It's been nearly fifty years ago that, as a teenager, I inhaled a draw from a Between the Acts little cigar. I'm still coughing.
Cigar and pipe smoke is not usually inhaled. The nicotine is absorbed by the gums, not the lungs, and a cigarette-style addiction doesn't usually develop. A study once showed that men who smoke cigars and pipes live longer than those who don't, and non-PC life insurance companies do not charge smoker rates for cigar and pipe smokers because there's little actuary evidence that they subtract significantly from lifespan. Cigars and pipes should not be taxed like cigarettes which use a light Virginia tobacco easy to inhale.