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Is it worse to smoke a cigar than a cigarette?
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Both are bad.: Both can lead to heart disease and cancer, so it is hard to say which is worse. However i don't think you want to try and find out, so it is best to avoid both. Cigarette smoking may cause more death, but more people smoke them than cigars, and cigar smoking can result in particularly disfiguring cancer of the mouth, etc., and both can result in heart disease, so both are bad.
Answered 8/21/2012
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