What was the first cigar you smoked and who got you into the hobby?

For me it was Swischer Sweets wood tips and white owls. My buddy Sam got me into cigars and chew. God I hate those cigars if you can call them that now. I have been trying to quit chewing for the past three months now. The only reason I chew is because I cannt smoke a stogie at work.

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My first cigar was a Macanudo. I liked the taste immediately, however it seemed so strong that I thought I was going to pass out. <g> I wasn't able to finish it.

The next two days I had a headache. (It was at a "legal" cigar bar in San Diego, about 4 years ago.)

(Prior to that, I had only smoked cigarettes but had quit that totally since July of 1987. Never had a cigar until 4 years ago.)

My first smoke of any kind was a black and mild. They shouldn't be classified as a cigar, but man I loved those!

My first one was a cigar that the owner had his store name put onto. I don't know what kind of a cigar it was as far as being Honduran, Dominican, etc. It was a robusto though and it was alright I guess being the first one that I smoked. I guess most of us or at least me didn't really enjoy our first smoke compared to how we like them now.

Hobby?

I think of a cigar as one of life's pleasures. Like sweet peaches and watermelon in the summer. Or a good Single Malt Scotch. A way of life. No, no hobby for me. I collect stamps, train and handle retrievers, collect decoys, and old fishing lures for hobbies.

Cigars I buy to SMOKE! I have a "do-it-again" humidor. It is 100ct., when it gets low enough to buy a box I do. And then I "do-it-again"

With smoking regards.

cherry middleton's pipe tobacco cigar

tasted good then though

I've smoked cigarillos and stuff like Old Port cigars for quite awhile..but what got me into real "cigars"? Probably a cuban HdM Churchill given to me from a friend years ago after a trip to the island...I was hooked! Never looked back

My first cigar, 30+ years ago was a Robert Burns "black Watch" I liked the metal tubes. I didn't keep it as a habit and smoked Napoleons in college when my roomates girlfriend would bring them down from Canada, (yes they were Cuban)A couple of years ago a co-worker I travel with introduced me to Rey Del Mundo's and I decided why only enjoy cigars once a year at conventions.

Kind of a long answer but I had my "first cigar" a few times

Cheers

48-years-ago I smoked a White Olw, a clear Havana back then.
Next day I had a Bering Corona, a tubed Cuban in those days. Then nothing until I was about 15 when I started smoiing Hav-A-Tampa Jewels and Tiparillos.

My first cigar was Oct 1st of last year. I do not remember the name. It was Pinnaple. I then had some tubed cigar from a gas station aswell. I finally moved up to a RYJ for my third.
What got me into cigars was I was a very sexy pudding wrestling match after a football game. I noticed a kid smoking a cigar there while watching. I thought should of bought one since it was my 18th birthday, so the next night I went on a crazy taxi ride, for free, I bought my first cigar.

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Originally posted by badburn:
Hobby?

I think of a cigar as one of life's pleasures. Like sweet peaches and watermelon in the summer. Or a good Single Malt Scotch. A way of life. No, no hobby for me. I collect stamps, train and handle retrievers, collect decoys, and old fishing lures for hobbies.

Cigars I buy to SMOKE! I have a "do-it-again" humidor. It is 100ct., when it gets low enough to buy a box I do. And then I "do-it-again"

With smoking regards.

Good point cigars should not be classified as a hobby. I may only be Ninteen but I find my self enjoy quality cigars quite often now. I agree totally that cigars is more of a lifestyle rather than a hobby.

Probably a Tijuana (sp?) Small about 35 years ago. Myself and a few other kids had already experimented with cigarettes and decided to give (what we considered at the time) a cigar a chance. Any guesses what we experimented with next?

Many years later I was given a Joya de Nicaragua (my first hand rolled cigar). Ever since, premium cigars have been sort of a hobby, no, habit, no, passion.

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Me and a friend drank a few too many after class at his house, he then brought out half smoked cigars from his honeymoon a year before. I was trashed and it was the first time I hade smoked anything at all. I remember telling him that I could get used to this. The rest is history, they are my favorite way to relax. I think about them constantly and I truly love the taste.

My first cigar was given to me by a friend who I went out drinking with after my Aunt's funeral service. He saw me stressed and gave me a cigar. I believe it was a Macanudo if I remember correctly.

My first cigar was a small Swisher Sweet. My Dad smoked cigars for a while and I saw several Clint Eastwood western movies where he had a small cigar in his mouth and thought it was cool.

I can't remember my first cigar, it was probably a swisher sweet . . . but one of my first memories of cigars was the aroma of the cigar my neighbor smoked when I was a kid working on his farm. He smoked Parodi's and I can still recall the pungent aroma. The other memory is that of coming off the footbll field after a game and smelling all of the cigar smoke coming from the end zone stands where the old men of the town always used to sit during the games. It was great.

My first cigar was back in high school probably a mac if I can remember correctly. My friends and I would drive out to the lake and hit golf balls into it while smoking. Great times.

An AF Hemingway; or was it a Bucanero Clasico Maduro? I went into the place for wine, and came out with cigars. I hardly drink wine at all anymore. I can't remember the last time I went more than a couple of days without enjoying a cigar.

First one I tasted was some horrible machine-made crap, probably a Philly Blunt. It was Halloween night, I was like 12 or so, and we were up to no good around the neighborhood, somebody busted one out, and we all had a try to feel badass. It sucked and I swore I'd never try a cigar again in my life.

First one I actually fully smoked was a Davidoff, can't remember the size. I must have been 16 or so. It was amazing, I couldn't believe how good it was, especially with my horrible first impression of cigars. Never stopped since.