From: ????????????? (Sheldon Richman)
Subject: ADA News Releases: Cigar Fact Sheet

Steve,

I wonder if you have seen this.  Do you know if it has been critiqued?  Thanks.

Sheldon Richman

>Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 08:43:41 -0500
>To : ?????????????
>Subject: ADA News Releases: Cigar Fact Sheet
>
>Cigar Fact Sheet

>Cigars are not a safe alternative to cigarettes.
>
>Cigar smokers can be at greater risk of death from cancer of the
>throat, mouth and esophagus than nonsmokers.
> 
>Cigar smokers, many of whom smoke an average of eight cigars per week,
>often suffer from badly stained teeth and chronic bad breath.
> 
>Cigar smokers who say they don't inhale are still at risk for oral and
>pharyngeal (throat) cancers.   Many people do inhale cigars (sometimes
>unintentionally).  Whether they  inhale or not, the cigar comes in contact
>with the lips, tongue and mouth tissues.  The cigar smoke permeates the
>mouth, nose and throat.
> 
>Cigar smokers may have the same risk for emphysema as do cigarette
>smokers.  A Danish study found no difference in risk of emphysema between
>current cigarette smokers and former smokers who switched to cigars or
>PIPES.  Their risk was reduced only if all tobacco consumption declined.
>
>Cigars were banned from restaurants long before cigarettes, mainly
>because of their foul odor; and cigars also produce secondhand smoke just
>like cigarettes.
> 
>Research links cigars with cancers of the mouth and lung, as well as
>with stroke, heart attacks and lung disease.

>Copyright © 1997 American Dental Association.<br>
>Reproduction or republication strictly prohibited without prior written
>permission.</h5>

Sheldon

The man who said "two wrongs don't make a right" undoubtedly committed the
first wrong.  

[ I showed it to Marc Schneiderman, M.D., who responded thus... ]


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