A non smoker friend asked me which is worse- 2 cigars a week or a pack of cigarettes... any idea?

Question

I guess she was just curious, and me being a smoker, I didn't know the answer... any one knows which one is worse?

Answer 1

I think that two cigars would be a lot more tobacco than a pack of cigarettes. However, quality cigars are only tobacco leaves, while most cigarettes have a lot of chemicals added to them. Also, people generally don't inhale cigars. I would guess that a pack of cigarettes is worse than 2 cigars.

Answer 2

I'd say both are bad, but cigarrettes are known to contain more additives and chemicals then a good aged cigar. Also you tend to inhale a cigarette into the lungs while you keep the cigar in your mouth, so the odds of lung cancer are probably gonna be lower (with odds for mouth cancer a bit higher).

Answer 3

Cigars and cigarettes are both toxic.

Cigars and pipe tobacco have more of a tendency to cause bladder and mouth/throat cancer.

Cigarettes have more of a tendency to cause lung cancer.

They create havoc in so many ways.
There isn't room for all the 'cons'.
There are no 'pros'.

Answer 4

Cigs are worse because you inhale the smoke.