Smoking Cessation at About.com - Cigars - http://quitsmoking.about.com/cs/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.
Cigar Smoking and Cancer - http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ped/content/ped_10_2x_cigar_smoking_and_cancer.asp?sitearea=ped 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.
Dr. Koop - Don't Have a Cigar - http://www.drkoop.com/template.asp?page=newsdetail&ap=93&id=8933 Article examines promotion and marketing of cigars, and briefly lists their health effects.
Pipe Smoking and Health - http://www.meerschaumstore.com/health.htm An MD examines the risks and benefits of pipe smoking in terms of health and well being.
Cigar and Pipes Cause Tooth and Gum Disease - http://www.perio.org/consumer/cigars.htm Recent research shows that cigars and pipe smoking have nearly the same adverse effects on periodontal health and tooth loss as cigarette smoking.
Cigar Smoking is a Serious Risk to Public Health - http://www.cfah.org/hbns/newsrelease/cigar8-8-00.cfm Summary of recent scientific findings concludes cigars are not a safe alternative to cigarettes, and that both cause addiction, cancer, and secondhand smoke.
Health Risks Associated With Cigar Smoking - http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/284/6/735 AMA report summarizes findings from a scientific conference, including cigars cause nicotine addiction and lung cancer.
Cigars and Tobacco-related Cancers - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=10675383&dopt=Abstract Scientific paper estimates the effects of cigars; covers the death caused, not disease.
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