Addictive? Simple answer -- no, not cigars. Smelly? Perhaps in MTs case. He was known to prefer stogies to the finer products of the cigar rollers are. Beyond that, beauty is in the nose of the beholder. Route to death? Absolutely not. Most studies of smokers that bother to include cigar smokers show that cigar smokers actually live on average LONGER (and better, I might add) than those who do not smoke anything at all. And most insurance companies grant cigar smokers the same rates as non-smokers. Duane