# Who smokes tobacco pipes anymore? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 11, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-smokes-tobacco-pipes-anymore/330623 "2005-11-11T20:15:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-smokes-tobacco-pipes-anymore/330623/21 "2005-11-14T02:30:58Z")
You see pipe smokers on the streets of New York. Then again, we’re so big that you see almost _anything_ on the streets of New York. I have a couple of tobacco pipes that I bought and smoked in college – nice briars, Danish and German – but I haven’t used them in years. ---
**Author:** ![Curate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Curate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curate)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-smokes-tobacco-pipes-anymore/330623/22 "2005-11-14T06:35:35Z")
I started smoking a pipe about six months ago because I was getting a little down about the cost of cigars. It _is_ more work but I usually don’t try to do anything else during my daily smoke so it’s not a problem. Actually, paying attention to keeping the thing lit is just enough of an effort that it takes my mind off everything else. I also like the fact that it doesn’t take as long to smoke a bowl as it takes to smoke a cigar. Sometimes I just don’t have time for a whole cigar and I’m too cheap to be comfortable throwing one away before it’s smoked down. I’ve been smoking a custom mix from my local cigar shop, but last week I picked up a tin of Dunhill London Mixture while I was travelling and I’ve discovered that I like it just as much. I’ve got two pipes. One is a Peterson briar and one is a Meerschaum by a company with an unpronouncable name. The Meerschaum seems to be a slightly cooler smoke, but that might just be my imagination. So, for all you pipe smokers out there, what’s your favorite – straight or bent? Curate ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-smokes-tobacco-pipes-anymore/330623/23 "2005-11-14T17:33:31Z")
I only smoke mine at home. Much of the pleasure of pipe smoking comes from the ritual for me – it’s a way for me to unwind, and so it’s an at-home kind of activity. ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-smokes-tobacco-pipes-anymore/330623/24 "2005-11-14T18:13:17Z")
> [@elfbabe](#): > > A friend of mine does - he actually has a pipe collection. He’s 35. This kind of thing always makes me wonder if I actually know someone from the boards IRL. Probably not though. I just recently gave up pipe smoking, and now stick to cigars. I’d get some odd looks. I’m 36, my head is shaved, and I wear earrings in each ear. I just don’t _look_ like a pipe smoker. **Spavined Gelding** brings up a good point. I always wondered why places would say “No Pipes or Cigars”, but allow cigarettes. I mean damn, cigarettes stink! ---
**Author:** ![ProTem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@ProTem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ProTem)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-smokes-tobacco-pipes-anymore/330623/25 "2005-11-14T19:05:54Z")
I still smoke a pipe, and in public. I have a private office with a door to the street and windows on two sides for a cross breeze, so nobody has ever complained. If they drop when I’m smoking in they usually just say it smells like baking because I smoke a cherry flavored tobacco. ---
**Author:** ![diku](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@diku](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diku)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-smokes-tobacco-pipes-anymore/330623/26 "2005-11-14T21:47:32Z")
I’m 33, and I smoke pipes. Have a decent sized collection. I prefer cigars, easier to deal with, and I’ve been smoking them forever. Sometimes though, a pipe is very nice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-smokes-tobacco-pipes-anymore/330623.md?page=1)