Quote Originally Posted by ashauler View Post
Regarding nicotine "delivery"......cigarettes are manufactured, and adulterated, in a manner to provide the tobacco with the proper PH to allow for, and increase the efficiency of, nicotine delivery in the lungs. The PH of cigar tobacco is controlled in such a manner as to provide for nicotine absorption to occur most effectively in the membranes of the mouth and nose. If you believe that you are not getting nicotine delivered through your cigar, whether you inhale or not, you are simply fooling yourself. Said PH control occurs throughout the tobacco production process....from soil management to fertilizer application to harvest time to curing process...etc,etc. PH is not the sole controlling factor, however it is one of the most important and controllable factors.

I think. Of course, I could have just made that shit up.
The conspiracy theorist in me begs the question...With the sickening number of deaths from lung cancer and emphysema directly attributed to cigarette smoking why would they not "control" the absorption differently as they do in cigars? I understand there are risks smoking anything, but if you can avoid bringing toxins into your lungs and still get the same effect from your preferred drug of choice (nicotine) why wouldn't they? Short answer IMO is Big Pharma and Big Tobacco like it that way.