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 Cigar and Pipes Cause Tooth and Gum Disease Description: Recent research shows that cigars and pipe smoking have nearly the same adverse effects on periodontal health and tooth loss as cigarette smoking. (perio.org) |
| Cigar Smoking and Cancer Description: 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. (cancer.org) |
| Cigar Smoking Increases Coronary, COPD, and Cancer Risks Description: Summary of research reported in the The New England Journal of Medicine in June 1999. (oncolink.com) |
| Cigar Smoking is a Serious Risk to Public Health Description: Summary of recent scientific findings concludes cigars are not a safe alternative to cigarettes, and that both cause addiction, cancer, and secondhand smoke. (cfah.org) |
| Cigar, Pipe Smoking Boost Cancer, Heart Risks Description: Summary of study published in the International Journal of Epidemiology, October 2003, which found that the health risks of cigar or pipe smoking, from cancer to heart disease, are as great as those of relatively light cigarette smoking. (bhcs.com) |
| Cigars and Tobacco-related Cancers Description: Scientific paper estimates the effects of cigars; covers the death caused, not disease. (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) |
| Cigars: An Unsafe Alternative to Cigarettes Description: 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. (heartinfo.com) |
| Dr. Koop - Don't Have a Cigar Description: Article examines promotion and marketing of cigars, and briefly lists their health effects. (drkoop.com) |
| Effect of Cigar Smoking on the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Cancer in Men Description: Summary of June 1999 article in the New England Journal of Medicine covers what cigars do to the heart, lungs, and throat. (oncolink.com) |
| Health Risks Associated With Cigar Smoking Description: AMA report summarizes findings from a scientific conference, including cigars cause nicotine addiction and lung cancer. (jama.ama-assn.org) |
| Leisurely Cigar Puffs Have Hidden Risks Description: Academy of General Dentistry provides information on effects of cigars. (agd.org) |
| Non Cigar Aficionado Points of View Description: Collection of articles on the industry promotion of the product, and the effects of the product on the customer. (healthwatcher.net) |
| Pipe Smoking and Health Description: An MD examines the risks and benefits of pipe smoking in terms of health and well being. (meerschaumstore.com) |
| Questions and Answers About Cigar Smoking and Cancer Description: Information from the National Cancer Institute discusses health risks, effects of inhalation, relationship to addiction, benefits of quitting, and trends. (cis.nci.nih.gov) |
| Smoking Cessation at About.com - Cigars Description: 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) |
| The Tobacco Reference Guide: Pipes and Cigars Description: Fully footnoted factsheets on use and effects. (globalink.org) |
