Quote Originally Posted by ggiese View Post
Exactly my point, Kevin. If your purpose in smoking a cigar is to generate smoke - what difference does it make what the hell is inside that cigar. It might as well be straw, right?

I can see someone making an "intelligent" argument that machine made cigars "smoke" just like a premium made hand made cigar. However, there can be no intelligent argument that the experience is the same...
A long time ago, in a galaxy far away, I was a Boy Scout. We tried rolling up plain old oak leaves by the fire, and trying to smoke them. I also remember distinctly trying to roll - roll your own tobacco in plain paper and trying to smoke it.

Ah, those days are long past.