“did you ever think that maybe smoking is a way for a bachur to relax from his strenuous lifestyle? “
So is drinking a bottle of booze. Would anyone in their right mind suggest that this would be a great way for a bochur to “relax from his strenuous lifestyle?” Maybe he should try reading a secular non-fiction book, getting a little exercise, writing letters to friends and family who might be out of town, instead of texting them or using the internet. There are lots of things people can do to relax. I cook or bake. I also post interminable posts on the YWN CR (it RELAXES ME, OK???) Smoking should not be an option. It can relax that bochur permanently and six feet under.
Also re: secondhand smoke and pipe tobacco. Secondhand-smoke is any smoke that comes from another smoker, whether it is the smoke from the end of the cigarette OR the exhaled smoke, which contains numerous toxins and noxious gases. Pipe smoking is responsible for lip, tongue, cheek cancer, and assorted esophageal and gastro-enterological cancers as well, according to what I have heard. I will give the pipe smokers this – pipes smell yummy. It still can be deadly.