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While transparent containers are the most vulnerable, even metal tins can be harmed by prolonged exposure. Firstly, tobacco needs to be kept at a consistent temperature. Like wine and cigars, it can be quite sensitive to heat spikes, which can also cause the humidity to fluctuate. Therefore, glass pipes you can always create additional environments when necessary. For instance, your humidor or storage container can be set at 62%, which has glass jars inside it at 58% RH. Overall, the idea is that the excess moisture is absorbed by the cardboard before it causes the tins to rust.

Many devoted pipe smokers will tell you that allowing your pipe tobacco to age creates a more pleasurable smoke. Aging pipe tobacco isn’t as simple as just buying bags and / or tins and squirreling them away in a dark cabinet. Virginia is the most popular tobacco varietal used in pipe smoking today. Virginia is also the mildest tobacco and contains the highest level of sugar.

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It has a very light touch of spice but isn’t overpowering in the least. The natural flavors from the Louisiana perique are still present, and the beauty of the Virginia tobacco is clear but without the bite. Overall, this is a great Dunhill tobacco that’s worth trying, but it takes a refined palate to be able to appreciate its intricate flavor profile.

I came across a review of Frog Mortons Cellar, and the reviewer claimed that those types of cans don’t keep the tobacco as well as a tin. The point of the tobacco is to taste it, not ingest it or inhale it. I for one, a casual pipe smoker for the last 24 years do not understand the inhalation of the smoke. We have been asked repeatedly to appear on GQ UK’s print magazine for a lot of money in editorials that would not have been marked as paid content. So at the end of the day, you are likely to read more objective articles online than in print magazines.

Right, and so we should mention the same for ham, wine, cell phones? One could argue that the electric smog of a device may be bad. Every tobacco product in most countries has warning messages attached to them.

I enjoy reading your posts and I love how thorough they are. You really go into the nitty gritty of each subject you cover. That is why the omission of any health warning on smoking caught my eye. It used to be thought that cigars and pipes were not dangerous like cigarettes, but that view has changed. Grown only in St. James Parish, Perique is a spiced tobacco that is fermented and cured together.

It has been well documented that there is no safe level of exposure to tobacco smoke. This is true regardless of the form tobacco comes in. Smokers and non-smokers all face risks to their health when breathing in tobacco smoke. If you are a smoker who is trying to find a “healthier” alternative to cigarettes, know that the only good choice is to wean yourself off of tobacco entirely. To enjoy a cigar, you simply need to cut it, light it, and ash it from time to time.