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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.
www.cfah.org
Cigars and Tobacco-related Cancers
Scientific paper estimates the effects of cigars; covers the death caused, not disease.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The Tobacco Reference Guide: Pipes and Cigars
Fully footnoted factsheets on use and effects.
www.globalink.org
Article examines promotion and marketing of cigars, and briefly lists their health effects.
www.drkoop.com
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.
www.cancer.org
Health Risks Associated With Cigar Smoking
AMA report summarizes findings from a scientific conference, including cigars cause nicotine addiction and lung cancer.
jama.ama-assn.org
Smoking Cessation at About.com - Cigars
Cigar smoking has become trendy in the past few years, but no warning has been placed on the labels to show the health risks involved. They can involve head and neck cancers rather than lung cancer. Collection of articles outlines the effects and proposed warnings.
quitsmoking.about.com
Cigar and Pipes Cause Tooth and Gum Disease
Recent research shows that cigars and pipe smoking have nearly the same adverse effects on periodontal health and tooth loss as cigarette smoking.
www.perio.org
Summary of June 1999 article in the New England Journal of Medicine covers what cigars do to the heart, lungs, and throat.
www.oncolink.com
Cigar Smoking Increases Coronary, COPD, and Cancer Risks
Summary of research reported in The New England Journal of Medicine in June 1999.
www.oncolink.com
An MD examines the risks and benefits of pipe smoking in terms of health and well being.
www.meerschaumstore.com
Leisurely Cigar Puffs Have Hidden Risks
Academy of General Dentistry provides information on effects of cigars.
www.agd.org