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Everyone knows what a cigar is – or do they? Most people have heard of and seen cigars but not everyone knows all that much about cigars. If you are one of them and want to know more about cigars, then you are in the right place! Over the next few weeks, we are going to go through a starter course – or a refresher course, if you wish – to get to know cigars. So where do we start?
Anyone can merely go to a cigar store and pick out a ...
Let us face it – one downside to smoking cigars (or cigarettes for that matter) is the lingering smell of smoke in the room after all is said and done. For a couple of hours or so, we would enjoy puffing on that nice stogie. More often than not, we would be enjoying the time with a friend or two. There is no doubt about it – the time is well spent and there is nothing to complain about. However, after the cigars are long gone, the scent of smoke ...
Cigar is usually associated with smoking. Smoking is usually associated with health risks. But for cigar smokers which is not lit as often as the standard cigarettes that people do, has certain health benefits if taken up close.
For one, the tobacco leaves used for some cigars are traced towards medicinal herbs that may be good for the body. This was done in ancient times and has been forgotten ever since.
Cigars are also associated with aid in weight loss. While such ...
Cigar smoking is something that people would initially try for the sake of curiosity. Sure you will always hear that Cuban Cigars are the best but are banned. Or perhaps hear that cigars come in different flavors. Cigars are also good for the health, depending on the resources used in the hand-rolled tobacco and so forth. Cigars will surely capture the attention of most people, both smokers and non-smokers alike.
For the beginning cigar smoker, it would be best to try buying one piece instead of the usual ...
To many people, cigar smoking is something that they would never really understand. The reason on why people enjoy smoking or has made it routine in their lives is something that puzzles many but the first advice that a cigar smoker would say is if you haven’t started, then good and that do not even try to start!
Cigar smoking is believed to be addicting. Nicotine is the primary culprit that people would turn to but yet people would care less. Some would take up smoking to relax themselves, while there are people ...
It’s a nice night, and you want to spend it smoking a cigar while enjoying the cool breeze outside. Or maybe you want to settle in in your favorite comfortable chair and watch a good movie or read a book while smoking a cigar. Then you realize a possibility – that the only cigars you have at home might have “gone bad!”
Is this scenario even possible? Definitely! While you may not want to think about cigars going bad, it does happen – and it ...
In the previous post, I posed some question that will help you analyze your knowledge of cigar etiquette. Here are a few more that, hopefully, will help you realize whether or not you are one of those stogie lovers that irritate the crap out of every other person in the cigar lounge.
When your mobile phone rings, where do you take the call?
A better question might be, do you take the call at all? Sometimes, the cigar lounge is just like the movie theater. People hate interruptions such ...
Courtesy is something that some people just don’t get. Some simply do not care, while some are just not aware. If you are going to a cigar lounge to enjoy a smoke, you should know the basic etiquette that is expected of you. How well do you know your cigar lounge etiquette? Ask yourself these questions and find out!
If a conversation is going on when you enter the lounge, what do you do?
Some people would probably sit down and observe for a while, maybe join in when they feel like it. Others might immediately ...
We only have less than a month before Father’s Day. I don’t know how you do it, but in my family, we take Mother’s Day and Father’s Day quite seriously. Even if we cannot be together on that particular day, us children make it a point to do something special for our parents. We either send a gift or send them on a trip – whichever is possible at the given time.
This year, Father’s Day is on June 21, 2009, a Sunday as usual. Have you ...
There is more to the cigar than smoking one – any self-respecting cigar enthusiast knows that. And one thing that you have to pay careful attention to when lighting your cigar is your lighter. There are lighters and there are lighters. With cigars, it is best to use butane lighters. They are not that expensive anyway but provide a good burn. But sometimes, they break down. You might think that it’s easy enough to buy one but why not make the life your ...
