Cigarettes are the number one preventable cause of death and disability in the United States. They are responsible for over 400,000 deaths annually. Cigarettes contain more than 4,000 particulate and gaseous chemicals, more than 200 toxins, and more than 53 cancer-causing ingredients.

Cigars are different from a cigarette because they are wrapped, not in paper, but in tobacco. The smoke is composed of the same poisonous and cancer-causing ingredients found in cigarette smoke. Cigars have more smoke than cigarettes and more carbon monoxide is produced because the tobacco is less porous.

Pipe Smoke has carcinogens that are found in similar levels as cigars or cigarettes. The risk of cancer increases in relation to the number of pipes smoked daily and the depth of inhalation.