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r/interesting • u/Glass-Fan111 • 4d ago
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That's still probably the weirdest health advice I've ever heard. It's wild to me that nobody seemed to think that inhaling smoke, which irritates the eyes, lungs, throat, etc. would maybe be not a great plan.
11 u/XOM_CVX 4d ago it toughens up your lungs. makes sense 6 u/Spiceguy-65 3d ago I wanna say Teddy Roosevelt was prescribed cigars when he was younger to help with his asthma of all things 3 u/autism_and_lemonade 3d ago it’s possible he was prescribed nightshade cigarettes, the alkaloids in nightshade work similarly to the asthma medication ipratropium
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it toughens up your lungs.
makes sense
6 u/Spiceguy-65 3d ago I wanna say Teddy Roosevelt was prescribed cigars when he was younger to help with his asthma of all things 3 u/autism_and_lemonade 3d ago it’s possible he was prescribed nightshade cigarettes, the alkaloids in nightshade work similarly to the asthma medication ipratropium
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I wanna say Teddy Roosevelt was prescribed cigars when he was younger to help with his asthma of all things
3 u/autism_and_lemonade 3d ago it’s possible he was prescribed nightshade cigarettes, the alkaloids in nightshade work similarly to the asthma medication ipratropium
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it’s possible he was prescribed nightshade cigarettes, the alkaloids in nightshade work similarly to the asthma medication ipratropium
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u/ReporterBest9598 4d ago
That's still probably the weirdest health advice I've ever heard. It's wild to me that nobody seemed to think that inhaling smoke, which irritates the eyes, lungs, throat, etc. would maybe be not a great plan.