By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - Cigarettes are not the only type of tobacco products that can lead to premature death or fatalities from smoking-related cancers, a U.S. study confirms. While ...

Smokers who think cigars or pipes are somehow safer than cigarettes may want to think again, new research indicates.

In a cohort trial, exclusive pipe smoking carried approximately the same risk of cancer and other tobacco-associated disease as cigar smoking, but less than the risks of cigarette smoking.

Cigar smoking in the United States had been a behavior of older men, but the industry’s increased marketing of these products to targeted groups in the 1990s increased the use among all age groups.

Use of smokeless tobacco, cigars, and pipes increased the risk for coronary heart disease and heart attacks, according to a new study.

World health experts warned Thursday that smoking water pipes, long popular in the Middle East and North Africa and with a growing fan base elsewhere, can be more harmful than cigarettes.

Florida Senate panel passes bill allowing local governments to restrict smoking at beaches and public parks, but puffing cigars and pipes would be OK.

According to their websites, Southern Cross Tobacco sells a variety of tobacco products, including cigars, e-cigarettes, and pipe and cigarette tobacco, and Prime Time sells cigars and pipe tobacco.

Cigarettes are not the only type of tobacco products that can lead to premature death or fatalities from smoking-related cancers, a U.S. study confirms.