When/What Was Your Virgin Smoke?

**matthewjmichael** · 09-30-2009, 10:27 AM

My dad is a cigar smoker and he often allowed me to smoke Swishers with him when my mom wasn't home. My buddies would come over to stay the night and we'd all smoke with my dad on the back porch--I think we were around 14 years old. I've spent the last 15 years smoking cigars and just started using a humidor and smoking quality stuff 3 years ago. My dad and I still smoke together a few times a month.

What's your story?

Matthew
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**ndv21** · 09-30-2009, 10:43 AM

Well,

Unfortunatedly, my entry into the smoking world was with cigarrettes (nasty habit). I am glad to be slowly kicking it off with the help of my wife who does not like it at all.

My first cigar was probably when I was a senior in High School (nothing fancy) but my dad has been a cigar smoker for about 10 years. I had one every now and then at weddings and such but did not seriously take it up as a hobby and a passion until about 3 months ago when I found out that a couple of buddies of mine liked cigars but never knew of others who did (not even between themselves). So the 3 of us have started smoking and learning together.

That pretty much sums it up!

**SirPuffsAlot** · 09-30-2009, 10:48 AM

Ha! Swishers and the occasional B&M for me too. When I was 15 or 16 a few buddies and I started smoking whenever we got together(camping, parties, cookouts). Ah, those were the days...

**MarineOne** · 09-30-2009, 11:02 AM

It was a CAO MX2.

I don't count the others because I figured out really quick the difference between a Swisher and a real cigar.

**Rugbysh9** · 09-30-2009, 11:08 AM

First real cigars we either a Te-Amo or an Onyx Reserve. Not a fan of either of them anymore but they did introduce me to the world of REAL cigars.

**Roger** · 09-30-2009, 11:16 AM

Someone that I don't even remember now gave me my first cigarette. Can't say that I enjoyed it back then. I must have been about 12 or 13. My first cigar was a swisher sweet. But i was so uninthused with that that I tried a pipe. After that I found myself exploring cigars. My first one was a Hoya De Monterey.