wow a post about cigars

[cigar no baka]

that's a sin. Cigar-Savor ( just my opinion guys )

NO cigar tastes the same after a relight. I do admit some fair better than others but none taste the same even after being out for ten minutes let alone hours.

Why not find a short smoke that you might like for the times when you can't smoke a whole cigar?

For example, Punch makes a great Panatela. They come 10 to a tin for around $10 and being a 4.5" x 29 ring smoke they're nice and quick. All of your cigar brands offer small cigars. Usually sold ten or twelve to a tin. Inexpensive too. Perfect if you have to put it out early of just need a quick smoke.

My experience with small cigars/cigarillos is that they lack flavor. About the only exception so far has been Camacho Machitos. But I haven't tried too many types yet so there is still hope.

[Amanda]

I hardly ever put out a cigar before I finish it. Only once did I re-light a cigar I'd already put out and wasn't impressed with the taste. Usually, if I know I only have time for a quick smoke (like on break from work), I'll have a cigarette. That's rarely a problem in the summer, but when classes start again it could become one since I don't want to be smoking cigarettes between classes, but at the same time don't want to ruin a good cigar by only smoking part of it and then putting it out to go to my next class.

As for extinguishing the cigars, I learned quickly not to squash them out in the ashtray or they stink like hell and my roommate bitches me out...lol. Now, I always just let the cigar burn out when I'm done with it.

[cigar no baka]

Or, if someone in a public (outdoor) area is giving you the evil eye while you are smoking, make it a habit to smash out the cigar to make sure it emits noxious odors. I do.

[grand cru no 2]

If you need to smoke on break, go with something like a petit corona. You can usually clip the lit end off of these and it won't destroy the wrapper.

[Bkcloud114]

I have used a cutter and cut off the lit end..... what I have also found out is that sometimes ya have to cut pretty far down in order to get all the hot out. I have also noticed a difference in the taste of an already good cigar if it is left to go out on its own. The tast seems to improve, I was wondering if this could be from the tobacco "cooling down" in temperature ?

[Johnny]

I've never found a cigar that tastes as good on relighting after more than an hour or two. For the same reason I don't put burnt cigars in my humidor I would not put a single burnt cigar in a tube and expect that it would come out as i left it. The obnoxious odours would be even more intense in a small area, I would leave the cigar out and then just knock the ash off when I go back and hope for the best.