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Do clove cigarettes cause cancer?

By Lisa Fayed, About.com

Updated: December 15, 2005

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Question: Do clove cigarettes cause cancer?
Answer: Cloves are an imported cigarette from Indonesia. They are sold filterless or with filters. Cloves are very popular among young people.

Clove cigarettes are not safe to smoke. They do contain less nicotine and tobacco, however your body is receiving more inhaled nicotine and tar because the paper's porosity and lack of filtering ventilation holes.

The bottom line is that smoking clove cigarettes are not any safer than smoking a conventional filtered cigarette. In fact, in may be more dangerous.

Created: 12/15/2005
References: National Institute on Drug Abuse. NIDA Notes, Vol. 18, No 2. Aug 2003
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