Dangers of Cigars

For cigar aficionados, it is the best tasting thing on Earth. When cigar becomes an addiction, and generally it does, there could also be negative effects. These effects may come as just simple bad breath but it could also be worse.
This article is here to remind you that you have to take care of your health, for your health is very important. There are health risks that could be associated with cigar smoking:

 (1) Heavy cigar and pipe smoking is associated with the development of lung cancer.

(2) Cigar and pipe smokers have a lower risk of lung cancer than the cigarette smoker. This finding is said to relate to differences in inhalation practices and to the age at which smoking began.

(3) The lower risk of lung cancer for Jewish males does not apply for cigar and pipe smoking, indicating the lower overall risk of lung cancer for Jewish males to relate to the lesser usage of cigarettes rather than to constitutional factors.

(4) The age of male lung cancer patients who have smoked only cigars and pipes is older than for cigarette smokers, possibly reflecting an older age at the start of smoking and longer life expectancy of cigar and pipe smokers as compared to cigarette smokers, or a lesser deposition of tobacco smoke in the respiratory tract of cigar and pipe smokers due to the fact that they are predominantly non-inhalers. It is also possible that this reflects the secular changes in smoking habits that has taken place in the general population.

(5) While light cigars (one to two a day) or pipe smoking (one to four a day) does not appear to be associated with an increased risk of lung cancer, heavier cigar and pipe smokers need to realize that their risk for lung cancer as well as for other types of cancer and diseases is quite appreciable.

Some studies show that 2-3 cigars per day, not inhaled, pose no significant health threat.  There are no studies which implicate "light" cigar smoke with an increased health risk. However, cigars certainly are implicated in lung and other forms of cancer, and once you smoke 5+ a day, the risks become substantial. Cigars cannot be considered benign.