Cigar vs. Cigarette

Key Differences

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Tobacco Wrapped In
Second-Hand Smoke
Nicotine

Presence of Filter

Health Hazards
Affects the Lungs

Inhalation of Smoke

Risk of Lung Cancer
Cost

Cigar and Cigarette Definitions
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What is Cigar?
The cigar is a famous tobacco consuming product that is widely used all around the globe. Although more people do prefer cigarettes as they are more easily available and cheaper in cost. Whereas the one who are involved in pleasure and taste of tobacco, and can afford to prefer cigars. Cigars are often regarded as large cigarettes, and the concept is quite familiar in various developed countries as well. In actual cigars are quite different from the cigarettes. Cigars are enriched with high-quality elite tobacco and a large amount of nicotine. Nicotine is an addictive drug which can cause serious health issues including enhancing the risk of heart attack etc. A normal cigar possesses 100 to 200 mg of nicotine that is found in a complete pack of 20 cigarettes. Nicotine is the main reason due to which the smokers are unable to quit smoking and get permanently addictive to it. The high-quality tobacco of cigar is wrapped in the whole tobacco leaf itself. In other words, we can say that the cigar is completely tobacco in nature, whereas, regarding cigarettes, the tobacco is wrapped in the smoking paper. Unlike cigarettes, there is no filter present in the cigar. A cigar is cut before lightening it up and smoking. It takes 30 to 60 minute averagely for smoking a cigar. The smoke of cigar does not need to be inhaled as it has to be regarding cigarette.
What is Cigarette?
The cigarette is another famous and most widely used tobacco product. Cigarettes are smoked by millions of people all around the globe on a daily basis. Cigarettes are the most preferred source of tobacco consumption. Cigarettes do differ from cigar on the various basis. They are thin cylindrical shaped and are smaller as compare to cigar. The amount of nicotine possessed by a whole pack of 20 cigarettes is equivalent to a single cigar. The tobacco is present inside the smoking paper which is enrolled giving it a cylindrical shape, and a filter is attached to the one end, and the other end is kept open for lightening. Cigarette smoke needs to be inhaled unlike the phenomena of the cigar which does not require inhaling. Cigarettes are highly addictive and can seriously damages the health.