Contrary to popular opinion, smoking cigars or pipes is no less harmful to health than smoking cigarettes.
The truth is that one cigar on average has more nicotine and tar than a pack of cigarettes and one large size cigar has 40 times the nicotine and tar found in one cigarette. The concentrated toxic substances and carcinogens in cigars means that regular cigar smoking is harmful, even in a small amount. Also, the number of people who die from mouth, throat or esophagus cancers due to cigar smoking is ten times higher than those who do not smoke.