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About Cigars
- Cigar smokers have 4 - 10 times the risk of dying
from laryngeal, oral and esophageal cancer as non-smokers.
- Cigar smokers and threesomes more likely to develop
lung cancer than non-smokers
- Cigar smokers have five times the chance of
contracting emphysema than non-smokers
- Even cigar smokers that don't inhale still risk
cancers of the lip, tongue and mouth, as the same carcinogens and cancer
producing chemicals that are found in cigarettes are in cigars
Some information about chewing tobacco
- Not only does chewing tobacco contain nicotine, but
it contains more nicotine than cigarettes.
- The toxic chemicals in the tobacco can cause mouth
and throat cancer, often resulting in surgery which may require removing
parts of the mouth and jaw.
Addiction
Did you know:
- Nicotine is just as addictive as heroin and cocaine.
- Nearly 70% of people who smoke want to quit smoking
completely
- For women: lung cancer has surpassed breast cancer
as the leading cause of cancer deaths among women.
- For men: male smokers are almost 10 more likely to
die of bronchitis and emphysema, and 22 times more likely to die from lung
cancer than nonsmoking males.
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