Finally, to close up this BIG TOKE FAIL article, I found this guy on Youtube called RawOG420 who is a verified Youtuber. This stoner has a tutorial on how to hit the bong correctly so you can minimize the coughs. In my 20+ years of toking – I too have mastered different breathing techniques and “hitting techniques” to minimize the coughs – but there’s a threshold where none of the techniques matter.