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Module 7 Cigars, Little Cigars or Cigarillos

Module 7 Cigars, Little Cigars or Cigarillos

Cigars, Little Cigars or Cigarillos Is smoking a cigar less harmful than smoking a

Cigars, Little Cigars or Cigarillos Is smoking a cigar less harmful than smoking a cigarette? • Little cigars contain many of the same harmful chemicals as in cigarettes. • Cigarillos are NOT safer just because they “look” more natural. Tobacco 101: Module 7 No, smoking cigarillos or little cigars is just as harmful as smoking cigarettes. Cigarette Little cigar Cigarillo (tipped) Cigarillo 3

Cigars, Little Cigars or Cigarillos Does taking out the liner paper make smoking a

Cigars, Little Cigars or Cigarillos Does taking out the liner paper make smoking a cigar healthier? No, it is the tobacco inside that really causes the harm. Taking the liner paper out of the tube of cigarillos (also called hyping or freaking) does NOT reduce harm. Tobacco 101: Module 7 4

Cigars, Little Cigars or Cigarillos References Slide 3: – Smokefree. gov. “Answers About Black

Cigars, Little Cigars or Cigarillos References Slide 3: – Smokefree. gov. “Answers About Black and Milds, Swisher Sweets, and Other Little Cigars and Cigarillos, ” accessed January 10, 2012, http: //www. smokefree. gov/tob-cigarillo. aspx – American Cancer Society. 2011. “What Are the Health Risks of Smoking Pipes or Cigars? ” http: //www. cancer. org/Cancer. Causes/Tobacco. Cancer/Questionsabout. Smoking. Tobaccoand. Health/ questions-about-smoking-tobacco-and-health-pipes-cigars – American Legacy Foundation. 2009. “Cigars, Cigarillos, & Little Cigars Fact Sheet. ” http: //www. legacyforhealth. org/PDF/Cigars-Cigarillos-and-Little-Cigars_Fact. Sheet. pdf Slide 4: – Smokefree. gov. “Answers About Black and Milds, Swisher Sweets, and Other Little Cigars and Cigarillos, ” accessed January 10, 2012, http: //www. smokefree. gov/tob-cigarillo. aspx – American Legacy Foundation. 2009. “Cigars, Cigarillos, & Little Cigars Fact Sheet. ” http: //www. legacyforhealth. org/PDF/Cigars-Cigarillos-and-Little-Cigars_Fact. Sheet. pdf Tobacco 101: Module 7 5

Cigars, Little Cigars or Cigarillos Photograph Credits Slides 1 and 2: Photographs courtesy of

Cigars, Little Cigars or Cigarillos Photograph Credits Slides 1 and 2: Photographs courtesy of i. Stockphoto. Slide 3: Photographs courtesy of RTI International. Slide 4: Photograph courtesy of i. Stockphoto. Photographs are used for illustrative purposes only, and any persons depicted are models. Tobacco 101: Module 7 6

Prepared by Sterling Fulton-Smith, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services; Sandhya Joshi,

Prepared by Sterling Fulton-Smith, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services; Sandhya Joshi, RTI International; Caley Burrus, Duke University; Ronny Bell, Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity; and Barri Burrus, RTI International. March 2012