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Many people who would never smoke cigarettes are willing to smoke cigars. They falsely believe that smoking cigars does not pose the same health dangers as smoking cigarettes. Cigars are not a safe alternative to cigarettes.
The process of quitting cigarettes also applies to quitting cigars. For a step-by -step guide on how to quit tobacco use, click here.
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Tobacco use, whether cigarettes, cigars, or smokeless tobacco, causes almost twice as many strokes, heart attacks, and other cardiovascular diseases than it does lung cancer.
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Cigars contain nicotine and poisons just like cigarettes. In fact, cigars can contain up to 70 times as much nicotine as cigarettes.
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Smoking a cigar just once in a while is harmful, even if you're outdoors.
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Cigar smokers absorb nicotine regardless of whether or not they inhale because cigars are mildly alkaline, which means nicotine is easily absorbed through the mouth and lips.
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Cigar smokers have a 4 to 10 times higher risk of dying from laryngeal, oral and esophageal cancers than nonsmokers.
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Men who smoke 5 or more cigars per day are 2 to 3 times more likely to die of lung cancer than nonsmokers.
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Cigars pollute more than cigarettes: one cigar produces more carbon monoxide than three cigarettes.
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Smoking cigars puts you at risk for emphysema, bronchitis, and other lung diseases.
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Teenage cigar smokers have slower lung growth.
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Smoking one cigar is like smoking several cigarettes.
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Cigars can cause stomach ulcers.
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Cigars are addictive, just like cigarettes. You may find yourself smoking more, even if you don't want to.
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Click here to download a fact sheet on cigars pdf
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