Whether it’s kosher or not, I figured this was the forum to post this topic.
Why is it that when you take a bong hit, you cough your ass off more than a joint or pipe hit? I take big hits from the pipe and “j” and I don’t cough as much. It seems like the pipe or J would be hotter and more irritating to the lungs than the bong, which is supposedly meant to cool down and filter the smoke. And yet, every time I take a big bong hit, I cough like hell.
The only explanation I can think of is that there is more smoke, in turn covering a greater inhalation(surface area), hence causing greater irritation to the lung’s mucosal layer and resulting in these unfathomable coughs…
What’s the dope, dopers?
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a beautiful red steam shovel.
Her name was Mary Anne.
Just a WAG but to my mind the reason you tend to cough more on a bong hit is twofold.
A: the smoke is cooled by the water in the bong causing you draw the smoke deeper into your lungs.
B: you start out sucking against the resistence of the bowl and water then you remove your finger from the carb hole removing the resistence drawing the smoke deeper into yourlungs than normal for a joint or regular pipe.
WAG from a long time ex smoker, but wouldn’t the cooler temp make the gas contract, thereby making it more concentrated and more irritating? Don’t know if the temp change would be enough to be significant or not, it’ll take one of the physics geeks to figure that out,
Larry
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I asked my friend about this , and uh, he said . . . .
Could be because the smoke does filter out some of the additives and nasty stuff that you are getting a more pure hit of THC (the whole point of a bong). Thus your lungs are not used to such a high level of the stuff which leads to the coughing.
Course we all know if you “don’t cough you don’t get off”. Or something. Thats what my friend . . . Bob . . . said.
I’ll be in the back slapping the big nosed rasta man.
Cool smoke causes more coughing than hot smoke. When “my friends” started putting hot tap water in the bong, “they” noticed a significant reduction in coughing.
Regardless, putting a lot of crap in your lungs at any temperature will cause a certain degree of coughing.
“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away”. - Phillip K. Dick
My, ah, friend used to manufacture bongs as a hobby. I–he discovered that an ideal setup consisted of two filtration/cooling chambers and a bong-style delivery tube. First chamber is filled with warm water because it filters better. Second is filled with ice water. Delivery tube is ideal when filled with snow. Not an easy setup to travel with, though.
I think that the coughing is due entirely to the large volume of smoke and the duration of inhalation. Smoke by its very nature is an irritant to the sensitive lining of the lungs. I don’t think there is an effective way around it, except taking smaller bong hits.
New clear medicine huh? Warm water cold water expanding gasses phooey. You’re just being greedy Demo. Slow down man there’s plenty for all.Roll yourself a big ol blimp, that fills your mouth and take a big fast hit you’ll cough. When you use a bong just inhale as naturally as possible, just enough to make it bubble.Don’t try to suck the water out. Exhale a short sniff thru your nose from your lungs, keeping vacuum in the chamber.When the chamber is full of smoke take your finger off, don’t suck harder just keep breathing in. Let some air in your lungs through the hole and chamber. Now ride it out man don’t waste it, there is hardly enuff to go around as it is. Younger generation…sheeshe. And I didn’t have to ask my friends, course I don’t HAVE any friends but that’s another story.
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yes…ive heard from “friends” that the more you cough the more you get off. and “my other friends” agree…“they” feel more of a buzz from coughing a lot…maybe b/c “their” brain isn’t getting enough oxygen during coughing sessions…
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I learned the ideal method of THC ingestion from a family member who did a stretch in county jail: the dope is cleaned of all the “brushwood” and seeds, into a powdery kif, which fills into a small portion of a baggy. This and a small pipe can be carrried between your dick & ball sack (this is for concealment - not for optimum smoking pleasure, unless that’s your kink). However: this scaling-down enforces a discipline that enhances your high (not unlike the beauty of the Japanese tea ceremony): due to your need for discretion, you only load a bowl that meets your lung capacity. You inhale it all in one toke AND THEN HOLD IT ALL IN QUIETLY until it’s fully absorbed by your membranes, then you exhale nothing more telltale than warm carbon dioxide. The only cleaner hit is to eat the shit.
It can be accumulated for special occasions by keeping, er, your friend’s dank, green, sticky kind bud in a wooden box with a screen leaving about an inch of clearance. All the sticky little crystals of THC screen off into the most sublime gold dust…
My WAG is that you’re inhaling more smoke- when smoking a J or pipe you’re not ingesting 2 feet worth of smoke. The fact that the smoke is cooler may have an effect as well- my friend has found that pipe/J smoke irritates the throat more than the lungs.
Singledad is correct. The ideal temperature for inhaled gas is 98.6F with 100% humidity. Any more or less can and will irritate your airways.
Mechanical ventilators either have heater/humidifier systems or they use filters that exchange heat and moisture. The same holds true for the bong. I have what’s called a “health bong”. You place warm water in it and it has an impeller run by a 9V motor that breaks up the big bubbles into tiny little ones . No irritating coughing spells.
