Fake Marijuana?

[FRIDAYNIGHTFRENZ]

I need to know if I use tea as a subsutue for real weed and I wrap the tea in zig zag paper and light the tea thus bruning it. Is it bad for my actors lungs if there around the fumes and or breathe it?

[sanftner2003]

inahleing any substance is bad.

But as long as it's all natural tea, it should pose no long term harm as long as it's not taken much.

But also, if your actors are 18, just put tobacco in it and they can smoke it. (but becareful, because it would be unfiltered and they may gag a bit.

[FRIDAYNIGHTFRENZ]

There under 18 right now. So If I have them light it and not smoke it, but have the fumes come of it, it should be ok?

[sanftner2003]

well, if they arent gonna even actually smoke it, then it should be ok.

but then u could still just use tobacco from a cig and put it in the paper. Holding a lit cig isnt illegal.

But as for your health reason, having them be around burning tea leaves is (At the most) just as dangerous as being around someone when they smoke one cig.

SO it just depends if you think that being around tobacco fumes is bad.

Cause tea would prob be just the same.

[WesScog]

Get them to just suck it into their mouths, not their lungs.

Or get an adult to puff it and blow on it between takes.

[Mattageddon]

Get them to just suck it into their mouths, not their lungs.

Or get an adult to puff it and blow on it between takes.

It's just like sucking from a straw. No inhalation. If you need them to choke on it then just have them cough.

[Fisherking]

Two major things I find neglected by too many members:
a). Being in the vicinity of a lit cigarette is not going to kill you.
b). Whilst cigarettes are bad for you, it's not a safe assumption that smoking crap you find lying around the house is healthier.

[Mattageddon]

Two major things I find neglected by too many members:
a). Being in the vicinity of a lit cigarette is not going to kill you.
b). Whilst cigarettes are bad for you, it's not a safe assumption that smoking crap you find lying around the house is healthier.

Actually, studies show that second hand smoke CAN kill you. Not as fast as the person smoking... but it can kill you.

It's the legal issue. In America You have to be 18 to smoke tobacco.

[Ergo Pictures]

well, if they arent gonna even actually smoke it, then it should be ok.

but then u could still just use tobacco from a cig and put it in the paper. Holding a lit cig isnt illegal.

But as for your health reason, having them be around burning tea leaves is (At the most) just as dangerous as being around someone when they smoke one cig.

SO it just depends if you think that being around tobacco fumes is bad.

Cause tea would prob be just the same.

What? Gotta say, smoking tea leaves would be considerable less harmful than tobacco. Nicotine, tar, there are so many nasty chemicals in tobacco that aren't in tea.

[sanftner2003]

that's why I said it would be as dangerous as cigarettes (at the most).

meaning, that tea leaves are LESS dangerous.

And that it wouldnt kill you, and that the effect wouldn't surpass tobacco.

[okee]

Better to use Herbal Cigarettes, you should be able to get them from health shops or even a tobacconist.
http://www.honeyrose.co.uk/

[Fisherking]

Actually, studies show that second hand smoke CAN kill you. Not as fast as the person smoking... but it can kill you.

I didn't say inhaling cigarette smoke wasn't generically bad, but it's hardly likely to instantly kill. The exhaust fumes you're inhaling every day and likely all the booze your parents don't know about, I'm certain, are not doing you any favours. Kid, you need a sense of perspective; tobacco is not the unqualified evil they tell you about in schools.

Word to the wise: Pretty much everything kills you.

[BlazingProductions]

wouldn't breathing tea fumes be like sitting around a campfire....to a certain degree? I've had my fair share of fires and nothings happened to me, and i've had them for up to six hours, nowhere near a few takes of someone puffing on tea.

[Hunterr]

Why is it that a lot of kids lately want to have pot or cigaretts in the'yre videos?

Smoking isn't cool, so I don't understand why you would need it.

Also, Magic shops sell these fake ones that have baby powder stuffed in these fake cigs. really compacted, and you just blow out of the end and it looks really believable. The tip even has a little of red tin foil, so it looks like its burning.

-Hunter

[Mattageddon]

Word to the wise: Pretty much everything kills you.

Don't say pretty much when everything in the word has the potential to kill you. I can't think of a single object that can't kill you.

[Indymoguler]

i cant do anything even if i wanted to. my asthma is so bad that if i were to take up smoking, i would die at the age of 30

[neckstab]

The tar and toxic chemicals are inherent with smoke. Regardless of it's origin. Some are worse then others no argument there, but it's acting. I wouldn't recommend smoking anything if you're not 18.

If you absolutely must show someone puffing, I would recommend getting permission from a parent and using some form of tobacco. The reason being that tobacco is cured and prepared for smoking. Tea is not and will definitely be more harsh on the palette and/or lungs.

Follow Bill Clinton on this one and DON'T INHALE! Lol. Smoking is horrible I did for 10 years because I thought I was cool. Because of smoking I actually contracted a condition known as chronic bronchial asthma which most people are born with. I am the rare asshole who got it from smoking. It sucks. I realize you're probably not planning on making a habit of it but I just thought I'd throw it out there for any of the other young ones reading.

And although I disagree with a couple of the suggestions about smoking tea, let it be known I totally respect everyones sentiment that overall it's not really a good idea.

[MiniMogul27]

Smoking ONE cigarette for a few takes is NOT going to kill you! Smoking a pack a day for years will. Smoking tea would be kind of gross and probably taste horrible, but it won't kill you if you do it for one take. Smoking it every day is a bad idea.

That said, you may want to play it safe and stick with the fake cigarettes. I'm not sure, but burning paper alone may produce enough smoke. Probably not a good idea to breathe, but you're only going to be doing it for a few takes at the most.