lherzolite
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My girlfriend hates my cigar smoking mostly because of the smell, and by the same token I am not enamored with her cooking mostly because of the smell.
As far as the health issues I couldn't get past the section in the article about addiction where they were trying to equate cigarette addiction to cigars. As someone who kicked a 2-3 pack a day addiction to cigarettes they are not even in the same ballpark. I would say cigar smoking 'addiction' is about the same level as a chocolate addiction.
I have no doubt that what they say regarding increased rates of mouth, throat, and even lung cancers are true, but what I've not seen is what are the actual rates. My intuition is that if people with an agenda (such as those who wrote the article) published the actual rates that their alarmist arguments wouldn't be very alarming. If, for example, 0.001% of the general population develops some type of mouth cancer, but 0.0015% of cigar smokers develop mouth cancer, the difference is 50%, but hardly alarming.
Sorry I've seemed to digressed. Maybe if you put this article on her laptop it might help: http://cigars.about....s/a/0061003.htm
As far as the health issues I couldn't get past the section in the article about addiction where they were trying to equate cigarette addiction to cigars. As someone who kicked a 2-3 pack a day addiction to cigarettes they are not even in the same ballpark. I would say cigar smoking 'addiction' is about the same level as a chocolate addiction.
I have no doubt that what they say regarding increased rates of mouth, throat, and even lung cancers are true, but what I've not seen is what are the actual rates. My intuition is that if people with an agenda (such as those who wrote the article) published the actual rates that their alarmist arguments wouldn't be very alarming. If, for example, 0.001% of the general population develops some type of mouth cancer, but 0.0015% of cigar smokers develop mouth cancer, the difference is 50%, but hardly alarming.
Sorry I've seemed to digressed. Maybe if you put this article on her laptop it might help: http://cigars.about....s/a/0061003.htm