How long do you hold your hits in?

I hold my hits in for 5-7 seconds. i hate seeing people exhale a huge white cloud of wasted smoke.

You don't need to. Most THC is absorbed by the lungs immediately. After three seconds, THC absorption is too minimal to make a difference. The harm to your lungs, however, is not.

There's a graph floating around on this site from a NORML/MAPS test that shows this. I don't have it on my pc, but I'll look for it if you want.

I usually take a deep hit, grab another small breath, hold for up to 10 seconds, and blow it out.

I really don't care about the harm to my lungs, as I don't smoke a whole lot. Not even a regular weekend smoker.

If I'm smoking alone I usually hold it in for five seconds but if I'm with friends I will hold it in until it comes back to me.

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Originally Posted by unconscious

I usually take a deep hit, grab another small breath, hold for up to 10 seconds, and blow it out.

I really don't care about the harm to my lungs, as I don't smoke a whole lot. Not even a regular weekend smoker.

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Same here, but if what graph said is true I might have to change up my technique.

i hold it in til i cant breathe no more
sometimes i even cough purposely to open up my bronchioles
works like a charm :stoned:

I usually take a hit, hold it for a few seconds, then finish filling my lungs with one more hit, and hold for another 5 seconds or so. So overall, 10 seconds or so.

Doesn't hurt my lungs one bit either, because if it did, I probably wouldn't do it.

About 4-6 seconds. That's really as long as you need.

i am thinking the people that hold it in for long periods of time are either thinking they are gonna absorb twice the amount as only holdin it for a few seconds or its a macho thing. everytime i see someone doing the hold in and choke thing on purpose im thinking, what a douche, in my head. most of the effect u will have from holding it in is from oxygen deprevation and instead of oxygen u got smoke,but damn right thats gonna make the smoker lightheaded and add to the high effect tho.definetly more likely to lead to chronic cough. ya dig? :stoned: .

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Originally Posted by graph

You don't need to. Most THC is absorbed by the lungs immediately. After three seconds, THC absorption is too minimal to make a difference. The harm to your lungs, however, is not.

There's a graph floating around on this site from a NORML/MAPS test that shows this. I don't have it on my pc, but I'll look for it if you want.

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hehehe, GRAPH talking about a graph. anybody else catch that?