JUST CURIOUS. HAVE BEEN AN AVID CIGAR SMOKER FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AVERAGING 3-4 A WEEK. ANY ONE ON THIS BOARD EVER GOTTEN TONGUE OR THROAT OR LIP CANCER OR KNOW OR ANY OTHERS WHO HAVE. JUST CURIOUS.

Wow..This is by far one of the most ORIGINAL questions I've ever heard asked here..Seriously!..Good question!...Much better than the constant b*tching of "overbidding" posts I read here every few days...I've only been smoking for five years and have not had any occurrence (knock on wood) of mouth, throat lip cancer, etc
Keith

Just curious...Why is it in the Trades forum?...LOL

i'll trade you a big C for the flu...

I've got a big c...never mind

you're getting awfully big b..lls since i got that check, my friend.

maggiepond
i smoked 4 packs of cigarettes a day for about 30 years and switched to a pipe for about 5 years.
one day one of my clients came into my office and asked if it was ok to smoke a cigar in the office. the fragrance filled the office.
in my mid 50's i put the pipes in a box and they are in the garage somewhere.
i had some routine tests 2 years ago. the breath test (not for alcohol)showed i had the lungs of an alpine skier, possibly from smoking hard to draw cigars. the mri showed only a few cigar bands i must have eaten. lungs clear amd clean. if i had not switched to cigars i would probably have died a long time ago.
like george burns, i owe my longevity to cigars.
if i get lip cancer, it will be easier to replace my lips than my lungs.

I replaced my lips from a glass to a bottle. X

I think inhaling is the key catalyst for cancer. I don't know who inhales their cigar smoke like a cigarette smoker inhales cigarette smoke, but I think it is a factor. Mouth cancer is more closely realted to smokeless tobacco. I have seen a boss of mine undergo lip surgery (cancerous tissue removal) from 30 years of pipe smoking, but he attributed it to the fact that there is a higher likelyhood of getting wet tar and nicotine on one's lip through a pipe stem then through a filter or cigar.
That is the only case I have had first hand contact with. In won't say gars are safe, just not as bad as cigarettes, pipes or chew.

rayder1 - I don't mean to pop your bubble, but smoking cigars is no better than smoking cigarettes. You may not smoke as many cigars as you would cigs, but think about it. As far as nicotine goes, each cigar has approximmately the nicotine of a pack of cigarettes. And if you smoked cigs and switched to cigars, it's a good bet that you inhale cigars. I do ... not as much as if I were smoking a cigarette, but I do inhale more than I am aware of sometimes. And it depends on how many you smoke ...

Bottom line, tobacco is tobacco ... and it is a carcinogen. If you are genetically prone to getting cancer, you will get cancer faster than those who are more resistant, as ther are those who never get it. Take George Burns for example. He smoked a reportedly 10 cigars a day with no ill effect.

There are many cases of people who smoke cigars getting lip, mouth or throat cancer. One famous one was Ulysses S. Grant, who died of throat cancer from smoking cigars ...

It's a crap shoot ... and all depends on how lucky you are.

>> Author: xibbumbero Date: 08/01/2002 01:19 AM

I replaced my lips from a glass to a bottle. X <<

I replaced my lips often before I got married... ;~)

I agree with Slim 100%. I also inhale more than I probably should but it's one of lifes gambles.

My brother in law gets on me for smoking, but he'll ride a bicycle every weekend at 40 mph down a crouded road with a piece of styrofoam helmet on his head.

To each his own, but I feel safer in my chair with a cigar. It's one of lifes choices and I accept the consiquences.

My father has just recoved from having his esophagus removed. He smoked cigs for over 45 years. Fairl simple procedure, and in reality you do not need your esophagus, it merely transports food from the mouth to the stomach, they stretch out your stomach lining to compensate. He also had chemo and radiation after the surgery, he had the chemo via a portable machine that provided a constant flow throughout the day as opposed to shots, much easier on your body, but when he had the chemo and radiation at the same time it really kicked his a$$. He's OK now, but probably has other problems at age 65.