Smoking in the summer vs winter

[victory01]

This might just be in my head, but smoking in the winter is far less enjoyable (not just the weather).
It might be cause of the cold or lower rh, but I find my sticks are muted in the colder months.
It's to the point where I can't even bring myself to light up a premium and rather just wait it out until it gets warmer.

Is it just me?

[ashauler]

As long as I can keep warm enough to stave off the CPS, I seem to enjoy my smokes in the winter just as much as the summer. Do you have a warm place to smoke?

[badwhale]

I've don't recall a difference, and I'm just comparing smoking outside. I am able to smoke in my basement in the winter (and the summer) and I have a coal stove down there to keep it warm.

Will

[Paddy]

This might just be in my head, but smoking in the winter is far less enjoyable (not just the weather).
It might be cause of the cold or lower rh, but I find my sticks are muted in the colder months.
It's to the point where I can't even bring myself to light up a premium and rather just wait it out until it gets warmer.

Is it just me?

You got a long wait !

[TommyTree]

Bribe someone to be able to smoke inside. Problem solved.

[mrtr33]

The only place to smoke indoors in the town I live in also has outdoor fire pits. I don't mind smoking in the cold - because then it looks like there's huge amounts of smoke being exhaled. The cold doesn't bother me much, but I can see it being a bother to others.

[hed]

I've noticed the same thing. My smokes don't seem to burn the same in cold weather. I prefer to smoke outside, simply because I prefer to BE outside. But these (like today) -14 temps suck ass, at least as far as smoking, and drinking, and starting the truck, and scraping ice, and shoveling snow, and keeping snot from freezing to your lip, and ..... oh who am I kidding, winter just plain old sucks ass!

[victory01]

Bribe someone to be able to smoke inside. Problem solved.

I was out on my own last year which is probably why I am more struck with the difference now. I did't really enjoy smoking indoors much either when I had the choice.

I've noticed the same thing. My smokes don't seem to burn the same in cold weather. I prefer to smoke outside, simply because I prefer to BE outside. But these (like today) -14 temps suck ass, at least as far as smoking, and drinking, and starting the truck, and scraping ice, and shoveling snow, and keeping snot from freezing to your lip, and ..... oh who am I kidding, winter just plain old sucks ass!

That's exactly how I feel. I mean my smokes don't 'taste' the same to me, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was just all in my head to go along with this crappy weather. Something just clicks in my head and I can't enjoy my smokes the same. I need to move somewhere that's autumn year round.

[hed]

I was out on my own last year which is probably why I am more struck with the difference now. I did't really enjoy smoking indoors much either when I had the choice.

That's exactly how I feel. I mean my smokes don't 'taste' the same to me, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was just all in my head to go along with this crappy weather. Something just clicks in my head and I can't enjoy my smokes the same. I need to move somewhere that's autumn year round.

Your surroundings, the company you keep, the weather, etc.; all of those and other factors obviously play a part in how enjoyable your smoking experience is. Smoking inside is working for me though, at least until spring.

[hed]

I also have a theory about cold-weather (especially sub-zero) smoking... Every time you open your mouth to the sub-zero temps, the extreme cold makes your taste-buds contract and less sensitive. Maybe I can get the Feds to give me a grant for more extensive research; they've certainly paid more for less.

[Mangyrat]

In the winter i gravitate to smaller cigars.
The smaller cigars seem to have more taste/flavor than a larger cigar for some reason in the winter.

That reminds me time to order some Frigged kitty cigars

[craig]

Cleaned/replaced the smoke eater filters last night; I'm ready to smoke inside all winter long :-).

[Eville]

You might not be getting as much flavor during the winter months due to colds. Just a theory.

[Paddy]

In the winter i gravitate to smaller cigars.
The smaller cigars seem to have more taste/flavor than a larger cigar for some reason in the winter.

That reminds me time to order some Frigged kitty cigars

Put on you Big Boy Pants , and smoke in the house

[Mangyrat]

Put on you Big Boy Pants , and smoke in the house

I do smoke inside now days but i work outside

The wife did make me get a air purifier and i smoke only in my computer room but hell yea I'm inside.
not out side on the porch freezing my ass off

[CptnBlues63]

I don't find the cigars burn, or taste any different in the winter myself. Luckily I don't have to smoke outside. If I did, I wouldn't smoke any at all during the winter because even -10 C is just too cold to sit outside for 90 to 120 min's doing nothing but puffing on a cigar. I'm sure the cold cold air would affect the flavor.

Luckily I have an 18' trailer I use for hunting and fishing trips that my wife never enters (my "man cave" if you will). I leave it parked in the driveway all winter after returning from my November hunting trip and whenever I want to have a cigar, I just fire the heater up in advance and then go sit in there and smoke them. By spring I have a nice collection of cigar bands on the table.........LOL

[Stog O'clock]

I don't find much difference in taste between seasons, but for some reason I have a bigger urge to have a smoke in winter months. It's probably just because I know I can't go out on any given day and light up with it being so cold here in Indiana, yet I always seem to smoke less in the summer because I'm busier.