Cigar Smoke - How to Smoke a Cigar for Beginners

You have finally gone to your local tobacconist and stood in the humidor for what may have been hours choosing the perfect cigar. You purchase a cigar that is not too small nor is it too ostentatious and has the right smell to please your pallet. Now all you need to do is learn how to smoke a cigar the right way, yes there is a right and a wrong way to smoke your new cigar and it is nothing like smoking a cigarette.

The number of people who smoke a cigar has been on the rapid increase in the last few years as their popularity is on the rise, there are magazines dedicated to cigar smoking and smoking clubs springing up in many areas. If you want to become part of this culture then you need to learn everything about your new hobby including how to smoke the cigar properly.

Before you can start to smoke that cigar you will want to buy yourself some extra equipment to start your new found passion off on the right foot. You need a humidor to store your cigars in as this will keep them stored in ideal conditions keeping them fresh and ready to smoke at any time.

The best cigar humidors are made with a Spanish cedar lining and include a small device for maintaining the humidity level inside the humidor at 70 to 72%. This level of humidity will keep your cigars fresh indefinitely allowing them to age gracefully while still allowing you to smoke them whenever you want.

There are several ways to do this, you can use a sharp knife or a pair of scissors that are made to cut cigars. You can also use a cigar punch that just punches a small hole in the end or you can use a guillotine to cleanly snip off the end of your cigar.

Now that you have the end of your cigar cleanly cut off leaving you a perfectly round small hole to draw through, the next step is to light up. For this you can choose from many different ways to light your cigar, some people will tell you that the only proper way to light up is to use a match. Others will tell you to use a cigar lighter; in the end the choice is entirely up to you as long as you have something that will light your cigar so that you can smoke it.