Casual Cigar, Serious Side Effects
September 22, 2008 by Liberty Kontranowski
Filed under Easy Health Tips, Smoking, Your Body, men's health
So you enjoy the occasional cigar, do you? Well, if you’re in the camp that believes cigarette smoking is a no-no, but the occasional cigar is no biggie, think again. A recent article in Men’s Health lists the following as possible side effects to cigar smoking:
- * Frequent daily cigar smoking may double a man’s risk of throat, laryngeal, nose, esophageal and lung cancers, compared with those who don’t smoke.
- * Even a few puffs can raise your heart rate and blood pressure.
- * You are also at risk of exacerbating existing breathing problems like asthma.
- * And perhaps the scariest side effect of all? You may suffer weaker erections due to all the nicotine found in a cigar!
Not saying you should never enjoy a vice here or there, just reporting the information to help you make those informed decisions. We love looking out for you, don’tcha know?
Kelly Townsend
I knew cigar smoking was just as bad. But what about smoking from those hookah bongs? Are they just as bad?
What do you smoke out of hookah’s? That’s right, tobacco with fruit extract or flavoring. I’m no doctor, but sure, smoking tobacco in any form is risky…then again, someone who has never smoked anything in their lives can still get lung cancer.
Sorry, guys. This seems just so much scare tactics to me. Not enough information to be meaningful and mixing kinds of data to confuse the issue.
The headline says “casual” cigar but your first “data”. talk about “frequent daily” cigar smoking. Nothing says whether these data are for inhalers or non-inhalers.
C’mon Liberty. Give us something meaningful or don’t give us anything.
thanks
thanx for admin