How long should you hold each hit in????

[roushrider81]

just curious what peple have to say.

[Reefer Rogue]

Well, I'd say 95% of the thc is absorbed within 5-8 seconds. Personally, I exhale after 5. Some people will hold hits for ridiculous amounts of time and claim to get higher. What really is happening is oxygen deprivation ;)

However, I'm sure you would still get high if you hit it, inhaled then exhaled pretty much instantly. I would hold it for 5 seconds though.

[yoda]

i'll hold it for like 3-5 seconds

[ethsfreshman]

i count to ten when im using a bong, 5 for a pipe

[insanity]

It takes 4 seconds for THC to be absorbed into the bloodstream... anything more is just unnessecary lung damage.

[ChronicMike]

5 secs.

[Faultydesign]

Yeah, I've always read 5 seconds.

[ethsfreshman]

ive read as much as 20, but i think its more of a prank on new smokers lol.
holding it just makes oyu cough.
but THC needs to be absorbed too.
so i would say five
but with a bong, you get a more potent smoke (if its thick and white from a pipe, then its smoke with everything still in it) but in a bong alot of the tar and stuff is removed, so you get more THC psi that a pipe. so i want to make sure most is absorbed

[ethsfreshman]

so 10 from a bong five for a pipe, joint or blunt
as far as vaping, hold it for as long as possible, i guess.

[Chiquita Banana]

i do a standard, which gets longer as i get more stoned, its just how long it feels comfortable in my lungs, probably 7 seconds or so.

[slpntrx5]

i just kinda breathe it in and out. still only takes me about 1/2 gram of mids to get toasted. :p

[Cas]

5 seconds is my norm.

[ethsfreshman]

1/2 grams of mids? lol
i guess i smoke small bowls.

[420purplehaze420]

Quite the contrary actually....

Taken directly from this sites main page

Daily Factoid: Donâ??t hold your breath. The fat-soluble THC-9 is absorbed by the lungs almost instantly. Exhaling immediately after inhalation expels most of the carcinogenic compounds.

I hold mine in for 3 seconds tops...but whos countin

[Alive]

I was gonna put the same thing 420purp did

[MyMARYJANE]

usually like 3-5 seconds.. once in a while more than 5 and sometimes less than 3

[Eshelmen]

i hold it in till i cant inhale any more than just let it out:)

[lagstronaut]

Daily Factoid: Donâ??t hold your breath. The fat-soluble THC-9 is absorbed by the lungs almost instantly. Exhaling immediately after inhalation expels most of the carcinogenic compounds.


nice, I thought I was the only one here who just exhales when he can't inhale anymore

[SmokingPlatypus]

I usually hold it in for about 7 seconds or so.

[S.L.D. 420]

i hold it in till i cant inhale any more than just let it out:)

+1, it works good for me. :thumbsup:

[U4E uh]

I used to not even exhale. Then I read most of the THC is absorbed like after 5 seconds so yeah I exhale now..

[cannabis campbell]

I didnt think it makes a difference most of the THC goes into your body as soon as you inhale, i just inhale and exhale normally like breathing

does this mean im not getting all of the THC?

[TheLion]

I cap it at 8 seconds for a solid bong load. Lesser hits get proportionally less holdage.:stoned:

[budsmoker]

5 -8 secs depending on how hard i hit it

[bobmarleyjr.]

i jus let it out when i feel comforatable with it, i dont count i jus.."do it" like nike...cannabis...jus do it

[smitty420]

i usually hold it 3-5 seconds, thc is absorbed almost on contact so no need to hold in the xtra tar and such

[JDiz]

I have my friends put duct tape around my mouth and nose then when I'm dead, they use shock paddles on me to bring me back to life. That way, I definitely held the hit in long enough. ;)

[dreadedben]

I have my friends put duct tape around my mouth and nose then when I'm dead, they use shock paddles on me to bring me back to life. That way, I definitely held the hit in long enough. ;)
Ill rethink my decision to post a comment in light of that witty statement:thumbsup: