Do cigars contain nicotine?
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Absolutely! They are made with tobacco which is the source of the nicotine. Here is some info you should know!\n\nCigar Smoking Skyrockets \nCigar Smoking Skyrockets \n \nArticle date: 1998/12/31  \nBetween 1989 and 1993, cigar smoking skyrocketed 133 percent according to researchers at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute's Department of Cancer Control and Epidemiology in Buffalo, N.Y. Their findings were published in the July 1998 edition of the American Journal of Public Health. Researchers surveyed 22 communities in North America, and found an increase in cigar use among both sexes, as well as in all age groups, races, incomes, educational levels and smoking frequency.\nTheir findings concur with those of many scientists, who noted a sharp decline in the prevalence of cigar smoking from 1964 to 1991, then a resurgence in popularity, particularly among younger adults, over the past few years. According to the Cigar Association of America, two billion cigars were sold to 10 million cigar smokers in 1994, the first year of a marked increase in sales. In 1996, 4.4 billion cigars were sold, marking a 45 percent increase in sales since 1993. Many people believe these increases are due in large part because of manufacturer's marketing and advertising efforts, celebrity endorsements of cigars as glamorous and acceptable, and the linking of cigars and the supposed good life in TV shows, movies, and magazines.\n\nResearchers also noted the public may think cigar smoking is a safer and less addictive alternative to cigarettes. According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, cancer deaths among cigar smokers are 34 percent higher than among nonsmokers. They also state cigar smoking causes cancers of the larynx, oral cavity, esophagus, and lungs. Just like cigarettes, cigars contain nicotine.\n\nA 1996 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), found an estimated six million US teenagers aged 14-19 had smoked at least one cigar within the past year.\n\nHere are some other facts about cigars and their usage:\n\n\nThe carcinogens and cancer-producing chemicals found in cigarettes are also present in cigars.\n\nCigar smokers have three times the risk of developing lung cancer than nonsmokers, according to a 1985 study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI).\n\nCigar smokers are more likely than nonsmokers to suffer from persistent coughs, phlegm, and are at increased risk of peptic ulcers, according to a 1987 issue of The American Journal of Public Health.\n\nConcentrations in tar and nicotine are much higher in cigars than cigarettes, according to a study in a 1988 edition of Preventative Medicine. In a presentation at a June 1998 American Cancer Society conference on the health risks of cigar smoking, scientist Jack Henningfield, PhD, vice president of research and health policy at Pinney Associates noted the amounts of nicotine in cigars. "A study of 10 cigar types showed that cigars contain amounts of nicotine ranging (on the low end) from that equivalent to a single cigarette to (on the high end) that equivalent to an entire pack of cigarettes. Most cigars contain nicotine in quantities equivalent to several cigarettes," he said.\n\nExposure to secondhand cigar smoke carries the same risks as exposure to secondhand cigarette smoke, according to an article in the January 10, 1995 edition of TheWashington Post.\n\nCigar packages bear no warning from the Surgeon General, as cigarette packages do.\n\nThe 1990 Budget Reconciliation Act taxes cigars at a federal level of $1.125 per thousand, which equals less than a penny each.\n\nAccording to a presentation at the ACS cigar conference given by researcher John Slade, MD, addiction and chemical dependencies specialist at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey, "The sale of cigars has increased markedly in the past five years. Despite the fact that virtually all of the advertising and promotion of these produc
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Cigarettes contain more than 4000 chemical compounds and at least 400 toxic substances.\n\nWhen you inhale, a cigarette burns at 700°C at the tip and around 60°C in the core. This heat breaks down the tobacco to produce various toxins.\n\nAs a cigarette burns, the residues are concentrated towards the butt.\n\nThe products that are most damaging are:\n\n    * tar, a carcinogen (substance that causes cancer)\n\n    * nicotine is addictive and increases cholesterol levels in your body\n\n    * carbon monoxide reduces oxygen in the body\n\n    * components of the gas and particulate phases cause chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD).\n\nThe damage caused by smoking is influenced by:\n\n    * the number of cigarettes smoked\n\n    * whether the cigarette has a filter\n\n    * how the tobacco has been prepared.
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It isn't the tobacco, its the nicotine.  Also, your body rids itself of nicotine in 3 days, but the habit of having something in your mouth is what makes it hard - like stopping nail biting.
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No.  The best way to get rid of nicotine is not to use nicotine-laden products in the first place.  However, the answer I suspect you need is this: only your liver will remove nicotine from your blood.  Most of it is removed very quickly, which is why a smoker feels the urge to light up another weed so quickly after putting out the last one.  But even if one goes cold turkey, there's a measurable trace of nicotiene in the blood for several days.  It does not take weeks; that which is felt after the first five or six days is the ravages of the psychological dependence upon the drug.
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Tobacco is a poison. If enough of it is ingested in can kill.
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My grandfather passed away in 1987 and was a heavy drinker and a smoker.  Since then, My grandma (who is now deceased) abolished smoking in the house.  Funny thing is, right in front of the fireplace, sits his green chair that he used to sit in to smoke his cigars.  Every once in a while me and my family will catch a whiff of cigar smoke in the same area of the living room.
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Hmm.  Well, in Safety Education a million years ago, I learned cigarette *smoke* contains hydrogen cyanide, among other yummy things.
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Cigarettes and Alcohol
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If its Menthol yes- as found out by a friend who smokes menthol cigarettes. go 4 chewing gums instead!!! or if u want to be extra safe kernal seeds!
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u.s.a Carolina, but do you mean cigarettes for smoke\ni don't recommend you...
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Drinking in moderation won't hurt you, they say it might even be good for you. Yet any amount of nicotine will hurt your lungs over time.
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There are more than 4,000 ingredients in a cigarette other than tobacco. Common additives include yeast, wine, caffeine, beeswax and chocolate. Here are some other ingredients: \n\nAmmonia: Household cleaner\nAngelica root extract: Known to cause cancer in animals\nArsenic: Used in rat poisons\nBenzene: Used in making dyes, synthetic rubber\nButane: Gas; used in lighter fluid\nCarbon monoxide: Poisonous gas\nCadmium: Used in batteries\nCyanide: Deadly poison\nDDT: A banned insecticide\nEthyl Furoate: Causes liver damage in animals\nLead: Poisonous in high doses\nFormaldehiyde: Used to preserve dead specimens\nMethoprene: Insecticide\nMegastigmatrienone: Chemical naturally found in grapefruit juice\nMaltitol: Sweetener for diabetics\nNapthalene: Ingredient in mothballs\nMethyl isocyanate: Its accidental release killed 2000 people in Bhopal, India in 1984\nPolonium: Cancer-causing radioactive element
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Christopher Columbus invented the cigar.  Cigarettes were originally made by poor people who took cigar butts off the street and rolled them together.
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Yup - and smokers need a lot of extra vitamin c
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First of all it depends on what you are smoking. Different types of tobaccos have different flavours. There are far to many types of tobacco to list here, not to mention that you could be smoking a cigar, cigarette, hookah, pipe or hand rolled cigarette.\n\nFor the sake of this question, lets assume that you are asking about smoking a non-menthol cigarette. It pretty much tastes like musky burning leaves. The taste isnt that bad, the smell it leaves on your fingers is even worse. The first puff probably tastes the best and then its all down hill from there.
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No.  Cigarettes do though.  Know why cigaretts are not illegal?  Cause if they were, Social Security would go broke from people living too long.
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No, but smoking cigarettes does