Data from 29,296 students in grades 9–12 as part of the 2008–2009 Youth Smoking Survey were used to examine the prevalence of cigar, cigarillo, and little cigar use and factors associated with their ...

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For 15 years, thousands of fans inside Bryant-Denny and Neyland Stadiums have fired up victory cigars after Alabama beats Tennessee, not to mention the other thousands lighting up all over the world ...

These study results suggest that cigars, when used in combination with cigarettes, may be associated with poorer chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) health outcomes. Exclusive cigarette use ...

Some stuff just ages well—whiskey, denim, friendship, and, of course, cigars. If you’ve ever thought about why cigar aficionados heap boxes in closets for months (or years) at a time, it’s not just to ...

The data on the health effects from smoking cigarettes has been clear for decades. Today, tobacco use causes nearly 1 in 5 deaths each year in the U.S. While many of these deaths are cancer-related, ...

Sigmund Freud, father of psychoanalysis and noted cigar enthusiast, once famously commented, “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.” OK, maybe it’s a false attribution, but still. That isn’t the kind of ...

Most opportunities to smoke a cigar at sea don't make it prominently into the daily schedule, and some of the best ...