A lot of my friends have been exploring some of the cigar bars in town, but I was wondering if this is something that they should actually be careful with.  Does anyone know if cigars are addictive?  I know that you don't actually inhale the smoke, so can you still become addicted to the nicotine I wonder?

Yes, it's possible to become addicted to cigars, even if you are an occasional smoker. The addictive ingredient in any tobacco product is nicotine, and cigars pack a punch when it comes to quantity of both tobacco and nicotine.

A typical cigarette contains about a gram of tobacco and approximately one to two milligrams of nicotine. It takes 5 to 10 minutes to smoke a cigarette. In contrast, a cigar can contain anywhere from 5 to 17 grams of tobacco and widely varying amounts of nicotine - usually between 160 and 200 milligrams. Some premium cigars may have as many as 400 milligrams of nicotine in them. A cigar burns slowly and takes 2 hours or more to smoke.

Cigarettes and cigars differ primarily in how people use them. Cigarette smoke is inhaled into the lungs, and absorption of nicotine quickly follows. Cigar smoke is not usually inhaled because it is more harsh, but it's important to note that nicotine is still absorbed through the lining of the mouth in quantities sufficient to produce dependence. Also, cigarette smokers who smoke cigars are more likely to inhale the smoke from their cigars as well.

I think it just depends on how often they smoke. If a person goes to a cigar bar every once in a while and smokes a cigar then they probably wont get addicted to it. But if they're like some of those rich guys in movies where they hand every guest a cigar and smoke along with them, then I think they definitely can develop an addiction. Their lungs get more used to the harshness and they can inhale more. So they're in taking more and more nicotine and they start needing more and more.

Yeah, I think people who smoke cigars get mouth cancer and people who smoke cigarettes are more likely to get lung cancer because it's inhaled. I always thought that cigars had more tobacco and cigarettes have more nicotine. Even though the cigar may actually have more nicotine in it, it may because of the size and I don't really know too many people who just sit there and smoke the cigar until it's out. My friends just smoke what they want and then put it out and save it for another time.

Smoking addiction is really very bad. Any type of cigar is cause for smoking addiction. Therefore, always think about the side effects of smoking addiction before you smoke.