Time for THC to absorb?

[Mango733]

So I was wondering roughly how long it takes to absorb all the THC from a hit, or how exactly that process works if anyone knows. Also, does exhaling slower or taking a hit of air after your hit have any effect? Ive always been wondering about these things.

[hobo]

not very long..i think i've heard somewhere around 5 seconds..and some people take that "hit" of air after their hits to push the smoke deeper into them, I'm not sure how much it helps, but I do it sometimes

[Broosh]

i take a hit of air after too, and i think about 7 seconds.

i hate people who hit it and blow it out while they're passing it within 2 seconds.

[nfs924]

Originally Posted by hobo

not very long..i think i've heard somewhere around 5 seconds..and some people take that "hit" of air after their hits to push the smoke deeper into them, I'm not sure how much it helps, but I do it sometimes

I heard 5 seconds too, not sure where though. I usually just wait as long as I can hold in my breath to be sure.

[eleven357]

I believe most of the THC is absorbed into the bloodstream within 3 seconds.

[420erot]

When the smoke is in your lungs it willl only take to heart 2 to 3 pumps to have THC circulating in the blood, which is about 3 sec

[Lebowski]

Alot of people hold it in too long. I breathe in deep, hold it there 2 seconds, then let it out. I get stoned.

[vc77]

A full Inhale to Exhale lasts me around 10-12 seconds, however I only hold it for 3 or so.

[GitLifted]

anyone know if ghosting hits is bad for your lungs,, i used to do it all the time back when i first started smoking

[Lebowski]

Originally Posted by GitLifted

anyone know if ghosting hits is bad for your lungs,, i used to do it all the time back when i first started smoking

Just think about it- if you hold it till you cant see smoke come out, that means everything that made up that smoke stayed in your lungs. Of course its worse!

I used to ghost hits too, untill I realised holding it for 2-3 seconds after inhale is fine.

When I smoke it goes: Inhaaaaale 1...2... Exhaaale.
So its like 6-8 seconds total, but i only hold it at the deepest point for those 2 seconds.

[spaceman46&2]

Originally Posted by GitLifted

anyone know if ghosting hits is bad for your lungs,, i used to do it all the time back when i first started smoking

Yes, it's about the worst thing you could do. ALL of the tar and ash end up in your lungs that way.

It takes under 5 seconds for your lungs to absorb all of the THC that they're going to get out of the hit, so there's no sense in trying to hold it in for longer than 3-4 seconds.

[purell3]

are you guys making all of these numbers up or what? I always generally inhale than exhale a second or two later and I find that holding in the smoke does absolutely nothing to increase or affect my high at all.

[quiksilver2491]

For your lungs to get FULL THC absorbtion it takes about 7-8 seconds, I usually hold mine right around there, sometimes a little less. I know so many people who smoke weed like they would cigarettes and they just exhale huge clouds of puffy white smoke after only letting it sit in for about 2 seconds, then they wonder why they don't get as high as they should.