hold it in'

[Fear the Reefer]

just a bit of a random query but when i first started smoking all my friends told me to hold it in for about 30secs or longer after every toke however the daily factiod on the home page explains not too. Mabye its just my youthfulness but are they talking about different things or are my friends just trippin?:confused:

[orangeman]

Yo friends are trippin. I never hold it in for that long. Just get smoke from the joint or blunt and then suck it in for how ever long you want to. Personally I dont hold my breath, I just breath regularly after this or if I'm talking I'll continue talking and the smoke will come out graduately while doing this and there you go. Theres no need to hold that smoke in your system for fuckin 30 seconds rofl.

[Its a Plant]

..unless you like tar in your lungs. Breathe normally after you inhale some sweet MJ to avoid getting most of that nasty junk that you always end up hackin' up later!

[LIP]

Never hold hits. Your friends are idiots and want to die young.

THC is abosrbed instantly like the daily factoid says.

Dont hold it in cos all that does it coat your lungs with tar, making it more difficult for the THC to absorb in the end.

Dont hold hits.

[Solistus]

There's some truth to the holding in hits "myth;" you DO get more THC from holding it in for a long time. However, you get very little extra THC and lots of extra tar and other bad stuff.

The way I understand it, the majority of the THC your body absorbs happens almost instantly, when the smoke first hits your alvioli (sp?). After that, holding it in will cause you to continue to absorb a portion of what's left. The nasty stuff (tar et al) get deposited much more slowly. So, if you want the absolute maximum possible THC from your hit, hold it in. If you want the absolute minimum possible tar, breathe out immediately. Most people settle for a happy medium around 5-8 seconds.

It's been a while since I've seen numbers, but I think you get about 20% more THC holding it in 5s than 1s, 25%-ish more if you hold in for 8. After that, the added THC is almost definitely not worth it.

[t3chyo]

the only stuff I can recall that you should hold in for 20-30 seconds is salvia...

[Solistus]

t3chyo - yeah, salvia should be held in at least 20-30s, and really as long as you can manage is probably best.

[P.E.N.G.U.I.N.]

I think holding in anything that makes you want to cough like crazy may be just a tad bad for your lungs...

[halo]

I hold it in for about 5 seconds or less. 30 seconds is crazy!

[kid rediculous]

kinda off topic but not really... does anyone have the numbers for the amount of tar that gets into your lungs from a joint, a blunt, a bong, etc etc. i would look it up but im too fucked up to want to look it up. lol i cant sit infront of my screen too long

[Eshelmen]

just a bit of a random query but when i first started smoking all my friends told me to hold it in for about 30secs or longer after every toke however the daily factiod on the home page explains not too. Mabye its just my youthfulness but are they talking about different things or are my friends just trippin?:confused:

dude

i get just as fucked, if not more than all my friends who believe that shit