Do Any Of You Hash Headies Have Lung Problems?

[krunchbubble]

i do.....

i cough shit up like a cig smoker, i taste my bong when i do.....

i have been smoking out of a bong only for more then a year and usually dab some oil on my bowl. but started vaping a lot more oil recently, its really the only thing i can attribute to my lung problems.....

 

[master shake]

I've noticed in general that it is easier to get a nasty hit from bongs. By nasty I mean this...have you ever seen little resin specks up the neck of the bong and near the mouth piece? Well how many times do those specks go farther than the glass tube and down your air tube! Still love em though, but damn it sucks to get a fresh rip of greens on a perfectly clean bong but end up tasting hell and coughing till tears flow!

 

[TacomaComa]

I think you should attach a carbon filter to your bong and change carbon daily just like you would with the water. I smoke lots of oil myself

ALT has carbon filters in both 14mm and 18mm

 

[juicepuddle]

I am always coughing shit up, but this is because I am a heavy ass smoker(Not cigs, straight hash, currently all water extract) and I usually just use flame to combust the hash off some ash, when my lungs or throat feel like they need a break I switch up to vaporization for a few months.

When I switch to vapor the first few weeks is rough, the vapor tends to help more shit actually come out of my lungs, and the first two weeks or so I will cough more from vapor hits, but black tar will come out, then once two weeks is past lungs only cough white with the vapor <- keep in mind this is vaporizing hash not herb

I prefer to use a flame to combust for the most part though, I figure some of the high is lost through just vaporization.

Tips for you are this, when you do oil VAPE IT SOLO! Fuck hitting it off of flowers. When you smoke weed use water hash on top, or something you cannot vaporize easy, like fullmelt. If your combusting flowers everytime you smoke oil thats gonna get more green grey black crap in your lungs, where as if your using a nail or curve your gonna get that clean hit feeling, it might make you cough but it will never build up the black tar I cough from combusting.

I assume your just getting used to the vapor and still clearing lungs out of crap built up over a long time.

Hope this helps you stay on the hash express! ALL ABOARD NEXT STOP JUICE TOWN!!

 

[dope_roor]

i rarely smoke flowers now and only vape oil, my lungs feel much better TBH i was coughing up blackish mucus when smoking flowers out of waterpipes and the occasional blunt

 

[Bullfrog44]

I noticed that BHO affects my lungs more than just herb. Have you ever smoked nothing but oil in a bong? After about a month you can't even pull a hit off it because it gets caked with oil. Looks like my lungs feel after a while. Nothing gets me as high as a nice vapor swing hit of some BHO.

 

[juicepuddle]

i rarely smoke flowers now and only vape oil, my lungs feel much better TBH i was coughing up blackish mucus when smoking flowers out of waterpipes and the occasional blunt

This is because of the vaporization, if you were combusting the oil like krunch you would still have those lung issues, people sometimes get things mixed up and think that what you smoke is the biggest factor in how it hits your lungs overall, but to me its all about weather you smoke or vape, oil is just much easier to vape then any flower or hash due to its physical attributes.

If you had vaped all that bud and not hit the blunts I am sure you wouldn't be getting the lung issues.

 

[Hammerhead]

Yes BHO is a lung buster....I cant smoke a lot of it it makes my lungs hurt.. Lately I have been coughing more then I usually do it hate it....

 

[krunchbubble]

ya, this shit is scarring me real good.....

i was at the docs a few weeks ago and he was checking my lungs......

he said, "wow! how many packs a day you smoke"? i was devastated......

i said " you know i only smoke weed and oil, and only after 6pm".....

he said " i recommend getting an MRI of your lungs" i damn near shit myself right there....

 

[Bullfrog44]

You just made me shit myself. You are only what....30?

 

[juicepuddle]

If I was you krunch I would go to entirely vaping, and make sure the Ti aint to hot to avoid combusting.

It could also be genetic... I have a brother who has smoked for 18 years cigs, however he also uses cannabis, whenevr he gets his lungs checked they are like a normal persons lungs for the most part and the doctor is always surprised.

Don't freak out just yet, wait for some other tests before you let your thoughts get the best of you, I hope you find some peace krunch!

 

[juicepuddle]

You just made me shit myself. You are only what....30?

This surprises me, are you guys just every other day smokers or something? I smoke pretty heavily, and I KNOW I am in for some trouble from it later on, are you guys really smoking all the time and assume its 100% safe because no one has OD'd on Thc?

Makes me wonder, if every cig smoker started vaping their tobacco what would that do to the cancer rate for them, I assume it would drop insanely if not to 0%, AKA if your burning your herb, watching it turn black and get all tarry and resin'y why would you assume that is clean smoke?

Sorry if this comes off as rude, I don't know how else to word it, just know I am here to gain info and give it, hope we can all learn today! Peace.

 

[krunchbubble]

You just made me shit myself. You are only what....30?

ya, really close......

i told him im actually really worried about lung cancer.....

he gave me a shot of some steroid called kenalog to help clear it up, haven't in two weeks.....

 

[krunchbubble]

and i am SO ANTI cigarette smoke, its not even funny.....

 

[juicepuddle]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dqTrUpmwPg

 

[Abja Roots]

I smoked cigarettes for maybe one month in my life. I might have smoked 3 packs.

Otherwise it's been nothing but herb. I used to love my bong, but gave it up because of the lung issues. I was getting a terrible cough. I would keep my girl up all night coughing in bad. It was ridiculous.

Ever since I started vaporizing, everything has been so much better. I smoke joints if I'm out. Once there's a solid portable vaporizer, I'll be on that too.

That BHO is a killer. I'm still not sold on the portable hash vapes either. Something about it is disconcerting to me. I've heard of a few different ways to make it, and different systems.

 

[Truthman]

Just get a good vaporizer that holds temperature well and is exactly what is states and this issue should go away and your lungs will actually be healthier than normal. The issue is when putting a torch or putting high heat to oil/hash like dabs you're burning a lot of the lower temperature oils that boil away at temperatures of 90f-365f and when you use such high heat you burn them creating tar and oil/hash has a lot more of these oils than pure bud so even though it's small in size it can be very potent in its effects which is why using a vaporizer is so special because you can prevent burning these oils if you start at a low temperature around 330f then slowly raise it to approximately 446f-501f you won't burn these oils and hence won't create tar. You just have to make sure you vape the oil/hash on a fine stainless steel/titanium screen or something that is clean like the volcano pad. If you use bud it's a problem because it can burn and also it absorbs a lot of the oil being that it's so thick. You also want to break up the oil/hash into VERY LITTLE pieces on the screen so air can go around it and vaporize it efficiently without needing to start out with a high heat. You only need very little when vaporizing with oil/hash, so little you can barely see it on the screen probably around .05 grams.

A good method is getting some ultra thin papers that don't add taste to the vapor and put the dots of oil/hash on it but make sure you spread it out so the oil doesn't congeal together making it need a high heat to boil away. Also, make sure you tear the paper in pieces and put the oil/hash droplets on them so air can travel around the paper and allow proper extraction.

You can also use the fine thread titanium screens and pile three to four of them on top of each other so the oil/hash doesn't melt into the screen and drip into the bowl and being a waste. Get better.

Titanium Screen - 1.0 Inch - 60 Wire
http://aqualabtechnologies.com/glass-accessories/screens/titanium-screen-1-inch-60-wire.html

 

[Trichgnomes]

From personal experience and observation of others, this is what I have found. If one exclusively vapes oil, then the occasional puff of herb is rather irritating. However, if one mostly puffs herb, an oil toke will be quite intense on the lungs.

If I only vape oil, I feel great. The higher the smoking herb to vaping oil ratio goes up, the worse my lungs feel. Sometimes an oil toke at the end of the night will be extremely irritating, and possibly make me cough or wheeze for a bit. However, this is only in times in which I am smoking herb, or the dreaded cigs. If I limit or cut out combustion entirely, then this does not happen. I have attributed this to the oil, being a viscous plant resin, exacerbating the deeper lung problems which are actually caused by the cumulative effect of smoking, but perceived purely as a reaction of the dab.


Note, I never smoke oil, and I never vape herb, so I can only speak on my personal experiences.

 

[walt cunningham]

well think about this, would you rather cough the stuff up and get it out of you? some people suggest that your lungs are functioning properly, and just getting rid of the bad stuff. i mainly use the bong as well, and when i stop smoking, it goes away after a week.

 

[Sour Deez]

Im in my mid 20s and have pretty bad lungs, after being hospitalized for pneumonia far to many times i decided to switch to vaporizing. The doc said all that smoke was really taking a toll on my lungs health, which made me prone to getting sick.

Its been about a year and a half and my lungs thank me every day. I still occasionally smoke a bong at my buddys, prob twice a month. And for 2-3 days after that i cough up nasty shit.

Its definitely genetic though, my sister and brother both have asthma. But my 65 year old neighbor has smoked cigs since he was 16 and his lungs are in better shape then mine were i swear, its crazy.

I highly recommend vaporizing for anyone with any type of lung problem.