| Many people wonder if a cigar guide is truly necessary | | | | This is not necessary with a cigarette. Another |
| for a smoker to find what they are looking for. | | | | difference is the way a person has to light a cigar. The |
| Necessity is not the issue here; expediency is. A guide | | | | end must be lit deliberately and evenly, otherwise, the |
| of any kind makes a search of any kind easier to | | | | cigar will not burn evenly. Perhaps the greatest |
| pursue, and more likely to pay off in the end. | | | | difference, however, is the way a person actually |
| In this case, a cigar guide provides cigar smokers with | | | | smokes a cigar. Cigar smoke is drawn into the mouth |
| all kinds of information that pertains to both cigars | | | | and tasted, but it is never inhaled like cigarette smoke. |
| themselves and the general world of cigar smoking as | | | | Making these mistakes in a cigar lounge can be so |
| a whole. Things such as local bans on smoking, | | | | embarrassing a person tries a cigar once and never |
| information on humidors, new and exciting cigar packs | | | | tries one again. That is, unless he or she learns NOT to |
| as gift items, cigar accessories you may not have | | | | make them by reading a cigar guide first. With a little bit |
| thought of, and cigar etiquette for cigar lounge | | | | of motivated self-study, one soon learns that the world |
| aficionados are all explained in sufficient detail to make | | | | of cigars is not about being an elitist, but rather being |
| good decisions and to act appropriately. | | | | confident and classy in a way that silently |
| Much needed advice for beginning smokers is almost | | | | communicates that you know what you are doing no |
| always included. After all, we were all once beginners, | | | | matter what you are doing or where. |
| and none of us would have stuck with it had there | | | | This is also the best place to find information on how |
| been someone or something to give us the basics of | | | | individual brands of cigars are made. Most seasoned |
| brand and etiquette. New smokers will also gain from | | | | smokers prefer to smoke hand-rolled cigars. |
| these publications (both print and online) a wealth of | | | | Machine-rolled cigars are considered cheap. The cigar |
| information about cigar products like humidors, cigar | | | | connoisseur needs to know up front what he or she is |
| cutters, how to prepare and install humidifiers, and | | | | buying before money is actually put on the table. |
| helpful tips about health and legal issues that relate to | | | | Cigar aficionados also care a great deal about cigar |
| cigars. | | | | country of origin. Nations like Honduras, Nicaragua, and |
| A cigar guide is a resource for the inquisitive, but | | | | the Dominican Republic are world famous for their |
| somewhat shy, new smoker who does not want to | | | | cigar quality. A cigar guide can and should give as |
| risk embarrassment by asking too many questions at | | | | much information on where a particular manufacturer |
| a cigar lounge. | | | | grows the tobacco used in its cigar fillers and |
| Much to their surprise, the average beginner tends to | | | | wrappers. |
| be a little shocked at how truly different smoking a | | | | Cigar guides will often publish news on the latest |
| cigar is in comparison to a cigarette. For instance, a | | | | developments in the cigar world, also providing |
| cigar has to be cut a certain way before it is smoked | | | | information on what is happening in the worlds top |
| in order for a person to draw smoke from the end. | | | | cigar companies. |