Read an article a while back from a minister who's dentist had found "white skin" under his tongue.
He said he would keep an eye on it at the next checkup.
The next time the patch was bigger, so the dentist sent him to a doctor.
It was cancer.
When the Dr. started questioning him about smoking he said he didn't.
At one time there had been a seminary professor who the guy admired who smoked a pipe.
So, the minister gets himself a pipe, so he can emulate his mentor.
He said he would pack it up and smoke it once or twice a month, for 3-4 years.
He always hated the way it burned his mouth, and made him smell. It never really made him relax the way he thought it would. So, he quits after a couple of years.
Fast forward 5 years later, when the minister gets white skin under his tongue.
The doctor says "Well, the pipe is what did it."
The guy had part of his tongue and some other places in his mouth removed.
He said it was over a year later, and he still talked with a slight lisp.
This freaked me out, because that was the extent of my pipe smoking.
Once or twice a month for a couple of years, but that was twenty years ago.
So far, my mouth is healthy, but man! Who'd thunk that kind of light usage would cause problems?
So, if you're not smoking now, do you really want to start?
Something to think about, grasshoppa.