Leisurely Cigar Puffs Have Hidden Risks
- Academy of General Dentistry provides information on effects of cigars.
- http://www.agd.org/consumer/topics/tobacco/cigars.asp

Pipe Smoking and Health
- An MD examines the risks and benefits of pipe smoking in terms of health and well being.
- http://www.meerschaumstore.com/health.htm

Cigar Smoking Increases Coronary, COPD, and Cancer Risks
- Summary of research reported in The New England Journal of Medicine in June 1999.
- http://www.oncolink.com/templates/resources/article.cfm?c=3&s=8&ss=23&id=2309

Effect of Cigar Smoking on the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Cancer in Men
- Summary of June 1999 article in the New England Journal of Medicine covers what cigars do to the heart, lungs, and throat.
- http://www.oncolink.com/library/article.cfm?c=2&s=34&id=474

Cigar and Pipes Cause Tooth and Gum Disease
- Recent research shows that cigars and pipe smoking have nearly the same adverse effects on periodontal health and tooth loss as cigarette smoking.
- http://www.perio.org/consumer/cigars.htm

Smoking Cessation at About.com - Cigars
- Cigar smoking has become trendy in the past few years, but no warning has been placed on the labels to show the health risks involved. They can involve head and neck cancers rather than lung cancer. Collection of articles outlines the effects and propose
- http://quitsmoking.about.com/cs/cigars/

Health Risks Associated With Cigar Smoking
- AMA report summarizes findings from a scientific conference, including cigars cause nicotine addiction and lung cancer.
- http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/284/6/735

Cigar Smoking and Cancer
- Information from the American Cancer Society on cigar trends, constituents of cigar smoke, cancer disease and deaths caused by cigars, other health effects of cigars, and secondhand cigar smoke.
- http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ped/content/ped_10_2x_cigar_smoking_and_cancer.asp?sitearea=ped

Dr. Koop - Don't Have a Cigar
- Article examines promotion and marketing of cigars, and briefly lists their health effects.
- http://www.drkoop.com/template.asp?page=newsdetail&ap=93&id=8933

The Tobacco Reference Guide: Pipes and Cigars
- Fully footnoted factsheets on use and effects.
- http://www.globalink.org/tobacco/trg/Chapter18/table_of_contents_chap18.html

Cigars and Tobacco-related Cancers
- Scientific paper estimates the effects of cigars; covers the death caused, not disease.
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=10675383&dopt=Abstract

Cigar Smoking is a Serious Risk to Public Health
- Summary of recent scientific findings concludes cigars are not a safe alternative to cigarettes, and that both cause addiction, cancer, and secondhand smoke.
- http://www.cfah.org/hbns/newsrelease/cigar8-8-00.cfm