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The French Inhale, also known as the Irish Waterfall, is a basic smoking trick where a dense cloud of smoke leaves your mouth and rises up into your nose. If you've ever watched someone pull off the French Inhale, you might be eager to learn so you can impress your friends the next time you smoke. By following a few basic steps and practicing regularly, you can master the technique behind this popular smoking trick.
Steps
Forming the Smoke Cloud
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1Take a large puff of smoke and hold it in your mouth. Don’t inhale the smoke into your lungs. Bring your tongue to the back of your mouth and use it to trap the smoke. Let the smoke sit in your mouth for a moment before moving on to the next part of the trick.
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2Slowly open your mouth to release the smoke. Don’t exhale or blow the smoke out of your mouth. Let the thick smoke flow out of your mouth slowly, keeping your tongue positioned at the back of your mouth.[1]Advertisement
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3Push out your bottom lip to send the smoke upward. You want to start guiding the smoke up toward your nose. You still shouldn’t be exhaling. Your lip and jaw should be sticking forward and you should feel like you have an underbite. Keep your tongue at the back of your mouth.[2]
Inhaling the Smoke Cloud
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1Use your tongue to push the smoke out of your mouth. Without exhaling, slowly move your tongue away from the back of your mouth and toward the front, pushing the smoke in your mouth out of your lips. This should be a slow, gradual movement. Avoid pushing the smoke out too quickly or it will dissipate before you're able to finish the trick.
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2Start breathing in through your nose. Slowly inhale through your nose while at the same time continuing to push the smoke out of your mouth using your tongue. Don’t inhale too quickly -- you should be slowly filling up your lungs with air through your nose. You should start to see the reverse waterfall effect in the smoke that's entering your nose.
- Don't exhale the smoke from your mouth. Push it out using your tongue while inhaling through your nose.
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3Inhale through your nose until all the smoke in your mouth is gone. If there's leftover smoke in your mouth or you're having a hard time inhaling it all through your nose, exhale and blow the smoke away from your mouth.
Warnings
- Learning a new smoking trick may hurt or cause you to cough a lot.⧼thumbs_response⧽
- Smoking is addictive and a leading cause of cancer and other harmful diseases.[3]⧼thumbs_response⧽
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To do the French inhale, first, take a large puff of smoke and hold it in your mouth. Once your mouth is full of smoke, open it slowly and push your tongue from the back to the front of your mouth so the smoke gradually flows out. As the smoke begins to flow, push out your bottom lip, which will guide the smoke upwards. Then, inhale through your nose as the smoke leaves your mouth so that it's drawn up into your nostrils. For tips on what to do if you’ve got too much smoke in your mouth, keep reading!
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