I always tell people cigar smoking is a hobby, cigarette smoking is a habit.

Sure people like me have turned their cigar smokin into a habit (but I can go just fine for a week or so without smoking and never have that withdrawl effect), because we just love cigar smoking. It has actually gotten to the point where people who know or see me on a regular basis equate cigar smoking with my "image". I have actually had people not recognize me without a cigar in my hand.

This is the way I like to illustrate this point:

Cigar smokers are very selective. Sure cigarette smokers have their brand but in a pinch, they will smoke any cigarette. In a pinch, if a cigar smoker can't find a quality cigar, more often than not they will simply do without.