I would suggest that some of you read the following regarding links of cigars to cancer:
Cigar smoking raises your risk of cancer and death
“Cigar smoking increases your risk of death from many cancers, including:
* lung
* lip, tongue, mouth, throat (oral cavity)
* esophagus (the tube connecting the mouth to the stomach)
* voice box (larynx)
Studies have shown that regular cigar smokers are 4 to 10 times more likely to die from cancers of the mouth, larynx, and esophagus than non-smokers. For those who inhale, cigar smoking appears to be linked to death from cancer of the pancreas and bladder, too.” (from http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_2X_Cigar_Smoking.asp)
“What about secondhand cigar smoke?
Because cigars contain more tobacco than cigarettes, and because they often burn for much longer, they give off greater amounts of secondhand smoke. This is also known as environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) or passive smoke. Secondhand smoke includes both the smoke from the end of the burning cigar and the smoke exhaled by the smoker.
In general, secondhand smoke from cigars contains many of the same toxins (poisons) and carcinogens (cancer causing agents) as cigarette smoke, but in higher concentrations. Some of the toxins or irritants in cigar smoke include:
* carbon monoxide
* nicotine
* hydrogen cyanide
* ammonia
* volatile aldehydes
Cigar smoke includes the following agents that cause cancer (carcinogens):
* benzene
* aromatic amines (especially carcinogens such as 2-naphthylamine and 4-aminobiphenyl)
* vinyl chloride
* ethylene oxide
* arsenic
* chromium
* cadmium
* nitrosamines
* polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons”
(from http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_2X_Cigar_Smoking.asp)