Thread: How bad are cigars for your health?

I posted this in another Thread in the cigar section. This is what I found from researching the web.

If you are going to enjoy a tobacco product; here is a list of how to enjoy it from the Safest to the Worst way for your health. (In My Opinion from research).

I am not a Doctor or a professional on this topic and smoking period is bad for your health and can cause Cancer.

From # 1 Healthiest to the least Healthiest:

1. Do not smoke tobacco period. This is the safest way to enjoy Tobacco.

2. Enjoy tobacco through a pipe. There are many different types of pipes and all of them are the cleanest and healthiest way to enjoy tobacco. The reason for this being at the top of the list is because your skin is not in direct contact with the Tobacco.

3. Next would be cigars. This method has direct contact with the Tobacco to your lips and is a little less healthy then a pipe.

4. Now cigarettes are bad for you along with cigars because of the tobacco; but what is put into cigarettes (chemicals), is what makes them worst then cigars.

Chemicals were added to cigarettes in the papers and filters to help the cigarette continue to burn while not in your hand. If the cigarette goes out while in the ash tray and you are gabbing away and not smoking; then you have to light another one. Hence you smoke more and buy more. Some companies have taken these chemicals out but not all have.

If you are planning to smoke cigarettes then you should use a very good tobacco and role your own with chemical free papers. Next would be to use a cigarette holder to not come into contact with the tobacco product.

5. Smokeless tobacco is by far the worst way to enjoy tobacco. This way has direct contact to your skin and can cause a lot of problems for the user. Bleeding gums and sores can be formed in your mouth from this method and can cause severe damage to your system.

Originally Posted by CDWall

Depends on you who you talk too. Some day smoking anything is bad for you. However, cigars are nothing like cigarettes. Then you have to factor what strength, frequency, inhale or no inhale, so on and so forth.

Every 2 to 4 months...I think you're good.

+1

Originally Posted by AK47

If you're worried about living healthy, don't smoke fine cigars, drive fast cars, drink expensive liquor, and chase loose women.
If you're worried about living, then go ahead and do all of those things

+1 lol

Originally Posted by Hovy

It's all in the head. My grand father smoked and drank everyday of his life. He passed away at 93.

Live it up. Period.

+1 My grand father is 83 going on 84 and smokes about 7-10 cigars a day, and is still strong as an ox!

No problem, Just ask George Burns

I've read about George..thats just nutty! But, I can't take his case into consideration since its very rare, and I'm not interested in smoking that much. I was just asking if 2-4/month was harmful. The information about the throat and from JLasher was great! Exactly what I was looking for.

Do you know if you keep harming those cells and they keep repairing if there is any permanent damage to them in the future from constantly harming them, and then letting them heal? I assume you are a doctor?

Originally Posted by KyleE

I've read about George..thats just nutty! But, I can't take his case into consideration since its very rare, and I'm not interested in smoking that much. I was just asking if 2-4/month was harmful. The information about the throat and from JLasher was great! Exactly what I was looking for.

Do you know if you keep harming those cells and they keep repairing if there is any permanent damage to them in the future from constantly harming them, and then letting them heal? I assume you are a doctor?

As soon as you stop smoking your cilia begin to heal. Every time you smoke. I'll have to ask a professor about the permanent damage with smoking them consistently. I'm not a doctor, I'm in my sr year at CSUFresno studying communicative disorders. Speech lang pathologists, audiologists, otolaryngologists, and Teachers of the Deaf. So it's the same classes. lol I just spent a semester studying about all that stuff in your ears nose and throat.

OK great!

Great information, I appreciate it! I am more concerned about long term damage to my health. I don't mind an occasional sore throat, but I just want to make sure I'm not going to cause any long term issues by smoking 2-4 cigars/month. Doing research before I get too wrapped up in the hobby!

Spoke with a professor who's also a otolaryngologist. The cilia does heal itself again and again, but as you smoke more over time (not increasing the amount, but 2 to 4 a month) you begin to build up scar tissue which would make it impossible for the cilia to grow back. He said at that point you begin to have respiratory problems.

So even the little amount per month will still end up with respiratory problems? Good info..thanks!