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You’ve picked out your very first cigar (a task in itself!) and now it’s time for the big moment – your first cigar smoke. But how do you actually smoke a cigar? Here are some suggestions to help you make the most of your initial cigar smoking experience. Don’t worry if it doesn’t go perfectly – cigar smoking takes practice, like everything else. If you don’t have your own humidor (proper storage), you generally need to smoke your cigar within 12-24 hours of purchasing it. As a matter of etiquette if you’re in public, you may want to consider removing...

If you are new to smoking cigars, you may be interested in learning the illustrious history behind these fine products. Where did cigars originate? How did their popularity spread and develop over time? A Complete History of Cigars, Brand Origins, and Timelines Along with typically being credited with discovering America, Christopher Columbus is the explorer generally considered to have been the one to have brought tobacco to Europe for the first time. It was on the island of Hispaniola that two of his crewmen were introduced to tobacco by the natives of the island. Since smoking was widespread throughout the...