Chapter 18 Pipes And Cigars

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Pipes And Cigars: General

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The tar in cigar smoke is more carcinogenic than the tar of cigarette smoke.

Cigars, p. 3

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Even an unlighted cigar held in the mouth can cause high levels of nicotine to be

absorbed. Some cigars contain as much as 20 grams of nicotine, compared to about

15 grams in an entire pack of cigarettes.

USA Today, March 30, 1998, p. D1

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Cigars and cigarettes, consumed in equal volumes, produce roughly equal risks of

mouth and throat cancer. Heavy cigar smokers incur nearly three times the risk of lung

cancer of nonsmokers, compared to nine times the risk for cigarette smokers.

Newsweek, December 2, 1996, p. 75

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Deaths from pipe and cigar smoking totaled 14,000 in 1991.

Internal Medicine World Report, September 15, 1991 p. 1

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Celebrities with the cigar habit include David Letterman, Arnold Schwarzenegger,

Danny De Vito, Tom Cruise, Bruce Willis, Tom Selleck, Rush Limbaugh, Jim Belushi,

Gregory Hines, Linda Evangelista, Matt Dillon, Patrick Swayze, George Hamilton,

Alec Baldwin, Demi Moore, James Woods, Whoopi Goldberg, Jack Nicholson, Bill

Cosby, Paul Anka, Terry Bradshaw, Willie Mays, Claudia Schiffer, Pierce Brosnan,

football coach Mike Ditka, Denzel Washington, Jesse Ventura, Milton Berle, Will

Smith, John Grisham, and Robert DeNiro.

CBS News, October 24, 1995, and Cigar Aficionado

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