CRITICAL ESSAY ON CIGAR SMOKING AND RELATION TO DISEASE

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The article “Effect of cigar smoking on the risk of cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cancer in Men” by Iribarren et al. (1999) is a longitudinal study of cigar smokers and the impact of cigar smoking on the men in terms of different diseases. According to the article, cigar smoking had declined during the 1970s but again in the early 90s the trend was reversed as more and more people started smoking cigars. The reason for this increase is because cigars are considered relatively safer than cigarettes, secondly because of media hype about cigar as something glamorous. (more…)