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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| | Chapter 18 Pipes And Cigars |
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| | Pipes And Cigars: General |
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| | In a study of lung cancer risk from three European countries, smoking cigars (odds |
| | ratio 9.0) or pipes (7.9) was only of moderately less risk for developing lung cancer |
| | than was smoking cigarettes only (odds ratio 14. 9). |
| | Journal of the National Cancer Institute, April 21, 1999, p. 697 |
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| | Total cigar consumption decreased from 8 billion in 1970 to 2 million in 1993, and |
| | then increased to 3.6 billion in 1997. |
| | Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, November 5, 1999, p. 989 |
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| | Total U.S. cigar sales were 3.7 billion in 1998. |
| | US News and World Report, November 29, 1999, p. 55 |
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| | Cigar Aficionado in December 1999 published an article "The top 100 cigar smokers |
| | of the Twentieth Century." |
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| | In 1998, 11.9% of men and 2.3% of women were cigar smokers, an increase from the |
| | previous year. 5.6% of youths ages 12 to 17, or 1.3 million, were current cigar users. |
| | 1998 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse |
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| | Cigar imports peaked at over 500 million in 1997, declining to 30 million estimated in |
| | 1999. |
| | Newsweek, November 15, 1999, p. 8 |
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