Thanks for setting this up! It’s important to understand the risks that one must assume to be in a hobby, and ways to mitigate some of those risks if you choose. Thanks again! :)

I've smoked a pipe for 48 years and so far not had any health issues. But one thing I do which my dentist approves of is have warm salt water (sea salt) mouth washes a few times a week. It keeps the inside of the mouth healthy and soothed. The recipe is a teaspoon of sea salt (no chemical additives) in half a pint of warm water - hold in mouth for a minute, release and repeat. It also keeps bacteria in the mouth down.

2-3 bowls a week. All the enjoyment, limited risk. All things in moderation.

Great video. I struggle with whether or not to continue this enjoyment at time. Only started in my mid-40s 2-3 years ago. The sad fact is, lots of people who do all the health and fitness and diet stuff very strictly also die young from diseases and cancers. If it’s not tobacco, it’s pesticides, polluted water supplies, plastics, car emissions, mosquito bites, car wrecks and on and on. I don’t believe God will allow us to figure it all out. It is appointed for man once to die, then judgement. Everyone is going to die, period, and few live to 90 or over. Our society seems to think if you do everything just right, you won’t have sickness and death but that just isn’t the case. So, enjoy things in a balanced way and stay close to the Maker and Judge. I think that’s the best anyone can do.

Also there is a health benefit from pipe smoking in stress reduction due to the relaxation aspect

Starting @ 75 is better than 17. I doubt I got much more than 20 years left before the Lord takes me home pipe or no pipe.

The Dr. brought up two good points: smoke in moderation and make sure to visit your dentist regularly. Since I starting pipe smoking, I now go twice a year to my dentist instead of once a year and I have really up my game with my oral health routine at home. Nice video.

This was great. I think Dr. Wease needs to start a KZfaq channel. Can't imagine what that many years of pipe smoking insight might add to the community.

Excellent interview, I'm a very light pipe smoker, 0-2 bowls per weekend. Just when I'm in the mood, and want to relax and enjoy. Thanks to the good doctor for sharing his insight on the subject.

My advice to anyone would be to practice some form of moderation that you are comfortable with. Control of exposure/frequency is the number one tool you have to reduce your risk to a point that you are comfortable with, and that goes for anything in life. Take driving, for example. An American has about a 1 in 107 chance of dying in a car accident in their lifetime. That's an average - if you drive more than the average person, more at night, more in busy areas, etc, then your risk is higher. In some cases, it's necessary to drive to get to work, or to get basic groceries, or whatever. But in many cases, we take drives which are "non-essential". You might take a drive out to a farm to pick berries, or you might drive to go to a concert or a sporting event. Or you might take a short drive to get some ice cream. These are "non-essential" activities which, overall, greatly increase your risk of death or injury compared to if you just stayed at home. Most of us think that the benefits outweigh the increased risk in these cases. But if you aren't personally comfortable with those risks, then you might try to avoid driving as much as possible. We all have to make a personal assessment that we are comfortable with.

this is a candid and much appreciated discussion...

I appreciate the balanced perspective and insight on this topic. Thank you.

Thank you for this interview.

Oddly enough, he and I may have shared an elevator or two through the years. I had no idea he was a piper. Thanks for having him on!

Cool shoutout to my first pipe shop in John's pipe shop in Champaign! Went to university there and they got me started in this wonderful hobby

Excellent interview! I have only been smoking pipes for about 3 years and only recently have I picked up a “routine” I guess you could say. I will normally have a bowl in the mornings with coffee on my days off and then a bowl after dinner every day with the very rare midday chooch. I think moderation, inhale control, and oral care is about all we can do as far as “healthy smoking” goes. Happy smokes YTPC!

Informed, cogent, balanced presentation and discussion. Thanks for this.

Definitely high value info here. Thanks for sharing this video... Cheers!

Great video! A lot of my questions answered, Thanks Brother! And Thank You to the kind Doctor.

Recien veo este video, fantastica entrevista! Felicidades.

Great interview Wilson, very interesting. Thank you for sharing this. Happing Piping.

Thumbs up on Jon's! I was in there on Friday!

Very good & informative video! Thanks for sharing!

The other factors I would like to see if studied. Is life style, how active were the smokers in the studied compared to the non-smoking, Diets, work environments and so on. I'm not naive enogh to believe smoking is healthy, but every smoker I've known including chain smokers have lived into 80's. Or if they died earlier the 2 foot long subs for lunch then Macd's supper and being at least 200 lbs over weight definitely didn't help. Or like my uncle who's a welder from before ventilation was a concern 🙄. My point being most smokers i know tend to live a hard life so im sure that doesn't help either. Either way I'm still going to enjoy my pipe 😉 Thanks for the great video!! Cheers 🍻

Awesome Video. thank you very much.

Great interview! Thanks.

Great video brother. My VA Dentist is a Pipe Smoker and he said to do regular checkups, make sure the dentist knows you smoke pipe so he can look for signs, and continually rotate the pipe in your mouth. Next time can you ask about the benefits of nicotine? I have Parkinson's and it really helps me loosen up and clears my mind i.e. the fog, memory, visual things...

Great interview and great information. New subscriber here, came over from Briar Report. Looking forward to your upcoming content.

Other sources of nicotine: Tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, teas, including green and black teas, cauliflower, peppers and capsicums. Bottom line….moderation is the key with anything you consume, just as the good doctor stated. Thanks for this video.

Great chat brother. Thanks for bringing Dr. Wease on.

As a Latin teacher, I love your shirt!

Although it seems recent studies indicated no measurable health risk even with 1 to 2 cigars per day.

Excellent interview Wilson much appreciated 🍭🐓👶

This was a GREAT interview, Wilson! I am looking forward to more. I hope you touch on concomitant use of alcohol and tobacco in your interview with the dentist. The use of one or the other is SIGNIFICANTLY LESS risky, in regard to our health, than the combination of the two. I have seen reports that state we are at SIXTY times greater risk for oral cancer with that combination than if we only use those substances individually! Thanks, Cliff

My dad puffed pipes all his life, he had a small collection of Dr Grabows, sadly was not able to save any of them

Thank you for doing this and sharing it with all of us. It is good to hear this from someone that is educated in the medical field and also enjoys pipes themselves.

Very interesting, thank you. Though the good Dr having a name that’s close to’weeeze ‘ was a touch ironical 😂

Thanks for the very informative video.

Great video brother, keep it up.

A nursing instructor found out I was a pipe smoker. She told me it was difficult to be a health care practitioner while practicing a not healthy life style. She was near hundred pounds overweight

Good info!

I smoke two bowls a day, I may smoke more when I’m backpacking. I also do living history and may smoke up to five bowls when I’m at an event. I like the smell of my English My dad started pipe smoking in his fifties. He hated my English. But one day he was out of tobacco and bowered a couple ounces of mine. We lived way out in the country. And he couldn’t get to town for a bit. After a week he became a solid English smoker. He lived to 93 by the by

Epic shirt. Great content!

Be also interesting to know if family history of oral or digestive tract cancer should weigh into one's decision to take up or continue the hobby. I wrestle with that as my grandfather, a huge pipe smoker, died of stomach and esophageal cancer. Cousin died of it too. Don't know if she had a history of smoking. My grandfather also worked in a chemical plant, so who knows what that contributed. Great topic, Wilson.

Excellent idea and a helpful and informative interview 😊😊👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍 Sounds like smoking outside is a big plus. I never thought of nicotine/breakdown products as carcinogens but you live and learn. I am convinced filters are a step toward moderation, as well as smoking less.

Good video Wilson.

Loved this video, only wish all doctors would understand the difference between pipe and cigarette tobacco. Not even the same plant!

A lot of good info in this video just wish it wasn't choppy

Great video. Here's some unsolicited advice. When doing a stream with an iffy connection, try to avoid the small utterances we use in normal conversations to let others know we're interested in what they're saying like "Oh" and "absolutely" and stuff like that. It can create an interruption through the connection and break the thought concentration of the person you're talking to. or make them think you've begun speaking so they stop. Just stay silent until they completely finish a thought then jump in when you hear a bit of dead air. I think that would make the conversation a bit smoother. But otherwise great job and entertaining video. Cheers.

I smoke my pipe after dinner in evening . That's the only time I enjoy smoking to relax after work .

Great conversation. Thanks for sharing. Wish we defined what smoking in moderation actually was. Try to quantify

I would be interested to know if there are any differences in health risks from smoking aromatic blends vs non-aromatic blends.

I’m brand new to the pipe world. I remember my uncle always smoking a pipe and the aroma was amazing so as I’ve gotten older I wanted to get in to it. Is there a non-tobacco blend that you would recommend?

No doctor or dentist I have ever had recorded me as a smoker. So long as it wasn't cigarettes they didn't care.

best recommendation is smoke in moderation and take days/weeks/months off as you go

I'll smoke a bowl to that.

I wish "nightlight" were here to educate and give factual and accurate information....

Wow! Bummer! I was enjoying smoking a pipe for several years, but after watching this video I want to quit. 😞

Everywhere you look online it’s the same story….. pipe smoking is as bad as cigarettes and any contact with tobacco products whatsoever is deadly ….end of story….. just seems so unfair.

I appreciate physician input. But the truth is that there hasn't been extensive research into pipe or cigar effects on the body. They didn't have the studies even thirty some years ago when the surgeon general at the time had to admit that they didn't know. There has been nothing that I have seen to convince me that there is any higher risk of cancer from pipe tobacco then breathing in the fumes and exhaust of spent gasoline that lingers in the air or from the genetically modified products and chemicals found in our food.

Two things: FDA staff report shows that smoking up to two cigars a day is associated with minimal significant health risks, (it will be same with pipes I guess) - true or false?? What do you think? You can google it, I cannot paste link here because KZfaq will delete my comment. 2. What about smoking pipe with activated carbon filter in it?? Makes any difference? Because what i rode is, that activated carbon filters harmful substances from smoke and about 80% of nicotine!

criss cross blue(but the tobacco light gold, weak)

aromatics are 100% a solid "meh"...

I did not know one cigar was equal to a pack of cigs, yikes.

Well, just my observation but based on the phys. appearance of both of these dudes I think I pass on the pipe, so to speak.

cold shower vs vasoconstriction

I only have a good cigar on special occassions or holidays. Dont smoke every day

This is late for the topic, but I would suggest looking up, online, "in defense of smokers". There has been so many fraudulent studies on smoking that this might clear the air. WHO found, in an enormous study, that smoking did not cause lung cancer. The particulars are very interesting. Keep in mind that anti smoking groups have ignored or fabricated much of their "facts" and they are paid to find smoking kills everyone including second had smoke breathers. It is all false info but I urge all to study this issue.