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Volume 156, Number 1 (July 3, 1999)

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Safe tobacco? Nice try, but no cigar

Regular cigar smokers face not only twice a nonsmoker's chance of developing some cancers but also a 30 percent higher risk of coronary heart disease.

References:

Iribarren, C., et al. 1999. Effect of cigar smoking on the risk of cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cancer in men. New England Journal of Medicine 340(June 10):1773.

Satcher, D. 1999. Cigars and public health. New England Journal of Medicine 340(June 10):1829.

Further Readings:

Fackelmann, K.A. 1998. Cigars linked to disease of heart. Science News 153(March 28):204.

Sources:

Carlos Iribarren
Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program
Division of Research
3505 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94611

David Satcher
Office of the Surgeon General
Building HHH, Room 716G
Washington, DC 20201

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 1, July 3, 1999, p. 12. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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