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PHOTO Stephen Voss A 17th century tobacco pipe bowl reflects Native American design. PHOTO (pipe bowl) James Gibb, (background) Stephen Voss Ten years ago, when Smithsonian Environmental Research ...

According to the National Center for Health Research (NCHR), pipe smoking uses fire-cured loose-leaf tobacco that is burned (lit) in a bowl. Cigarette smoking is similar and also uses loose-leaf ...

In addition, I found 3 other pipe bowls, with hand carvings ... smoked from these pipes hundreds of years ago as even still smoking helps take away boredom on the sea.