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Our products will kill you. But then again so do those of Colt, Kalishinkov, Dessault, and any other of the arms manufactuers. Ours just kill more slowly...
The only consolation I get is that we are a Cigar company. Cigars have no nicotine and therefore are not addictive like cigarettes or alcohol.
Your credibility just took a direct hit. You might want to question the person or persons that told you there is no nicotine in your products.
You might want to check out the following:
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_2_1x_Cigar_Smoking_Skyrockets.asp
Cigar Smoking SkyrocketsCigar Smoking Skyrockets
Article date: 1998/12/31 Between 1989 and 1993, cigar smoking skyrocketed 133 percent according to researchers at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute's Department of Cancer Control and Epidemiology in Buffalo, N.Y. Their findings were published in the July 1998 edition of the American Journal of Public Health. Researchers surveyed 22 communities in North America, and found an increase in cigar use among both sexes, as well as in all age groups, races, incomes, educational levels and smoking frequency.
Their findings concur with those of many scientists, who noted a sharp decline in the prevalence of cigar smoking from 1964 to 1991, then a resurgence in popularity, particularly among younger adults, over the past few years. According to the Cigar Association of America, two billion cigars were sold to 10 million cigar smokers in 1994, the first year of a marked increase in sales. In 1996, 4.4 billion cigars were sold, marking a 45 percent increase in sales since 1993. Many people believe these increases are due in large part because of manufacturer's marketing and advertising efforts, celebrity endorsements of cigars as glamorous and acceptable, and the linking of cigars and the supposed good life in TV shows, movies, and magazines.
Researchers also noted the public may think cigar smoking is a safer and less addictive alternative to cigarettes. According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, cancer deaths among cigar smokers are 34 percent higher than among nonsmokers. They also state cigar smoking causes cancers of the larynx, oral cavity, esophagus, and lungs. Just like cigarettes, cigars contain nicotine.
A 1996 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), found an estimated six million US teenagers aged 14-19 had smoked at least one cigar within the past year.
Here are some other facts about cigars and their usage:
- The carcinogens and cancer-producing chemicals found in cigarettes are also present in cigars.
- Cigar smokers have three times the risk of developing lung cancer than nonsmokers, according to a 1985 study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI).
- Cigar smokers are more likely than nonsmokers to suffer from persistent coughs, phlegm, and are at increased risk of peptic ulcers, according to a 1987 issue of The American Journal of Public Health.
- Concentrations in tar and nicotine are much higher in cigars than cigarettes, according to a study in a 1988 edition of Preventative Medicine. In a presentation at a June 1998 American Cancer Society conference on the health risks of cigar smoking, scientist Jack Henningfield, PhD, vice president of research and health policy at Pinney Associates noted the amounts of nicotine in cigars. "A study of 10 cigar types showed that cigars contain amounts of nicotine ranging (on the low end) from that equivalent to a single cigarette to (on the high end) that equivalent to an entire pack of cigarettes. Most cigars contain nicotine in quantities equivalent to several cigarettes," he said.
- Exposure to secondhand cigar smoke carries the same risks as exposure to secondhand cigarette smoke, according to an article in the January 10, 1995 edition of TheWashington Post.
- Cigar packages bear no warning from the Surgeon General, as cigarette packages do.
- The 1990 Budget Reconciliation Act taxes cigars at a federal level of $1.125 per thousand, which equals less than a penny each.
According to a presentation at the ACS cigar conference given by researcher John Slade, MD, addiction and chemical dependencies specialist at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey, "The sale of cigars has increased markedly in the past five years. Despite the fact that virtually all of the advertising and promotion of these products has been for premium cigars, 83 percent of the increase in unit volume has been among the inexpensive, machine-made varieties. These brands are sold in pharmacies and convenience stores." He added there is an inordinate number of brands and varieties of cigars, but only five companies comprise 95 percent of the market: Swisher International, Havatampa, Consolidated Cigar, Middleton, and Culbro (General Cigar). With the exception of Havatampa, which only sells machine made cigars, each company sells both economy and premium lines of cigars. Scientists agree more research must be done on the effects of cigar smoking, what can be done to address the rise in consumption, what resources are available to combat the problem, and how smoking prevalence should be studied among adults and teenagers.
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