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Posted by linkadge on April 16, 2006, at 12:03:31
Suppose you made a tea out of tobacco, would this have any effect, and how would it compare healthwise to regular tobacco smoking.
Linkadge
Posted by SLS on April 16, 2006, at 15:47:11
In reply to Could you make tobacco tea, posted by linkadge on April 16, 2006, at 12:03:31
Hi Link.
What substances in tobacco are you interested in?
> Suppose you made a tea out of tobacco, would this have any effect, and how would it compare healthwise to regular tobacco smoking.
My guess is that the tea would contain fewer carcinogens because there are so many formed only when tobacco is burned.
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Posted by linkadge on April 16, 2006, at 16:14:01
In reply to Re: Could you make tobacco tea, posted by SLS on April 16, 2006, at 15:47:11
Looking for substances that contain beta carbolines. They are present in chocolate, coffee, and tobacco, and are fairly potent inhibitors of monoamine oxidase.
Linkadge
Posted by Meri-Tuuli on April 17, 2006, at 5:47:17
In reply to Re: Could you make tobacco tea, posted by linkadge on April 16, 2006, at 16:14:01
Hi Link
I'm not too sure I'm afraid BUT there are those people in Southern USA who chew tobacco....and don't they have high incidences of oral cancer? So maybe making a tea would be slightly better than this, but then you might be at risk for digestive system cancers?
Maybe its one of those things that won't work with a tea. I mean surely if it was feasible to get the benefits of tobacco in a tea, this would have been done centuries ago? But then, you're only interested in the beta carbolines. So it might be different.
How would you make the tea anyway -- using fresh tobacco leaves, or the stuff you get in shops for roll-ups?
I imagine it would taste vile.
Posted by linkadge on April 17, 2006, at 8:12:17
In reply to Re: Could you make tobacco tea, posted by Meri-Tuuli on April 17, 2006, at 5:47:17
Not really sure, yeah, the oral cancer bit had occured to me. Smoking must be worse, but there got to be something in the tobacco itself I guess that causes cancer.
Linkadge
Posted by Questionmark on April 29, 2006, at 21:32:19
In reply to Could you make tobacco tea, posted by linkadge on April 16, 2006, at 12:03:31
> Suppose you made a tea out of tobacco, would this have any effect, and how would it compare healthwise to regular tobacco smoking.
>
> Linkadgei imagine it would probably make you quite nauseous. As already stated, i'd guess that it would be less harmful, however, than smoking it, but comparable to chewing it. Regardless, i think you would have to find out the typical quantity of beta-carbolines and of nicotine (& other important chemicals?) in tobacco, and then decide whether it's worthwhile or not from there.
Posted by Larry Hoover on May 24, 2006, at 10:20:41
In reply to Could you make tobacco tea, posted by linkadge on April 16, 2006, at 12:03:31
> Suppose you made a tea out of tobacco, would this have any effect, and how would it compare healthwise to regular tobacco smoking.
>
> LinkadgeJust for the record, tobacco tea is used as a pesticide. I'm sure such a tea would have an effect, Link.
Lar
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