What kind of cigarette or cigar is this?!


Question: What kind of cigarette or cigar is this.?
My friend was smoking this thing that looked like a cigarette (same size and everything) but it was all brownish colored so it didn't look like a cigarette. And afterward he smelled like grape so I'm guessing it was grape flavored or scented or whatever. What was this.? And does it have the same effects as a cigarette (lung cancer, addiction/nicotine).?Health Question & Answer


Answers:
As others have said, it is a cigarillo. They come in many flavours and have very colourful packaging. They seem almost to be marketed towards the young people, which is illegal. They are no different from a cigarette except for the flavouring.

Here in Ontario it is illegal to sell cigarettes in packages of less than 20. Cigarillos have been able to get around this law until recently. Tobacco wrapped in a leaf is considered to be different from tobacco wrapped in paper. That is basically why there are 2 different laws for cigars and cigarettes. Cigarillos are wrapped in a leaf and so have until now been under the rules that govern the sale of cigars. They are becoming popular with the kids and so the government had to step in. I have smoked for 17 years and I have pondered the idea of vanilla flavoured or cherry flavoured cigarettes, why they didn't make things like these as they do with cigars and pipes. Now they do, but they seem geared towards the youth to get them hooked on nicotine and set them up as future cigarette consumers.

Like another answerer said, don't inhale them if you do smoke them. Just enjoy the taste as you would a cigar. They are a great idea but I am against them for the marketing campaign against the youth that they have done with them.Health Question & Answer

Could be a swisher sweet cigar, or a primetime. They are flavored cigars, same basic idea as a cigarette.Health Question & Answer

It is a cigarillo and as in bigger ringed cigars, are not meant to be inhaled.Health Question & Answer

prob. a flavored cigar
the peach ones are good :)Health Question & Answer



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