gigi Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I have a dumb question but how do u know ur actually inhaling the smoke? Is it only if it comes outta ur nose?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coleman Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Ok well im not sure how correct i am but i think with the amount of smoke taken in it is inhaled with out trying to. I have never known anyone to be able to get smoke out there nose with out inhaling. BUt im not sure this is just a guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikemyusername Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 What? I know I'm inhaling because I inhale it.... God I hope you're just underage.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmccoy90 Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Do you have to tell yourself to breathe all day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdot Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 If you chest expands, you're inhaling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizzbizz Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 [quote name='bdot' timestamp='1299636164' post='500687'] If you chest expands, you're inhaling. [/quote] This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarePolice Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 If I catch you correctly, you're trying to determine whether your hookah is smoking well or if you're just not inhaling the smoke correctly? Be sure your hookah is air-tight, your lips are sealed around the hose tip, and you aren't also pulling air through your nose while smoking. My girlfriend did this for a while and couldn't figure out why she didn't get clouds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcane Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 if you take a pull, you're inhaling...i really doubt you can completely prevent the vapor going into your lungs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyCallMeDave Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 The forum encourages constructive answers, no matter how ridiculous the question. Sigh... So here (never thought I would type this) are clues to whether or not you are actually inhaling hookah smoke. 1. Your chest expands. 2. there are bubbles coming up and bubbling in the vase 3. There is a sort of whirlwind or smoke, or just smoke apparent in the vase. 4.The coals are glowing hotter and brighter than when you aren't inhaling. 5. When you get done doing whatever you think you might be doing, smoke comes out. Here are a couple benefits of the doubt. 1. You might have a very tight, and restricted airflow. This is the same experience as to inhaling through a crazy straw. If this is the case, make sure your water level isn't ridiculously high, your hose port isn't stopped up, you have nothing blocking your stem, and that your bowl holes have a straight shot for air. 2. You might think that you aren't inhaling properly if you aren't getting flavor, but you are getting smoke. If you are using a lot of coals, back off. If you are using one half, add some. Also, check the date and make sure your tobacco isn't expired. Again, the forum encourages constructive responses. Off the record, I think either you are pulling our leg, there is a missing element to this story that would make it make more sense, or you are completely oblivious to how the human body works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizzbizz Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 [quote name='TheyCallMeDave' timestamp='1299652934' post='500707'] 5. When you get done doing whatever you think you might be doing, smoke comes out. [/quote] I agree with everything except this. When you smoke a cigar or from a tobacco pipe, you do not inhale, you just fill your mouth with smoke for flavor and blow out the smoke, but your chest shouldn't expand fully. However I find it extremely difficult to not inhale [u]anything[/u]. I agree with everything else 100%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joytron Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I think the question is more abstract, how can we really believe our perception is a reality. Fortunately as you stated, if it comes out your nose, it really did happen. Chris please ban her and tell her to come back in 4 years when she is eligible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coyote Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 First of all: seriously? Second: How come gigi doesn't have her age on her profile but I can't take my age off my profile. CONSPIRACY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vendetta_revived Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I assume you have a smoking partner that claims to inhale it properly but you think that he/she is only filling their mouth with the smoke and not inhaling ? That is a long shot but the most sensible reason I could come up with. Then I suppose you're right, the smoke would come out of the nose if someone is inhaling properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigi Posted March 9, 2011 Author Share Posted March 9, 2011 Loooool. Omg I'm laughing so hard. U guys think I'm a moron. My friend told me that shisha isn't bad for u if u dont inhale it thru ur lungs. Just filling your mouth with smoke That's why I was asking you genuises if ur only inhaling it if it comes outta ur nose. Jeeeezzzzzzzzz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vendetta_revived Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Sorry, but the question might have something to do with the responses. And anyway, how much smoke can you fill in your mouth without inhaling it ? Not to mention, I don't see the whole experience being too enjoyable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cotsi95 Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 [quote name='gigi' timestamp='1299709612' post='500800'] Loooool. Omg I'm laughing so hard. U guys think I'm a moron. My friend told me that shisha isn't bad for u if u dont inhale it thru ur lungs. Just filling your mouth with smoke That's why I was asking you genuises if ur only inhaling it if it comes outta ur nose. Jeeeezzzzzzzzz. [/quote] Yea instead of just stating that instead of How do you know if your inhaling makes US the morons...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikemyusername Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Someone deleted my comment but yeah, I know I'm inhaling it because I inhale it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magick777 Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 At the risk of being almost as anal as the OP: [quote name='gigi' timestamp='1299709612' post='500800'] Loooool. Omg I'm laughing so hard. U guys think I'm a moron. [/quote] Far be it from me to draw that conclusion, but let's just say that it wasn't the clearest way you could have phrased your question. I normally seek to determine whether I have successfully inhaled smoke by observing whether smoke comes out when I exhale. I'm open to other methods, though. [quote name='gigi' timestamp='1299709612' post='500800'] My friend told me that shisha isn't bad for u if u dont inhale it thru ur lungs. Just filling your mouth with smoke That's why I was asking you genuises if ur only inhaling it if it comes outta ur nose. [/quote] That, bluntly, is a load of bollocks. It is fair to say that if you already smoke cigarettes and/or NHT, a hookah will do you a limited amount of harm by comparison. However, any consumption of tobacco products, even only as far as the mouth, can be harmful to a greater or lesser degree and may not be better than taking to a pipe or a cigar. I won't insult you for asking the question, but, tobacco is tobacco. If you're overly worried about the possible health complications from smoking, you are best advised not to smoke. For the record, the verb "to inhale" means "to breathe into the lungs". Therefore, you do in fact have the capability to inhale and exhale through the mouth, or most of us do, and it is perfectly possible to inhale and to exhale through the mouth; the moment that you have a lungful of smoke as opposed to a mouthful of smoke, you are indeed inhaling it. Which, by the way, is how shisha is normally consumed, and it would surprise me if you could derive enjoyment from smoking it in other ways (subjective, I guess). [quote name='gigi' timestamp='1299709612' post='500800'] Jeeeezzzzzzzzz. [/quote] I am not going to insult you or your question as moronic, and neither am I personally offended by blasphemy or by your attitude, but I will state that the attitude is unwelcome, to me at least, and secondly that it leaves you wide open to people ripping the piss out of you. We're a friendly bunch, and we're mostly civil... but, do yourself a favour... :-) We'd be delighted to help you, if you give us half a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZDjoshua Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 [quote name='gigi' timestamp='1299709612' post='500800'] Loooool. Omg I'm laughing so hard. U guys think I'm a moron. My friend told me that shisha isn't bad for u if u dont inhale it thru ur lungs. Just filling your mouth with smoke That's why I was asking you genuises if ur only inhaling it if it comes outta ur nose. Jeeeezzzzzzzzz. [/quote] Some people take themselves (and others) too seriously here... don't sweat it Gigi. Hope you found the help you were looking for, and yes, the miscommunication is quite funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 I will chime in here since my fingers have been busy with unapproving unhelpful answers. Ya, you probably should have clarified your question when you first posted it but the members should have kept their wise ass answers to themselves as well since you clearly were asking a real question, just in an unclear way. Just puffing the hookah liek a pipe, not inhaling the smoke but keeping it in your mouth, will save damage to your lungs, but it will not protect you from the dangers of damage you your throat and mouth. It also is harder to keep the hookah going at the proper temp. Part of the process involves heating the coals and tobacco by the air drawing through the head, down the stem and out the hose. To get a proper draw you need to inhale. By puffing you are just getting short bursts of air through the head and its hard to get the heat built up and distributed properly. That help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigi Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 Thank you all for the nice comments. And for the ones that took time to write me an essay, u coulda used that time making an af double apple shisha trying not to inhale. Lool I really asked a sincere question but I guess you guys got offended for whatever reason. Some people need to lightenin up!! (no pun intended). Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Oh I inhale. And I'm not a fan of Double apple. I take the time to write complete answers because, well, I run this place so it's sorta my job so to speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcane Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 (edited) i still stick by my original answer and disagree with several posters. (even though it got unapproved and i'm not sure why, since it was a legitimate response) i doubt there is any way to completely prevent the vapor from going into your lungs, even if you take the quickest of pulls. you're going to get something in your lungs. so, as i said before....whether it's a cigar, cigarette or hookah...if you're taking a pull, you're going to inhale some smoke. Edited March 10, 2011 by Arcane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikemyusername Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Okay, I undertand the question now. However it looks like it has all been cleared up therefore any respose would be pretty much moot. I formally apologize if you took offense to my responses I didn't think they were that bad but I can certainly see how they weren't helpful. My bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redjako Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 (edited) I find, especially for Tangiers OG, a yoga breath (from your Stomach, through your toes, etc.) works the best. in regards to Tangiers OG / Noir, it seems to "mitigate" for newbies that "kick." Unsure why. You are absorbing more oxygen (thus hookah vapor) breathing correctly. If you want a monster hit: Smoke deep into your stomach, fill the diaphram, Then move to filling the chest. Don't explode it out and you'll be amazed and whats pouring lovingly from your hookah laden lungs Edit: long-time cigarette smokers to me seem to have trouble inhaling Deep on hookah (for, logical reasons..many don't necessarily deep-puff unless they enjoy the 2 packs a day, as I used too ). Edited March 12, 2011 by redjako Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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