What they said in that day is true today. But, it is not tobacco per-se that provides the benefit. It is easy to get carried away with tobacco (with pipes, tong

What they said in that day is true today. But, it is not tobacco per-se that provides the benefit. It is easy to get carried away with tobacco (with pipes, tongue bite, with cigs...addition), so it is important to respect yourself and what the substance is to gain its benefits (taste mostly for me.) Pipe smoking should be done slowly, methodically and with full consideration of what tobacco is. The last thing I need is turning something pleasurable and calming into an addition. In the end, tobacco is probably bad, but so is the air in most major cities in the world. :P