Quote Originally Posted by kush07
Lol, butane always leaves a taste. Its a chemical and you are inhaling it. The method I described is a way to get a as close to clean flame as possible. Wood being burned is the cleanest fire you can use when burning your herb. Of course, vaporizing wins hands down on healthyness but most of us are not so fortunate to own one.

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I respectfully disagree. Butane burns much hotter than a wooden match and as a result, the fuel is more completely consumed by the flame and fewer harmful by-products are released into the inhaled smoke. Plus, the fuel is mechanically vaporized rather than being chemically vaporized, as in a match. By-products of a butane flame are predominantly carbon dioxide and water vapor; both of which are quite normal occupants of human lungs. Inhaled by-products of a wooden match include nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, and various hazardous organic compounds. In order for the wood in the match to burn, it must be heated to the point that it gives off flammable vapors which will support combustion. This is a chemical process that produces a lot more chemical by-products than a butane lighter that vaporizes the fuel through a mechanical nozzle.

The amount of inhaled contaminants from a flame is directly related to the temperature at which the flame burns. Butane lights produce flames with much tighter temperature tolerances than a wooden match. A low-burning match produces a lot of unburned by-products that are not good for the human body.

Whichever you use, you will inhale fewer unburned contaminants with a hotter flame than you will with a cooler flame. Using the heat from the flame to heat your substance will also reduce the number of contaminants you inhale. Tilting your bowl and sucking in heat from the side of the flame, for example, is preferable to sucking the top of the flame (where all the contaminants are in the middle of their chemical processes) into the bowl. Also, it is best to remove the flame while it is still burning rather than have it go out while still inhaling.

Happy toking to you, too!

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