But certain states do mandate labeling and age-restrictions for cigars. But given the magnitude of it we can't help thinking that it's reflecting some recent uptake in cigar smoking. There is a significant health risk to smoking cigars. The National Cancer Institute reports that twenty years of smoking a cigar a day increases the risk of larynx cancer sixfold. A cigar can contain forty times more tar and nicotine than a cigarette.
Researchers are also interested in another cigar-related trend reported by teens.
However, this activity does not account for cigar use in the surveys.