Fig. 1

Images of cigar types, as presented to participants in the Population Assessment of Tobacco & Health (PATH) Study. Image credit: PATH Study. Note: The PATH Study referred to large cigars as “traditional cigars.” The PATH Study introduced the cigar types as follows at Wave 1: “The next questions are about traditional cigars, cigarillos, and filtered cigars. These products go by lots of different names, so please use these descriptions and photos to understand what they are. Traditional cigars contain tightly rolled tobacco that is wrapped in a tobacco leaf. Some common brands of cigars include Macanudo, Romeo y Julieta, and Arturo Fuente, but there are many others.” “Cigarillos and filtered cigars are smaller than traditional cigars. They are usually brown. Some are the same size as cigarettes, and some come with tips or filteres. Some common brands are Black & Mild, Swisher Sweets, Dutch Masters, Phillies Blunts, Prime Time, and Winchester.” To distinguish between cigarillos and filtered cigars, participants were asked if they had used the kinds of cigarillos or filtered cigars “with a plastic or wooden tip,” “with a filter (like a cigarette filter),” and “without a tip or filter” (“Choose all that apply”)