Are Pipe and Cigar Users Blowing Smoke?
“,”description”:”Pipe and cigar smokers may say they don’t inhale, but a new study suggests otherwise.\n \n The study, based on breathing tests in people ages 48 to 90, found that the pipe and cigar smokers had more than double the risk for abnormal lung function that contributes to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a leading cause of death — even if they abstained from cigarettes. Those who also smoked cigarettes were at more than triple the risk.
