CDC report: Americans quit cigarettes, but take up cigars - Polidicks

[URL]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48467878/ns/health-addictions/#.UBtEf01lS84[/URL] [QUOTE]WASHINGTON (Reuters) - While more Americans than ever before are quitting their cigarette habit, a growing number are also turning to large cigars and pipes, suggesting that gains in curbing tobacco consumption may be more elusive than previously thought. The findings were outlined in a report released on Thursday by the [URL="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48467878/ns/health-addictions/#"]U.S. Centers forDisease Control[IMG]http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2_11pxw.gif[/IMG][/URL] and Prevention. Overall consumption of smoked tobacco products declined 27.5 percent between 2000 and 2011, but use of noncigarette smoked tobacco products increased by a whopping 123 percent in that same time. One major culprit for the trend is likely price, particularly in the latter part of the decade as Americans grappled with a weak economy and high unemployment. In 2009, a federal excise tax was enacted and as a result, pipe tobacco, loose tobacco and cigars were taxed at a significantly lower rate than cigarettes. Responses by the tobacco industry to the tax and resulting price shifts have further compounded the problem, according to the CDC. [B]"Cigarette-like (tobacco products), formerly thought of as small cigars, have been modified slightly by the manufacturers .... so that they can be taxed at the lower rate,"[/B] said Terry Pechacek, CDC's Associate director of science, and an author on the report. As a result, such small cigars which resemble cigarettes are far cheaper, selling for about $1.40 per pack versus $5, Pechacek said. Younger consumers in particular are responding to the shift in pricing and consumption patterns. "The rise in cigar smoking, which other studies show is a growing problem among youth and young adults, is cause for alarm," said Tim McAfee, director of CDC's Office on Smoking and Health. McAfee cited a recent report from the U.S. surgeon general, which showed that nearly all smokers start before they are 26 years old, making young consumers the most important target for stopping the epidemic. The CDC said tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable death and disease in the United States, killing nearly half a million Americans each year. Health issues linked to smoking include heart and lung disease, several types of cancer, reproductive effects and other chronic diseases, costing the taxpayer $193 billion annually in direct health care expenses. [/QUOTE] Before I read the full article, I thought they meant more Americans were starting to smoke shit like this: [IMG]http://www.famous-smoke.com/cigars/images/landingpic-70th.jpg[/IMG] Then I realized that they are smoking this instead: [IMG]http://www.cigarfinders.com/assets/images/5.gif[/IMG] I was mildly disappointed.

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Those things are fucking nasty, my uncle smokes those and it stinks up everything, you need a Hazmat suit to go into his house.

I'd be significantly less disappointed if they stopped smoking whatsoever, dunno about you

I like this, cigars and cigarellos are classy as fuck, taste 100000000x better, and don't get you addicted like a crackhead (unless you smoke like 10 one after another.)

Why? Cigarettes smell like shit but Cigars, holy fuck do those reek, disgusting.

c'mon, they don't reek as bad as you guys make it out to be. really depends on the brand.

Stay classy America.

From tasteless cigarettes to flavored cigars. Gotta love cigars.

[img]http://wordpress.scottsdalecigarclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Fidel-Castro-Cigar-Celebrity.jpg[/img] Bueno, my plan is working!

[QUOTE=Laferio;37061616]c'mon, they don't reek as bad as you guys make it out to be. really depends on the brand.[/QUOTE] Cigars are disgusting. My father has been smoking them since before I was born, his teeth are stained yellow, his burps smell like death, and his car and house smell like smoke. Smoking is nasty, whether it be cigars or cigarettes.

[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;37061642]Cigars are disgusting. My father has been smoking them since before I was born, his teeth are stained yellow, his burps smell like death, and his car and house smell like smoke. Smoking is nasty, whether it be cigars or cigarettes.[/QUOTE] Then he is doing it wrong, cigars are meant to be done in moderation.

i perfer the smell of cigar's over cigerattes in my opinion.

I only reserve cigars for celebratory occasions A little bit of everything won't kill you!

I work at an outdoor pool and cigars fucking smell horrible you can smell that shit all the way inside the area even though it's being smoked outside it's fucking nasty

[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;37061642]Cigars are disgusting. My father has been smoking them since before I was born, his teeth are stained yellow, his burps smell like death, and his car and house smell like smoke. Smoking is nasty, whether it be cigars or cigarettes.[/QUOTE] And my dad has been smoking both of those his whole life and is 70 and has none of those problems. Oh my, I wonder if results are different amongst different people!?

wait packs were $5 before?? holy shit packs in australia are $20

Tobacco smoke is tobacco smoke, but I [I]so much[/I] prefer the smell of cigars over cigarettes. For me the scent of cigarettes incites a dark, shallow feeling. Cigars just smell like cigars.

[QUOTE=Andokool12;37062121]Tobacco smoke is tobacco smoke, but I [I]so much[/I] prefer the smell of cigars over cigarettes. For me the scent of cigarettes incites a dark, shallow feeling. Cigars just smell like cigars.[/QUOTE] I'd think there is a lot less bad shit in a cigar's smoke, then again I've never read up on it so I can't be sure.

[QUOTE=Pace.;37062074]wait packs were $5 before?? holy shit packs in australia are $20[/QUOTE] That's why everyone just buys tobacco and rolls it up themselves.

Cigars are generally better than cigarettes unless you're getting the shitty ones that come in cigarette-shaped packets that smell like a bat's dick because those things are fucking cancer grenades. [editline]3rd August 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Pace.;37062074]wait packs were $5 before?? holy shit packs in australia are $20[/QUOTE] XxX360N0T4X35XxX

Cigars and Cigarillos are both hugely preferable to cigarettes. I honestly enjoy those, the few times I ever do smoke. Cigarettes tend to make me feel sick.

[QUOTE=TheSoupNazi;37061627][img]http://wordpress.scottsdalecigarclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Fidel-Castro-Cigar-Celebrity.jpg[/img] Bueno, my plan is working![/QUOTE] If I could look that badass I'd smoke everyday

Damn, I just quit cigarettes and started smoking cigars. Looking for the CDC camera in my room now.

Tobacco makes me feel pretty sick as soon as I smell it, whether it's smoke or just the smell of chew. I'm glad I convinced my mom to quit smoking. Probably lengthened her life by a decade.