- Cigar Smoking and Cancer
Information from the American Cancer Society on cigar trends, constituents of cigar smoke, cancer disease and deaths caused by cigars, other health effects of cigars, and secondhand cigar smoke.
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ped/content/ped_10_2x_cigar_smoking_and_cancer.asp?sitearea=ped
- Cigar Smoking is a Serious Risk to Public Health
Summary of recent scientific findings concludes cigars are not a safe alternative to cigarettes, and that both cause addiction, cancer, and secondhand smoke.
http://www.cfah.org/hbns/newsrelease/cigar8-8-00.cfm
- Cigars
"Smoking cigars is thought to be safer than cigarettes. Instead of lung cancer, you develop head and neck cancer." Collection of articles outlines the effects.
http://quitsmoking.about.com/health/quitsmoking/cs/cigars/index.htm
- Cigars and Lung Cancer, Heart Disease, COPD
Summary of research findings. Cigars cause lung cancer, lung disease, COPD, and heart disease.
http://www.oncolink.com/templates/resources/article.cfm?c=3&s=8&ss=23&id=2309
- Cigars and Tobacco-related Cancers
Scientific paper estimates the effects of cigars; covers the death caused, not disease.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=10675383&dopt=Abstract
- Cigars: An Unsafe Alternative to Cigarettes
Since cigars don't have the warnings, taxes, ad restrictions of cigarettes, a customer could get the idea they're a safe alternative; this item summarizes the research showing why they're not.
http://www.heartinfo.com/search/display.asp?Id=609&header=T_know.gif&caller=
- Dr. Koop - Don't Have a Cigar
Article examines promotion and marketing of cigars, and briefly lists their health effects.
http://www.drkoop.com/template.asp?page=newsdetail&ap=93&id=8933
- Health Risks Associated With Cigar Smoking
AMA report summarizes findings from a scientific conference, including cigars cause nicotine addiction and lung cancer.
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/284/6/735
- Non Cigar Aficionado Points of View
Collection of articles on the industry promotion of the product, and the effects of the product on the customer.
http://www.healthwatcher.net/Cigar-nca/nca-main.html
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