# Pipe tobacco without a pipe **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 6, 2004, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pipe-tobacco-without-a-pipe/253751 "2004-07-06T05:58:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PaulFitzroy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@PaulFitzroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulFitzroy)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pipe-tobacco-without-a-pipe/253751/1 "2004-07-06T05:58:52Z")
I love the smell of pipe tobacco but I don’t want to have to smoke a pipe to smell it. I asked the owner of a tobacco store today about rolling cigarettes with pipe tobacco but he said it didn’t burn well. When I asked him if there were any finely-cut brands that would burn better, he said he didn’t know of any. So what should I do? (I know there are some “pipe tobacco cigars” like “Black and Mild” but those are cheap junk, I want the real stuff.) ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pipe-tobacco-without-a-pipe/253751/2 "2004-07-06T06:17:14Z")
Not only it doesn’t burn well (but not to the point that it would be difficult to smoke a cigarette made with pipe tobacco), but more importantly it doesn’t have the same taste, for some reason. (I’m an occsionnal pipe smoker, and sometimes when I run out of cigarettes but don’t feel like smoking a pipe, I roll one with pipe tobacco) ---
**Author:** ![PaulFitzroy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@PaulFitzroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulFitzroy)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pipe-tobacco-without-a-pipe/253751/3 "2004-07-06T06:59:38Z")
Could I smoke pipe tobacco with a regular pipe, or would I need to buy a real wooden “pipe?” At the risk of mentioning illegal behavior I’ll leave it at that. ---
**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pipe-tobacco-without-a-pipe/253751/4 "2004-07-06T10:04:28Z")
What about a water pipe (without hot water). 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pipe-tobacco-without-a-pipe/253751/5 "2004-07-06T14:27:16Z")
Back when I smoked, sometimes I rolled pipe-tobacco cigarettes. They stayed lit better than the same tobacco in a pipe. Unlike a pipe, I didn’t have to puff up a storm just to get it lit. I also got some double takes from folks who saw me with an illegal-looking cigaratte. ---
**Author:** ![Fatwater\_Fewl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4491bb/32.png) [@Fatwater\_Fewl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fatwater_Fewl)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pipe-tobacco-without-a-pipe/253751/6 "2004-07-06T14:29:21Z")
This is probably not what you’re looking for, but I roll lickies with Drum, a Dutch tobacco. It’s a moist shag (sundried as far as I know, and clean as far as chemicals and additives go), doesn’t have the strong sweet scent of pipe tobaccos but I find the smell and taste much more satisfying than regular cigarettes. You could, I suppose, buy pipe tobacco and process it further yourself. Not sure how you’d do that … scissors would take a while. Perhaps try throwing some in a cheap coffee grinder until it is fine enough to roll by hand? ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pipe-tobacco-without-a-pipe/253751/7 "2004-07-06T18:51:09Z")
> [@PaulFitzroy](#): > > I love the smell of pipe tobacco but I don’t want to have to smoke a pipe to smell it. You might wanna consider a large, decorative water pipe (hookah). You use charcoal to “burn” the tobacco substance, and could probably fill your home with aroma without taking a hit. > **[Box of 100 Taru Hookah Charcoal](https://1percent.com/box-of-100-taru-hookah-charcoal.html)** > > Box of 100 Taru Hookah Charcoal at 1 Percent. 10 Packs of Hookah Fast Lighting Charcoal Tablets ---
**Author:** ![Felissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@Felissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Felissa)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pipe-tobacco-without-a-pipe/253751/8 "2004-07-06T18:56:36Z")
I’m a huge fan of pipe tobacco, but I don’t smoke. So I burn it like incense. Ingredients: small ceramic bowl sand [charcoal disks](http://mywitchshop.com/Incense/Charcoal.shtml) (I use the 40mm) tobacco Fill the bowl with sand. Light the charcoal, put it on the sand, and drop some tobacco on the charcoal. It makes my apartment smell awesome. 😃 I’ve also found that rolling it in cigarettes works better than you’d think. I actually found that easier to keep lit than a wooden pipe. (this was before I figured out the charcoal. I can’t inhale, thick smoke kicks off my asthma. Plus I really don’t care for the taste, just the smell)