Interesting article

http://health.msn.com/health-topics/quit-smoking/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100254350>1=31020

Doesn't take a genius to know that there are still health risks with smoking cigars. However, I dislike this article because it is accusing tobacco companies of "pushing" cigars as healthier alternatives. I have not seen any such marketing efforts by the tobacco industry. Plus, I am almost certain that having one cigar a day is better than having 3 cigarettes.

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sightunseen:

Interesting article

http://health.msn.com/health-topics/quit-smoking/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100254350>1=31020

Doesn't take a genius to know that there are still health risks with smoking cigars. However, I dislike this article because it is accusing tobacco companies of "pushing" cigars as healthier alternatives. I have not seen any such marketing efforts by the tobacco industry. Plus, I am almost certain that having one cigar a day is better than having 3 cigarettes.

I'm also not aware of any "pushing" of cigars as a healthy alternative to cigarettes. It would be interesting to see the author of the article establish this.

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“Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality.” -Nikola Tesla

I was talking to someone and they were saying that 1 cigar was like smoking a pack of cigarettes. I asked to see where they read that and I still have yet to get a response back. I think it is just what their opinon was not fact. Hummmm I think I will do some research now.

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Hayblet:

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I've read somewhere that one cigar contains as much tobacco as a pack of cigarettes.
But they aren't smoked in the same manner.
So I don't think it could be the same...
And hell everything is healthy one minute and not the next then it swings back.
I stopped caring long ago

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Sandman1am:

I was talking to someone and they were saying that 1 cigar was like smoking a pack of cigarettes. I asked to see where they read that and I still have yet to get a response back. I think it is just what their opinon was not fact. Hummmm I think I will do some research now.

They probably did a quick calculation of the volume of tobacco in a cigar and compared it to cigarettes. I doubt they factored in the additional chemicals that are in cigarettes. I wouldn't be smoking cigars if they treated it with additional chemicals.

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Stephen and Sight I agree with you both. Now that I think about it that would make sense that the cigar did contain the same amount of tabacco. Def. not somked the same or have same contents. Good points that I will have to bring up in our next conversation. The other thing is that I don't think that I'm addicted to cigars I could quit if I wanted to.....lol ya right....but everyone that I know that smokes cigarettes say that they are addicted and can not quit even though they want to. I have never heard anyone say I can not quit smoking cigars.

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Hayblet:

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just tried to look at this article and msn said it wasnt available anymore. maybe people figured out that it was just opinion and pulled it.. either way I, like stephen, stopped caring a long time ago

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Smoke 'em if you got 'em

Here is a great site
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Tobacco/cigars

Alright so I went to ACS (American Cancer Society) web page and read about their opinon on cigars. Some of the information on the site I can agree with other things I think is opinon based. I now understand where the pack of cigarettes came from. But even if it is smoking the same amount of tobacco it is not inhaled therefore in my logic it is not as bad. My chances are less because I do not inhale so I will have lower levels of toxians etc. or whatever. Granted it is smoked for longer but how fast can someone who smokes cigarettes smoke an entire pack (inhaling)? I persoanlly know people who are smoking 2 packs a day. I don't smoke everyday but I could and my chances of cancer or worse would be much lower then if I smoked a pack a day. IMO

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Hayblet:

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I was in the ER last week because I got alcohol sprayed in my eye at work. The doctor said my blood pressure was elevated and wanted to know if I smoked? I told him that the main thing I smoke is cigars and that I usually smoke about 3 cigarettes a day on my breaks at work but never at home and never on the weekends. He told me that I should eliminate the cigarettes and it would dramatically reduce my blood pressure. When I asked him about the cigars, he said he wasn't the slightest bit worried about them!

clearlysuspect:

I was in the ER last week because I got alcohol sprayed in my eye at work. The doctor said my blood pressure was elevated and wanted to know if I smoked? I told him that the main thing I smoke is cigars and that I usually smoke about 3 cigarettes a day on my breaks at work but never at home and never on the weekends. He told me that I should eliminate the cigarettes and it would dramatically reduce my blood pressure. When I asked him about the cigars, he said he wasn't the slightest bit worried about them!

Dang Phil you just made me remember something (sorry to hear about you having to go to the hospital). My cousin is a cardio vasc. surgeon (and he does other stuff too pretty amazing guy) and he smokes more cigars then I do. I would think that a doctor who deals with the heart, lungs, etc. wouldn't do it if it were that bad for you.

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Hayblet:

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There are two major studies that have been done regarding the health effects of cigars, one of them done by the American Cancer Society. What they concluded was that if the death rate of a non-smoker is 1, the death rate of a person who smokes 1-2 cigars a day has a death rate of 1.2. In other words, it's not going to make a dramatic difference in when you die. The thing is, however, is that there's other effects - there's still the increased risk of oral cancer, and despite what many people say, I have still felt effects on my breathing (and I do not actively inhale). In addition, I have felt a draw of nicotine addiction, though it has not been of a level that dramatically affected my life. All in all, I still love my cigars, and indulge pretty much daily - I just believe in knowing exactly what I'm involved in.

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There are two kinds of people in this world that go around beardless — boys and women — and I am neither one.

Getting out of bed in the morning is risky! After 30 years in law enforcement, I'm not going to worry about what a few cigars a week (if I'm lucky!) is going to do to me.

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“A good cigar is like a beautiful chick with a great body who also knows the American League box scores.” – M*A*S*H, Klinger

YankeeMan:

Getting out of bed in the morning is risky! After 30 years in law enforcement, I'm not going to worry about what a few cigars a week (if I'm lucky!) is going to do to me.

30 years? God bless...... I've got 20 more to go!

I try to stay healthy. Eat right. Exercise regularly. 2-3 cigars a week is a fair trade-off in my book.

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Sandman1am:

clearlysuspect:

I was in the ER last week because I got alcohol sprayed in my eye at work. The doctor said my blood pressure was elevated and wanted to know if I smoked? I told him that the main thing I smoke is cigars and that I usually smoke about 3 cigarettes a day on my breaks at work but never at home and never on the weekends. He told me that I should eliminate the cigarettes and it would dramatically reduce my blood pressure. When I asked him about the cigars, he said he wasn't the slightest bit worried about them!

Dang Phil you just made me remember something (sorry to hear about you having to go to the hospital). My cousin is a cardio vasc. surgeon (and he does other stuff too pretty amazing guy) and he smokes more cigars then I do. I would think that a doctor who deals with the heart, lungs, etc. wouldn't do it if it were that bad for you.

Yeah, i've never known a doctor to turn down a good cigar, and neither have both my parents.

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