Guys, don't fool yourself. Smoking is bad for you, period. "They" aren't lying to you. It's a personal choice to live with the risks. Cigar smoking is less risky than cigarrette smoking for lung cancer and heart disease, but higher for cancers of the mouth and throat. Most cigar smokers don't smoke as often, so that helps too.

Also remember, chance is chance. Some people will get lung, mouth, and/or throat cancer or emphysema without ever having used tobacco in their lives. Some will smoke like the industrial revolution and never ever get sick. That's just the way it works. The rain falls upon the just and the unjust alike.


Personally, I smoke 3 or 4 cigars a week and live with the risk.