THUOC LAO ➝ SMOKING TOBACCO VIETNAMESE WAY
Thuoc Lao: A popular Vietnamese tobacco and an entertaining types of smoking which is an old tradition nowadays become a habit among the Vietnamese. If you don’t know what Thuoc Lao is, then, i invite you to read this blog post to get to know what is it, how to use, or smoke it as a tourist and why peoples actually are smoking them.
A popular traditionally form of bamboo pipe smoking in Vietnam, knows as a Thuốc lào, where the highly nicotines leaves are smoked through a water pipe that immediately takes the nicotine to the bloodstream that induces strong dizziness or in some cases for those who never smoked it before, result immediate fainting, the high feeling actually lasts for up to 10 seconds. Side effects reported include nausea and vomiting. If you are one of those curious tourists, we strongly recommend you to not to smoke or try the Thuoc lao.
Smoking Thuoc Lao: Vietnamese tobacco in bamboo pipe
Its all about some small moments to make yourself a bit high by smoking Thuoc Lao in a bamboo made pipe. You see locals smoking this while they are sitting in the street corner, drinking either beer and or green iced tea, specially after the lunch break, this is a very popular habit by Vietnamese, to which, walk to the nearest tea corner to drink tea and smoke the Thuoc Lao.
An interesting thing about running a tea corner, or what I call it, a tea stop in the street is that you only need to buy a few simple items such as plastic tables and chairs [Preferably in blue color], a few packets of cigarettes, some simple items such as mango fruit, guava fruit, and the most important thing that is indispensable the tobacco pipe or the “Thuoc Lao”.
According to Ms. Lan, who run a Thuoc Lao tea corner on Tan Mai street of Hanoi “Every day, the tea corner serves hundreds of visitors mainly to drink tea and smoke Thuoc Lao, so I have to prepare it well as customers are expecting me to do so. in addition, the tobacco plants are grows mainly by ethnic minorities in the west of Thanh Hoa and Nghe An provinces. The smoking wild tobacco has about 9% nicotine, much higher than the cigarettes (about 1-3%).
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Is smoking Thuoc lao illegal?
Simply no, its not illegal to smoke thuoc lao. Many people believe that smoking Thuoc Lao tobacco is less harmful comparing to the cigarettes, so the number of people smoking Thuoc Lao is increasing rapidly. In fact, this traditional water-pipe tobacco is a very addictive and later it will be very difficult to quit it. With the thought of smoking less harmful tobacco because it is filtered through water, the water-pipe tobacco, or Thuoc Lao, the majority of Vietnamese now have abandoned the habit of smoking it, which is infact a very sad reality. Images of cigarettes and pack of waterpipe tobacco are flooding throughout the cafes, sidewalk water shops in the cities and towns. Smoking Thuoc Lao is now being considered as a “fashion” of a part of young people, going to tea shops without knowing how to smoke it even.
Fun thing about smoking the Thuoc Lao
Some locals believe they feel relaxed and chill, however, the fun thing is that you may get high very quickly as soon as you inhale the smoke from the bamboo pipe, this smoking habit is nationwide and as mentioned above, many people, regardless of age, would smoke it at any occasion. Travelers are always curious about What Are They Smoking in Those Bamboo Tube Pipes? And, they immediately attracted to get an inhale to feel the high. In fact, most of the people who never smoked the Thuoc Lao, will faint after few second, which is funny enough for local Vietnamese to laugh at them and even record their feeling after falling down with only one small inhale. In addition, there are dozens of other ways to enjoy while spending a dream perfect day in Vietnam, whether you’re a teen, an adult and or a curious tourist. We do recommend you to check best places to enjoy a massage in Vietnam
Best place to buy Thuoc Lao bamboo pipe (Điếu Cày)
The Thuoc Laos tobacco pipes are made from bamboo and or inbox steal. Vietnamese Bamboo Pipe for Smoking Thuoc Lao Tobacco (Hand Made, Hand Crafted in Hanoi and or Thanh Hoa) are the best one to buy. The bamboo pipes are more popular and locals believe to have better feeling after inhaling from. To buy the tobacco pipe, you may check the local markets, to which are not hard to find, any streets, host of those markets. They aren’t also expensive and comes with different sizes, you may find the tobacco pipe to buy from 100K VND up to 500K VND. Also, the same places selling the tobacco as well.
Smoking Thuoc Lao? The fun thing about smoking Vietnamese wild tobacco, the Thuoc Laos, is that you may get high very quickly as soon as you inhale the smoke from the bamboo pipe, this smoking habit is nationwide, many people, regardless of age, would smoke it at any occasion. Travelers are always curious about What Are They Smoking in Those Bamboo Tube Pipes? And, they immediately attracted to get an inhale to feel the high. In fact, most of the people who never smoked the Thuoc Lao before, will faint after few second, which is funny enough for local Vietnamese to laugh at them and even record their feeling after falling down with only one small inhale.
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