Cigarette smoker smoking cigars

wwestern

I'm a cigarette smoker but I'm quickly falling in love with smoking cigars... this started off in the clean pallette thread but i figured I'd come here with it before I muddled the thread with this. Anyhow I've found that if I don't watch myself I'll smoke my cigar too fast like a cigarette and all I can taste is pepper so, I set it down after every puff to pace myself... I know I can't be the only one who smokes both, and with that anyone else got tips on this aspect of cigar smoking? Things to help a cigarette smoker fully enjoy a cigar! Thanks in advance.

kuzi16

surfingzeeko

I'd say smoke a cig about half an hour before, so it gives you some time to cleanse the palate, then go for the cigar. I used to smoke cigarettes, and now just smoke cigars.

jlmarta

Hayblet

surfingzeeko:

I'd say smoke a cig about half an hour before, so it gives you some time to cleanse the palate, then go for the cigar. I used to smoke cigarettes, and now just smoke cigars.

That's what I do 95% of the time since I pretty much do any form of tobacco I can get my hands on except chewing, never tried that never will. I've learned if I have a cig shortly before I go to review or even smoke a cigar I tend to be good and don't smoke as fast as I would if I just went to have a cigar.

surfingzeeko

Hayblet

I've tried quitting several times, the patch never stays stuck to me, "cutting back" only works for so long and switching to a "lighter" smoke only makes me smoke more I really don't know what to do and if I had to give up cigars during that time I would probably be impossible to be around. Not sure switching to dip would be the better alternative...

JSaint

Hayblet:

I've tried quitting several times, the patch never stays stuck to me, "cutting back" only works for so long and switching to a "lighter" smoke only makes me smoke more I really don't know what to do and if I had to give up cigars during that time I would probably be impossible to be around. Not sure switching to dip would be the better alternative...

Try Snus Hayblet. I use Camel Snus once and awhile while I am at work just to get through such a stressful day. BUT I am not addicted. I rarely chew more than once a week. Also Ive heard that Snus is a safer alternative. Its not completely safe because you are still introducing toxins into your body but it doesnt have all the crap cigarettes do.

wwestern

Damn you Marty!!! K when this cartons done i'm done with cigs or at least I'll do my damnedest thanks for the inspiration Marty thats a pretty rough story brother.

jlmarta

Amos Umwhat

Been in this same boat. Kuzi's advice is good, (as is everyone else's) there have been times when I just had to give up all tobacco until I could develop a new set of habits. I still smoke some cigarettes, this usually consists of once or twice a year I'll buy a pouch of Samson (European stuff) or American Spirit and roll my own. When I do this, I try to use the same smoking habit as when smoking a cigar, in order to avoid the rapid nicotine infusion that comes from inhaling. The best advice (for those of us who insist on tobacco as a free choice in living our lives) is "Slow Down!" One of the worst things you can do to a good cigar is smoke it too fast. You lose out on all those subtle background flavors that make smoking worthwhile. I tell friends, when I give them a cigar, that it should be a meditative experience. Smoke it like you're a Shaman communicating with the spirits, each moment frozen in time to savor. My most frequent everyday smoke is probably the G.H. Vintage 2002, which is a robusto, usually takes me 50 - 70 minutes. A few nights ago I had a Nica Libre Diplomatico while watching a movie that lasted about 2 hours, (both the cigar and the movie) each time I ashed it, the end was flat. You'll get the most out of your cigar experience this way. Cut down the cigarettes, especially the "ready made" pre-packaged chemical laden trash. Hope this helps. BTW, about three years since the last time I went to cigars only, I never wheeze or hack out brown crap anymore, no smokers' hack when I wake up, think about it!

Hayblet

I'm going to try and take my 2 weeks vacation back to back so I have 14 days in a row to try and not smoke cigarettes I think having a 2 week jump on that would be ok and then I can still use snus at work for that fix on long shifts.