Quote Originally Posted by bsterr
OK, I know a few things:
- If you smoke a cigar per day, you'll probably get cancer
- If you smoke a cigar per year, it will probably have no tangible effect

But most of us are somewhere in between, personally I smoke one every 1 or 2 weeks (generally a corona or similar size). I'm wondering if anyone can tell me the point at which cigar smoking has a real chance (10-20%) of causing a major health problem (i.e. cancer).

I realize there's no way to be precise about this, but I'm just looking for a ballpark estimate. If cutting back to 1 per month would really help, I would definitely do that, but if it wouldn't make a difference then I'd rather not! Thanks!
Absolutely, positively not. That general statement is very far from the truth. There are many other factors that come in to play as to whether or not you will get cancer. It's virtually impossible to give you a number. There are MANY people who smoked five cigars per day or 50 years that never came down with cancer and on the other hand, there are people who contracted lung cancer who never smoked a day in their life.

Sorry but no one can give you a ballpark esitmate that's worth anything.