It's all about personal choice and risk vs quality of life. I've been smoking cigars since I was 12 and that's been 47 years so I don't even think about risk at all. I have a better chance of a Mack Truck or a bus or some other fluke accident taking my life than a cigar. I think a proactive approach is to seek medical evaluations every year with a full workup and see how that goes...prevention and seeing how your body is doing is the key if you are worried about cigars. Even twice a year checkups will keep you on the straight and narrow.
My baby sister married a straight arrow Adventist. Never smoked drank, or carried on in his life. Caught lung cancer and died at fifty. As a result, my baby sister refuses to be in the same room as a smoker. If you can follow the logic of that please clue me in.
I like to call my favorite statistic to attention when this topic is raised. 100% of non-smokers die. Live it up boys. You only get one go 'round, might as well enjoy it.
Let's see, I've been exposed to every kind of rock dust, used to wear asbestos mittens both as a welder and then later as a Tanker in the Army, where they could still use them for years after they were banned in the civilian workplace, every kind of welding fume, including the iso-cyanate from galvanized steel, every kind of paint fume and paint thinner, every known solvent, and the government has told me that everything from coffee and white bread to bologna will give me cancer. I'm going to enjoy a damn cigar whenever I want.
Did you also know that driving in, on, or near a car increases the risk of you being killed in an automobile accident? I'm never getting in, on, or near a car again!
I would agree that cigarettes are bad for you.. i was a 2 pack a day kinda guy and when i started coughing alot and noticed i was having some effort to breathe and I knew it was time to stop. I moved to smoking cigars to let me enjoy the habit without destroying my lungs anymore. It has been 6 months since i quit cigarettes and took up cigars and the health difference is night and day. If you must smoke, Id say the Cigar is the way. Worst i can ever imagine from cigar smoking is throat or mouth cancer - and if you brush your teeth regularly or chew some gum to help pull the alkyloids out of your mouth and spit id imagine this is even reduced further. We can only enjoy so many things anymore.... drinking is so closely watched now that its loosing its luster, and the gov seems to find it okay to slowly steal our freedom more and more each day. If you already smoke Cigars... enjoy it and let the rest of the world worry about the nonsense.
My dentist checks me for oral and troat cancer related to cigar smoking every 5-6 months I see him for a teeth cleaning. Of course, I did say I smoked cigars the first time I saw him so that's what brought it to his attention. I don't see the non-inhaling hobbyist any more at risk than someone who drinks. I'm not going to let fear dictate my life if I can help it. If it's your time, it's your time regardless of what you're doing.
I looked into this in depth a few years back.
I changed one thing.
I rarely drink hard liquor with cigars now.
Usually water or coffee, sometimes a Mexican coke, occasionally a beer.
I looked into this in depth a few years back.
I changed one thing.
I rarely drink hard liquor with cigars now.
Usually water or coffee, sometimes a Mexican coke, occasionally a beer.
How about an explanation. Why would you stop drinking hard liquor while smoking cigars? What does this have to do with cancer? Never heard of a connection but I might need to know about this.
Well, I always thought that the alcohol would kill carcinogenic cells just as dead as good cells. Maybe that was wishful thinking. But hey! Isn't mouthwash and pre-brushing rinses mostly alcohol? If their theory is right then they shouldn't make mouthwash and oral rinse with alcohol,............. This is making me want a stiff drink. And a smoke too.
I looked into this in depth a few years back.
I changed one thing.
I rarely drink hard liquor with cigars now.
Usually water or coffee, sometimes a Mexican coke, occasionally a beer.
So what's the deal with Mexican coke? Columbian not good enough for ya?
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