How Do Your Friends and Family Respond to Your Cigar Smoking?

[Buhz]

I think it depends on your age when you start smoking cigars. I only started recently, but i'm 33 so most of friends and family have realized that I'm an adult (my girlfriend my disgree on that) and am capable of making my own choices.

Also there is a weird attitude towards cigars. There is a ton of info about smoking an its hazards but very little that is put forth in the mass media. So part what happened to me was people not sure how to react to me firing up a cigar. The smell is usually what people comment on, some love it, others hate it. I only smoke outside so I figure I can be rude about people telling me to put it out Most people I've dealt with have preferred the smell of a cigar to cigarettes.

So how I deal with peer pressure is to basically figure I know what I like, I know the consequences of what I'm doing and friends family can deal with it as long as I'm not impacting on them.

[SFG75]

In terms of family, my parents think the cigar butts are the product of my brother in law. He got me started smoking and our wives have come to expect that when we're together, cigars are going to be smoked. She has been very supportive and doesn't mind my habit as long as the kids are down for night-night time. Friends at work aren't as accepting. While we trade barbs back and forth, one of my friends (a home ec. teacher) runs the school's "Tobacco isn't for kids" program or something like that.

You're correct, they do bring out a strong response-though it's easy to point out that double-cheeseburger that mr. or mrs. critic is holding when you're under the gun.