Editing Tobacco pipe (section)

===Smoking===
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Pipe smoke, like cigar smoke, is usually not inhaled. It is merely brought into the mouth, pumped around oral and nasal cavities to permit absorption of nicotine toward the brain through the mucous membranes, and released. It is normal to have to relight a pipe periodically. If it is smoked too slowly, this will happen more often. If it is smoked too quickly, it can produce excess moisture, causing a gurgling sound in the pipe and an uncomfortable sensation on the tongue (referred to as "pipe tongue", or more commonly, "tongue bite").

A pipe cleaner can be used to dry out the bowl and, wetted with alcohol, the inner channel. The bowl of the pipe can also become uncomfortably hot, depending on the material and the rate of smoking. For this reason, clay pipes in particular are often held by the stem. Meerschaum pipes are held in a square of [[chamois leather]], with gloves, or else by the stem in order to prevent uneven coloring of the material.
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  |File:Fritz Wagner Landsknecht beim Rauchen.jpg|Man smoking by [[Fritz Wagner (painter)|Fritz Wagner]]
  |File:Muong-Smoke.jpg|A pipe-smoking woman
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