article_snippet.sent: The news comes as cigar use rises in the US, where the study was carried out, and cigarette smoking declines.
article_snippet.sent: Alarmingly, more young people appear to be taking up cigars thanks to new ranges of flavoured ones.
article_snippet.sent: Cigar consumption more than doubled from 6.2billion in 2000 to more than 13.7billion in 2011 – in contrast with a 33 per cent fall for cigarettes.
article_snippet.sent: Cigar use is on the rise in the US, where the study was carried out, while cigarette smoking declines.
article_snippet.sent: Cigar consumption more than doubled from 2000-2011 – in contrast with a 33 per cent fall for cigarettes .
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  Claim follows US study, where cigar use is on rise and cigarettes a decline .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Cigar consumption doubled from 2000-2011; 33 per cent fall in cigarettes .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: More young people taking up cigars thanks to new range of flavoured ones .