Study: Cigars may be as harmful as cigarettes.

Bloomberg News (11/8, Cortez) reports that according to a report published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, “the amount of NNAL, a carcinogen which comes only from tobacco, was as high in daily cigar smokers as those who regularly smoke cigarettes.” Study’s lead author, Jiping Chen said, “There is no safe level of cigar smoking...Even cigar smokers who don’t smoke every day are exposed to substantially higher levels of toxic compounds” than nonsmokers.