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Cigar and Pipes Cause Tooth and Gum Disease - http://www.perio.org/consumer/cigars.htm
Recent research shows that cigars and pipe smoking have nearly the same adverse effects on periodontal health and tooth loss as cigarette smoking.

Cigar Smoking and Cancer - http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ped/content/ped_10_2x_cigar_smoking_and_cancer.asp?sitearea=ped
Information from the American Cancer Society on cigar trends, constituents of cigar smoke, cancer disease and deaths caused by cigars, other health effects of cigars, and secondhand cigar smoke.

Cigars and Tobacco-related Cancers - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10675383?dopt=Abstract
Scientific paper estimates the effects of cigars; covers the death caused, not disease.

Dr. Koop - Don't Have a Cigar - http://www.drkoop.com/template.asp?page=newsdetail&ap=93&id=8933
Article examines promotion and marketing of cigars, and briefly lists their health effects.

Effect of Cigar Smoking on the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Cancer in Men - http://www.oncolink.com/library/article.cfm?c=2&s=34&id=474
Summary of June 1999 article in the New England Journal of Medicine covers what cigars do to the heart, lungs, and throat.

Health Risks Associated With Cigar Smoking - http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/284/6/735
AMA report summarizes findings from a scientific conference, including cigars cause nicotine addiction and lung cancer.

Pipe Smoking and Health - http://www.meerschaumstore.com/health.htm
An MD examines the risks and benefits of pipe smoking in terms of health and well being.

Smoking Cessation at About.com - Cigars - http://quitsmoking.about.com/cs/cigars/
Cigar smoking has become trendy in the past few years, but no warning has been placed on the labels to show the health risks involved. They can involve head and neck cancers rather than lung cancer. Collection of articles outlines the effects and proposed warnings.

The Tobacco Reference Guide: Pipes and Cigars - http://www.globalink.org/tobacco/trg/Chapter18/table_of_contents_chap18.html
Fully footnoted factsheets on use and effects.

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