How Harmful Are Cigars?
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You won't be in as much danger as someone who smokes on a regular basis but this one item should give you pause:\nSmoking one large cigar can be equivalent to smoking an entire pack of cigarettes.\n\n\nThe rest is just added as more info:\nA National Cancer Institute study concludes that smoking one cigar a day even when not inhaling doubles the risk of developing cancer of the esophagus and oral cavity. Cigars emit 20 times more ammonia and 10 times more cadmium and methylethylnitrosamine (cancer-causing agents) than cigarettes.\n\nCigar smokers are up to 10 times more likely to die from cancer of the larynx, mouth and esophagus as nonsmokers. \n\nCigar smokers have lung cancer at a rate three times higher than nonsmokers. \n\nPersistent coughs and phlegm and an increased risk of peptic ulcers and emphysema are more likely in cigar smokers than in nonsmokers. \n\nSmokers who have left cigarettes for cigars are more likely to inhale them, even without realizing it, and get the same exposure levels as cigarettes. \n\nTar and nicotine concentrations are higher in cigars than cigarettes, which can damage the heart and blood vessels and increase risks of heart attack and stroke.
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hand rolling  tobacco is safer, (NO  smoking is safe) but there is less harmful additives in  hand rolling, as they keep going out.I think Tailor made fags have saltpetre them  they burn away quick .
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no you won't, if you smoke it a little every day, it'll have the same effect on your eyes that wine has for your heart.  in moderation, everything is good for you.
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No, it doesn't. It sure does mess you up, though. Here's more information on tobacco (and how dangerous it is):\n\nhttp://www.fcda.org/tobacco.htm\nhttp://www.members.tripod.com/medicolegal/toxicchemicals.htm - Toxic chemicals.\nhttp://www.clevelandclinic.org/cancer/infoGen/vol10issue1.pd
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Smoking is in fact bad for your health.  Cigarettes are the only product sold in the United States that if used according to the directions can kill you.  Think about it, I wish I had of, or that we had the information then that we have now.  However all that aside I can atest firsthand that smoking is bad for you and can kill you.
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definitely - it's the worst thing for you. You get addicted, you spend all your money getting yellow teeth, you get lung cancer and then you die young.  You also kill people around you with the smoke. You call these people your friends?!? Also, it's not cool anymore, it just looks stupid.  Use your imagination and find something really cool to do.
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From a mathematical perspective, the difference is primarily in the geometry. I believe a cigarette is more of a straightforward cylinder than a cigar. A cigar is like a cross between a cylinder and an ellipsoid.\n\nBoth are bad for you.
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If you don't like it, don't smoke it.\nIf you don't like someone else smoking it, then try learning about it.\nIt's not very harmful - the biggest danger by far is from the police state!
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Yes its still bad.  What happens is that heat stays in your mouth.  Your mouth isn't meant to have that mush heat.  Instead of getting lung cancer you could potentially get mouth cancer.  Also the cigarette toxins still stays in your mouth and you will end up swallowing them into your stomach.  This will get into your digestive track and that's not good.  In essence it is all most the same thing as someone who chews, but with more heat.
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Don't start, in any way, smoking. You're better off.  If you're going to 'enjoy' a cigar for your nephew, have one of those that are made out of bubble gum.
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I hope so, I can tell you first hand that smoking is bad for you. My father died from smoking, my best friend died from smoking, my father in law died from it.
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First of all cigars are not drugs\nhttp://www.ecigardepot.com/RareCollectables.htm
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The negative side effects of smoking are damage to throat and lungs;\nadded risk of heart disease;\ndepletion of certain vitamins, especially Vitamin C, which might cause some health problems, \ndiscolouration of teeth and fingernails and even the skin around the fingernails on the hand that holds the cigarette,\nostracism due to smelling like an ashtray;\nostracism due to being a smoker in the first place;\na weakened immune system due to depletion of vitamins in part, but  mainly due to being forced to smoke outdoors in the freezing cold:\nLung disease; respiratory diseases; and sometimes cancer;\ndamage to an unborn foetus;\ncosts of decorating (white walls will yellow quickly);\ncosts of buying the cigarettes;\ncosts of getting private health care for your emphysema or whatever, which your G.P. doesn't care to treat as you a smoker;\ncost of tissues which you need to hack up the daily ten oysters or so ...\nprobably more!\nThe positive side-effects should get a mention too, for the sake of an unbiased  report.\ngood for the digestion;\ngood for certain types of dental problems;\naids concentration and focussing skills;\nreduces stress;\nreduces the toxic effects of alcohol.\nProbably a lot more there too!\nIn the neutral box, premature ageing is often cited as a negative side-effect, but that probably depends on the person (By premature ageing, I mean wrinkled skin and not breathlessness due to lung capacity or heart)\nDepending on the how much nicotine and tar the cigarette contains, and on personal hygiene, smelling bad is no longer an "option".\n\nPeople who suffer from stress-related diseases are discouraged to cold turkey because their conditon would get worse. Until they can find an alternative way of managing their stress, smoking is acceptable, but hopefully they try to cut down.\nBreathing exercises are useful to delay lighting up, as is holding the cigarette in your fingers when you feel the urge to smoke, and counting to ten or whatever, in the hope that a distraction will stop you from smoking it for yet a longer while .\n\nYet why is it that after WW2, so many pregnant mothers smoked, and produced healthy babies? How did all those 60-a-day smokers live into ripe old age, with only a cough to show for it, if that? Could it be that modern cigarettes contain dangerous chemicals these days? Chemicals which are far worse than tobacco itself?
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There's no doubt that smoking is not good for you but....\nI would be more concerned about the air you breathe daily!\nI would be more concerned about what we eat!laboratory experiments show that pigs can indeed be infected by Mad Cow brains--and hundreds of thousands of downer pigs, too sick or crippled by injury to even walk, arrive at U.S. slaughterhouses every year.This article also includes info on other meat sources as well! A good read and "food" for thought No pun intended!\nDid you know that the average person takes over 20,000 breaths a day.We spend our entire day breathing in and out and yet, most of the time, we don’t even think about it.  We’re not aware of a function which is vital for sustaining life.  \nOf the air cancer risk calculated by EDF for the U.S. as a whole, 60 percent is from mobile sources and 26 percent from small business 'area; sources, with the remaining 14 percent from industrial 'point' sources.Wouldn't cigarettes be considered an air cancer risk since we breathe in the smoke?\nMore people die each year in the United States from medical errors than from highway accidents, breast cancer or AIDS, \n\nSo you see it doesn't really matter where you live,how much money you have,or what you do to earn a living,we all breathe the same air and buy our food from the same food chain,From the minute you are born,you begin to die,so don't take life too seriously,you're not going to come out of it alive,and a hundred years from now,nobody's going to give a rats behind about you any ways!so chill,don't worry be happy! and smile!
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Simple answer is NO!!! Whatever you smoke,you are introducing,foreign matter,products of combustion,and chemicals into your lungs.As these are very sensitive organs,you stand a very good chance of damaging them very badly.Grit your teeth,kick the habit,and live longer.....................your family deserve that!!!!(By the way,I am an ex-smoker!!!) Cheers mucker, Take it easy,Rob
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There are no safe cigarettes.  Some are lower in tar than others, but tar isn't the only bad thing for you in a cigarette.  They'll all kill you sooner or later.
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they will harm your health.