QUESTION: If I don’t inhale, will smoking be less dangerous?
ANSWER: This is a dangerous fallacy. The smoke from cigarettes still affects the upper airways. The mouth, throat, and nose can all be sites of cancers. Even though you don’t make a conscious effort to inhale, some of the smoke will drift down to the lungs. The smoke still billows around your face as you exhale and when you breathe it in again, you are still taking in dangerous chemicals. It’s like second-hand smoke on steroids.
