Are high-quality cigars healthier?

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Originally Posted by bobarian

Scott, I would humbly disagree. Flavored cigars are a significant portion of the "Premium" market. Maybe even similar proportion to the "Super-premium" Your statement may apply to some machine made cigars, but even with those the detrimental effects is arguably the same as any other tobacco. Cigarettes are a different animal as they are inhaled. Without inhaling, the absorption of chemicals through the mucous membranes is minimal.

I think I missed delivering my point. I don't mind a flavored cigar. I actually like the tubos of almost all the CAO Flavours line and recommend them regularly. I also own tons.
The particular one I mentioned (along with all the other flavours coronas) taste like burning tires and chemicals after about two inches. It's a combination of too much "flavour" building up and becoming acrid. If something tastes that foul, it's gotta be bad, to some degree.
Compared to the PLpc I mentioned, which doesn't have a bunch of foreign crap and chemical additives, I think common sense says that the latter would be less detrimental, healthwise, which is how I interpreted the OP's question.
I also believe that food without a bunch of chemicals and additives is better for us, in general. I was using that line of thought, "the worse of two evils", I suppose.