Tar is just good to smoke. I like smoking dope! Probably not a good thing but there you have it...haven't really done it in a good while anyway (can't afford it)
Some tar is really good, too. I live in the middle of nowhere but even we get fire tar on occasion, direct from the fresh coast (Seattle, LA, etc)
With powder I just feel like I need to load up a fat shot and I figure that's probably worse for me than smoking. Tar is definitely a pain in the ass in some ways, though. It's a real pain to handle and part out, that shit gets on everything & sometimes people package it in really stupid ways.