipe every so often, if you smoke more than one pipe at first you get a nicotine overdose and feel a bit woozy and a bit ill.
When i started smoking dokha i went from smoking 40 cigarettes a day to smoking 5 pipes a day its that strong.
If your curious about this arabic tobbacco i strongly reccomend it.
if you cant however get it from the UAE the only option online is bassem, his website is
www.medwakh.com
The medwakh is the special pipe by the way
