Both cigars and cigarettes contain tobacco and release the stimulant nicotine. Cigarettes are more commonly smoked due to their low cost and wide availability, while cigars are considered a status symbol but can be expensive. While both products are carcinogenic and linked to health risks like cancer, cigars may pose less risk of lung cancer but equal or greater risk of oral cancer compared to cigarettes due to differences in how they are consumed. Specifically, cigars contain more tobacco than cigarettes and are not inhaled but still deliver nicotine through the mouth lining. Overall, minimizing tobacco consumption is best for health.

2. Cigars and cigarettes are smoked
worldwide as an indulgence. Both
contain tobacco, an aromatic
organic product that releases
nicotine, which is a stimulant. As
far as the distribution of people
smoking cigars and cigarettes is
concerned,
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more people smoke the latter, because it is easily available and
quite affordable. On the other hand, cigars can be very costly and
out of reach for low income groups. Cigars are considered a status
symbol in many societies.

3. As far as health risks are
concerned, both cigars and
cigarettes fall in the category of
carcinogenic substances, apart
from being the cause of a number
of other ailments like impotency
and mental diseases.
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This is due to the presence of tobacco in both products. However,
there is a slight difference in how each affects humans because of
the way they are produced and used.

4. Cigars contain fermented
tobacco in leaf wrappers while
cigarettes have unfermented
tobacco wrapped in paper.
Cigarettes often have filters
while cigars don’t. Another
difference lies in the amount of
tobacco contained. While
cigarettes have 1 gram or lesser,
cigars can have up to 20 grams
of tobacco. Hence, a cigar takes
considerably longer to smoke as
compared to cigarettes. Also,
cigars are not inhaled, but
cigarettes are.
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5. According to studies, cigars are
relatively lesser harmful than cigarettes
– mainly because they are inhaled.
Though there is lesser risk of lung
cancer in a cigar smoker, the risk of oral
cancer is equal or more.
There is equal risk of addiction. While
cigarettes are inhaled to deposit
nicotine in the lungs, nicotine is
absorbed in the body through the lining
of the mouth in cigar smoking.
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6. Ideally, one should not consume tobacco in any form. However,
since it might not be practically possible at all times, one must try
to minimize the use as much as possible.
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7. Thank You!
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