* A 5" X 5" piece of aluminum foil
* A Bic pen tube (take out all the stuff until it's hollow)


Inhaling aluminum fumes is not good for the health.

Aluminum in tobacco and cannabis and smoking-relat...[Am J Med. 2006] - PubMed Result

Aluminum in tobacco and cannabis and smoking-related disease.
Exley C, Begum A, Woolley MP, Bloor RN.

Birchall Centre for Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Science, Keele University, Staffordshire, United Kingdom. [email protected]

PURPOSE: The study aimed to confirm the very high content of aluminum in tobacco and cannabis and to provide for the first time evidence that such aluminum could be biologically available. METHODS: Complete digestion of tobacco and cannabis was achieved using a 50:50 mixture of 14 M HNO3 and 0.1 M NaF. Total Al in digests was measured by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. A bespoke cigarette smoking apparatus was used to determine if aluminum in active or passive tobacco/cannabis smoke would be trapped by a surrogate lung fluid. RESULTS: The aluminum content of tobacco and cannabis was confirmed to be high, as much as 0.37% and 0.4% by weight respectively. Aluminum in tobacco and cannabis smoke, whether actively (drawn) or passively inhaled, was shown to accumulate significantly in surrogate lung fluids, thus demonstrating its potential biological availability. CONCLUSIONS: Active and passive smoking of tobacco or cannabis will increase the body burden of aluminum and thereby contribute to respiratory, neurological and other smoking-related disease.




Now THAT is about just ingesting chemically treated tobacco or cannabis- not really about smoking it. (And I do note that the amounts were "as much as", though- so the numbers are "worst case"). But the amounts picked up by plants (and cannabis is very efficient for detoxing soils of pollutants) are small, when you compare them with smoking through aluminum devices.

Now, we have all seen what happens to that foil or pop can when you smoke through it- the metal gets thin and crumply looking. That means aluminum is disappearing, being vaporized. And where is that vaporized metal going???

And using a PLASTIC pen tube to suck up hot fumes??? :wtf: Plastic fumes are really bad for you- many are carcinogenic. It's not as bad as using it for a pipe stem (which I have seen- no, it didn't last long), but still not good. Use a paper soda straw or something!


Put the oil on your papers, or on a bit of (real) cotton cloth or hemp twine and vaporize it. Drip it on parsley, catnip, or even oregano and vape or smoke it. Don't use plastic and aluminum!



Granny :hippy: