Native American Tobaccoo flower, leaves, and buds
Tobacco is an annual or bi-annual growing 1-3 meters tall with large sticky leaves that contain nicotine. Native to the Americas, tobacco has a long history of use as a shamanic inebriant and stimulant. It is extremely popular and well-known for its addictive potential.
Nicotiana tabacum
Nicotiana rustica leaves.
Nicotiana rustica leaves have a nicotine content as high as 9%, whereas Nicotiana tabacum (common tobacco) leaves contain about 1 to 3%
A cigar is a tightly rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco which is ignited so that its smoke may be drawn into the mouth. Cigar tobacco is grown in significant quantities in Brazil, Cameroon, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Indonesia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Sumatra, Philippines, and the Eastern United States.
Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the fresh leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as an organic pesticide, and in the form of nicotine tartrate it is used in some medicines. In consumption it may be in the form of cigarettes smoking, snuffing, chewing, dipping tobacco, or snus.
Small Cigars a salvation for Tobacco Companies
The tobacco companies who used produced clove cigarettes recently banned by the FDA with other flavored cigarettes (as they are spice-flavored) found a way to save their profits. Shortly after the latest regulation had entered into force, importers and manufacturers of clove cigarettes introduced their new products – small cigars, resembling cigarettes in size and having cherry, vanilla and clove flavors. The cigars are labeled as manufactured totally by had.
For instance, the major importer of clove cigarettes, Kretek International Inc., stared to sell clove tobacco products under Djarum brand. These tobacco products are made in Indonesia and comply with the new FDA ordinances. However, anti-tobacco groups immediately began claiming that the company was simply trying to flout federal regulations that prohibited all flavors in cigarettes excluding menthol, mint and wintergreen. According to public health groups flavored cigarettes had attracted adolescent into taking up smoking, so they secured the ban on these cigarettes, that became valid on September, 22.
Nevertheless, the ban does not cover other flavored tobacco products, including cigars, since they vary from cigarettes. As regards 
cigars, they are wrapped in tobacco leaves, while cigarettes are usually wrapped in special paper. In addition, cigars are produced from a different sort of tobacco, but their ultimate taste resembles that of cigarettes. Small cigars are packed by 12 per pack, and are selling for half the cost of average pack of 20 cigarettes. And last, but not least, while smoking cigarettes is widely considered a nasty habit, cigar smoking is regarded as an essential part of American culture and history.
The ban on the flavored cigarettes is the first implemented provision of Tobacco Control Act, adopted by the Congress and President Obama back in June. The Act provides the US food and Drug Administration sweeping powers to regulate tobacco. Although the Agency is not able to outlaw tobacco products completely, it can prohibit tobacco products like flavored smokeless products and cigars. However, that will not happen in the nearest future.
Amanda Stewart, regional director of an anti-smoking organization states that no matter if the cigars indeed differ from cigarettes or simply are a loophole for tobacco companies to keep selling flavored products under new labels, the FDA should act instantly to ban these products for the sake of children.
Experts name clove cigarettes as the major victim of flavored cigarettes ban, since while the chocolate and apple-flavored cigarettes manufactured by tobacco giants could attract minors into smoking, these spice-flavored cigs were definitely not popular among teens, as they have a rather peculiar taste.
James Davis, Kretek International’s brand development director admitted that the company has suffered from the ban since clove cigarettes had an approximately 1 percent share in the US tobacco market, while other tobacco products containing clove have been more popular among US smokers. He added that those smokers, who preferred clove cigarettes had to switch to other clove products, stoke up for their favorite cigarettes before the implementation of the ban or surf the web to order them.
Recent surveys showed that percentage of cigar smoker has been on the rise during the last couple of years, since smokers turn to cigars because of pleasant prices, large variety of flavors, and high quality.
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These products are “cigars” in name only. Nothing about them resembles the fine hand rolled premium cigars that are a part of this country’s culture and history.
The extent to which those “fine hand rolled premiums cigars” (which are unaffordable to all but a small group of smokers) are exempted from practically any regulation, when snus, e cigs, etc. are not, has a lot more to do with the power of of a small group of priveleged people with big money in our political process than this country’s “culture and history.” Unless an integral part of our history involves penalizing everyone else in order to serve the interests of rich people.
so for the “Sake of the children” you want these products banned? Listen, kids dont smoke because of fruity flavors ( which i as an adult enjoy)they smoke for the same reasons adults do, it relieves stress, depression, etc. Just let these kids make there own choices .