Is smoking rolling tobacco better than ordinary cigarettes?

Question

Any difference to your health at all? Are there less chemicals and carcinogens in rolling tobacco then Marlboro Lights?

I gave up last February after 10 years, after I read Allen Carr's Book, "The Easyway to Stop Smoking" - sounds like a cliche, but it really is, once you know how!

Answer 1

Thumbs up for Quitting with Easyway! :o)

I'm a big fan of Allen Carr, that honestly is the only sensible way to go, unfortunately our anti-smoking culture means Easyway can't be advertised (all advertisements for smoking aids requires them to say 'Willpower required' when of course with Easyway it is not). But I digress...

Someone else has just asked this question, which then brought me to ask one of my own that has some good links for what is in normal cigarettes as answers, here - http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ao0CFQr_adCGF9bdhMNriKcgBgx.?qid=20061004061442AAvvXVV

Yes it is healthier for two reasons;

1.Cigarettes contain a complex cocktail of chemicals, many of which are toxic, chemicals are added in order to make the cigarettes burn more effectively. Things like acetaldehyde and pyridine are added to enhance the effect of the nicotine on the brain, additives are added to improve flavour such as cocoa which when burned produces bromine gas that dilates the airways of the lung, there are other lovely chemicals such as formaldehyde and benzene, which themselves are known carcinogens, even arsenic is added.

2.Rolled cigarettes tend to be smaller, not as tightly packed and do not contain as much tobacco so when smoking cigarettes that are rolled a person is smoking a lot less than what they would be in a cigarette from a packet or a box that they would buy at a store.

Of course both are bad for you, you aren't an idiot and neither are smokers, but if someone is going to smoke as long as they use filters on cigarettes they roll themselves it is healthier to smoke ones you roll yourself – the smoking is just as dangerous, but you significantly cut down on the number of harmful chemicals you take into your body.

Answer 2

maybe if you grew the plant and dried the leaves yourself but smoking will do your body harm no matter what is on the stuff you're smoking.

you can grow the plant quite easilly... many nurseries sell them as garden plants because they have a unique horn shaped flower:

Nicotiana tabacum is the latin name otherwise known as "Tobacco Plant". When the plant reaches about 3 feet, the leaves will be about the size of romaine lettuce leaves... just pick them off and hang them upside down from a clothes line (so they dry with the "sap" still in the leaf). When they're the color of a cigar, shred the leaf as small as you can, find a rolling paper and a lighter and voila! you have a poor man's cigarette without all the tar, benzene and other crap the tobacco giants put on their leaves to hook you faster. When you're in control of growing it, you can choose to grow it "organically" without pesticides and herbicides. HA! Organic cigarettes... that seems like an idea!

Answer 3

It seems that the rolling tobacco's are usually a bit more harsh, probably because when you get ultra light or light cigarettes the filter only allows so much smoke to come through (they put holes in it so you drag air from the sides of the filter). That whole aspect is nullified when rolling your own.

Answer 4

Most rolling tobacco does not contain all the dangerous additives of ready mades, but (from personal experience) I think you get a stronger nicotine hit and are more addictive.

I'm only on day 2 of nicotine gum chewing... wish me luck!

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Answer 7

there is more chemicals in pre rolled cigs, that is why they stay alight if you put them down, unlike a rolly you have to relight them as they go out really quickly.

there probalay isnt any difference to your health as cigs are cigs no matter what you smoke.

the plus about rollies is it will save you money in teh long run as a big pouch should last about a week, and you prob wont smoke so much as you cant be bothered to roll them all the time

Answer 8

Marlboro lights are particularly addictive because they contain 'free-base' nicotine which has been said to be as attictive as crack cocaine. But all smoking is bad for you, you can buy filters for roll ups.

See link for more info on freebase nicotine

Answer 9

I would say the difference between ready-made cigarettes and hand-rolling tobacco is the same as the difference between junk food and non-junk food. They are both full of chemicals, pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, E numbers and other substances you don't need. So whatever you do, you will get a full load of chemicals in your body.

Answer 10

It is better for you I think because it has less chemicals in and to be honest you smoke less tobacco overall when you are making your own.