With every trend comes risk. With polyester it was humiliation. With cigars, it's double the risk of dying of cancer. A new study says that the average male cigar aficionado has a 25 percent higher mortality rate overall, is twice as likely to die from all forms of cancer combined, and is more likely than non-stogie puffers to be snubbed out by hypertensive heart disease and aortic aneurysm. Good news: Cigars don't appear to boost the likelihood of heart attack. Women, although increasingly fond of cigars, were not studied.
Puff Perils
With every trend comes risk. With polyester it was humiliation. With cigars, it's double the risk of dying of cancer. A new study says that the average male cigar aficionado has a 25 percent higher mortality rate overall, is twice as likely to die from all forms of cancer combined, and is more likely than non-stogie puffers to be snubbed out by hypertensive heart disease and aortic aneurysm. Good news: Cigars don't appear to boost the likelihood of heart attack. Women, although increasingly fond of cigars, were not studied.
