# How to keep tobakko fresh **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 28, 2023, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keep-tobakko-fresh/978933 "2023-01-28T04:32:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Loggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keep-tobakko-fresh/978933/21 "2023-02-03T11:50:49Z")
I wonder if i should try a pipe. Ive never been a pipe smoker, and i assume i need special pipe tobacco? ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keep-tobakko-fresh/978933/22 "2023-02-03T11:52:13Z")
I’m not a pipe smoker, but I know that rolling tobacco tastes nasty in a pipe. ---
**Author:** ![Loggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keep-tobakko-fresh/978933/23 "2023-02-03T12:36:55Z")
I just ordered a snake pipe, with pipe tobacco and pipe cleaners. Maybe i will like pipe smoking. Im not able to share a picture, for some reason ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keep-tobakko-fresh/978933/24 "2023-02-03T12:43:02Z")
I’ve smoked a hookah. Now _that’s_ an experience. Smoldering charcoals bake the gooey tobacco. Huge clouds of smoke are created. They are a ton of work to set up, use, then clean. ---
**Author:** ![Loggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keep-tobakko-fresh/978933/25 "2023-02-03T12:44:18Z")
What is Hookah, Not an english speaker so what does this mean “Smoldering charcoals bake the gooey tobacco” ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keep-tobakko-fresh/978933/26 "2023-02-03T13:14:19Z")
> **[Hookah](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hookah)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > A hookah (Hindustani: حقّہ (Nastaleeq), हुक़्क़ा (Devanagari), IPA: \[ˈɦʊqːa\]; also see other names), shisha, or waterpipe is a single- or multi-stemmed instrument for heating or vaporizing and then smoking either tobacco, flavored tobacco (often muʽassel), or sometimes cannabis, hashish and opium. The smoke is passed through a water basin—often glass-based—before inhalation. > The major health risks associated with smoking tobacco, cannabis, opi... ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keep-tobakko-fresh/978933/27 "2023-02-03T13:16:32Z")
The tobacco is in a bowl. Over top of the bowl is foil/screen. On top of the screen are charcoals that are very hot, baking the tobacco, which is purposefully very wet. It’s a whole different way to inhale smoke. ---
**Author:** ![Loggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keep-tobakko-fresh/978933/28 "2023-02-03T15:31:46Z")
Neat, but no for me ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keep-tobakko-fresh/978933/29 "2023-02-03T16:00:51Z")
If you want to try it on a smaller scale, find some marijuana smokers, and ask them to show you how a bong works. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keep-tobakko-fresh/978933/30 "2023-02-03T16:42:23Z")
A bong and a hookah are very different tools. Maybe [find a hookah bar](https://www.orientphilly.com/) that rents them out for use on the premises. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keep-tobakko-fresh/978933.md?page=1)