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so your boyfriend smokes...so you want to be like him and kill yourself slowly?Err, I wouldn't bet that he has a boyfriend who smokes.

O.o the O.P said "my boyfriend smokes"...... :S am i missing something here?

Smokers want a certain dose of nicotine, so they subconsciously cover up the holes when they hold the cigarette.

Where did you come up with that?

I have heard such things too, this is the same with low nicotine cigs, people will suck the cigarette harder; your body wants the nick, you'll do what it says.

Where did you come up with that?Surely you don't think I just pulled that out of the smokey air.The nicotine yield of a cigarette, at least as measured by a smoking machine, can be reduced by using tobacco that contains less nicotine, or by putting in tiny air holes at the front of the filter (which dilutes the smoke with fresh air), or both. The problem is that the body craves a certain level of nicotine, so when smoking low-yield cigarettes, people will draw harder and/or cover the little holes with their fingers. In both cases, they do it without thinking about it.The downside is that, when smoking low-nicotine cigarettes, people get more total smoke, which means more carbon monoxide (and more of other unhealthy things).abc.net.au, Great Moments in Science: Low Nicotine Cigarettescbsnews.com, 60 Minutes II:The Low-Tar MythIn reply to:So how does the cigarette deliver less tar to the machine and more to the smoker? Farone showed 60 Minutes II what most smokers overlook. There are tiny holes in the filter that allow fresh air to dilute the smoke."If I were to cover these (holes) with my fingers, I would get more tar than I would get if they weren't covered," Farone says. "If I put my lips over those holes, I would get more. If I suck harder, I can get more. So, there's many ways that I can defeat the idea of putting those holes there."Another way to compensate is to simply smoke more.I'm sorry if I implied that covering the holes is the only way that people get more smoke.____________________________________________________________________________Ashley> O.o the O.P said "my boyfriend smokes"...... :S am i missing something here?You're being naïve. He (yes, he) got a lot of crap, so she pulled a "wait a minute, I'm talking about my boyfriend not me" switcheroo. It like when a poster describes some embarrassing problem "his friend" has.

I smoke off and on although I haven't smoked for the past few months. I always smoke ultra-lights becasue the others are too strong for me. The idea that subconciously the holes are plugged to "get more of a hit" is a bit of a stretch. Smoking more to compensate I can buy, but this guys theory about plugging the holes is BS. I'm not saying that it doesn't happen to some degree just by holding the cigarette or whatever, but you get my drift.

Feel free to consider it BS, but I think researchers discovered the covering-the-holes thing by observing how real people smoke actual cigarettes, when they were trying to figure out why people who smoke low tar / low nicotine cigarettes have the same incidence of smoking-related diseases as people who smoke regular cigarettes.Something else to think about: WebMD, Light Cigarettes Harder to Quit: Light-Cigarette Smokers 50% Less Likely to Quit Smoking(This reaffirms the result of a study from about five years ago.)In reply to:Smoking low-tar and low-nicotine -- or "light" -- cigarettes may actually make it harder for smokers to kick the habit.A new study shows that people who smoke light cigarettes are more than 50% less likely to quit smokingquit smoking than those who smoke regular cigarettes."Even though smokers may hope to reduce their health risks by smoking lights, the results suggest they are doing just the opposite because they are significantly reducing their chances of quitting. Moreover, as they get older their chances of quitting become more and more diminished," says researcher Hilary D. Tindle, MD, MPH, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, in a news release. Tindle conducted the research while at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston.

Perhaps, but the statement..... So, there's many ways that I can defeat the idea of putting those holes there." lends little credibility to whether people, in fact, do these things even at a subconcious level.

(You're being naïve. He (yes, he) got a lot of crap, so she pulled a "wait a minute, I'm talking about my boyfriend not me" switcheroo. It like when a poster describes some embarrassing problem "his friend" has.)no, im not pulling the boyfriend not me switcheroo, i honestly do have a boyfriend (btw im a he not a she) who does smoke and he did not get alot of crap. everything i say on here is the 100% truth, im not trying to pass the buck to someone else. this is about me not another person.

OK then, please come back with your smoking questions when you're 18 and we'll be happy to address them. Actually, they were addressed. Or tell your boyfriend to go to the store and ask them for the cheapest ones they have. What more can be said?