Tips: How to Light and Smoke a Cigar
Okay, this is more a “Beginner’s Guide to How to Light and Smoke a Cigar”.
BUT, you have to start somewhere, I suppose.
From Tips For Novices On How To Smoke Cigars:
Many novice smokers have embarrassed themselves trying to smoke a cigar with the same frantic, huff-and-puff energy that goes into cigarette smoking. But cigars aren’t cigarettes, any more than cheap beer is fine wine, and just as you’d never guzzle a fine Cabernet Sauvignon, you shouldn’t just inhale a cigar.
The site from which the article is quoted is named, oddly enough, “You Stop Smoking”?!?
Be that as it may, what follows are a few of the tips the article offers
ON LIGHTING A CIGAR
How to light? Steer clear of paper matches, which will only stay live long enough to light a small portion of the cigar. You need a full flame that will cover the entire head of the cigar. Wooden matches may work, though it’s recommended that you let the sulphur burn off the tip of the match before lighting.
Butane lighters are free of odor and taste and are the favorite method for many smokers, as are “torch” lighters. Whatever you prefer, make sure you turn the cigar as you light it (”turn and burn,” experienced smokers say), so that the entire cigar is lit. Some aficiandos believe it’s a bad idea to let the flame touch the cigar and prefer to use a lit cedar strip, but many American smokers argue that this is just a bit of unnecessary European pretension.
HOW TO SMOKE THE CIGAR
More from You Stop Smoking:
Inhaling the smoke is unnecessary and dangerous. Once again, cigars are not cigarettes. You pull the smoke into your mouth and, like a wine taster, allow its flavor to saturate your palate, without allowing the smoke into your lungs. For this reason, cigar smoking is more taste-oriented and less harmful to your health than cigarette-smoking.
The taste of the smoke varies depending on the tobacco type and the sorts of flavors added by the makers, as well as the age of the cigar, the conditions in which it’s been stored, and many other factors. Regardless, the taste is richer, fuller and subtler than that of cigarettes, and many people who don’t enjoy cigarette-smoking have found that they like the taste or odor of cigars.
More at the link above.
NOTE: Definitely agree with the “turn and burn” approach to lighting a cigar. If you take a few extra seconds to ensure the entire end of the cigar is burning, it saves a lot of grief later.
Two useful bits of information here though: how to light and smoke a cigar.
We always boiled it down to a few simple rules.
1-Make sure you have a cigar.
2-Make sure you have (or have the ability to bum) a lighter or match.
3-Fire it up!
Enjoy!
by Mondo Frazier
images:
* www.citizenofthemonth.com
* http://www.citycigarcompany.com
* womensmokingcigars.wordpress.com
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It is hard to Stop Smoking at all but i tried so hard to quit smoking because of the fear of lung cancer *
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My dad have bronchitis due to Smoking, he has a hard time quitting smoking. .`
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