cutting cigar in half?

[Island Epicurean]

Most high-end cigars have subtle flavor changes as they burn down, by cutting your cigar in half you are taking away those changes and essentially making 2 somewhat distinct cigars. I would recommend buying shorter and/or slimmer cigars and saving your larger cigars for when you have time.

[Jonsey5484]

If I don't have time to smoke a huge ass cigar and I don't have any small ones available, I just won't smoke. Sitting down for an hour and smoking a good cigar is very relaxing to me.

[Kenyth]

Remember now, we're not nicotene addicts here. You smoke a cigar like you would have a fine drink. You do it when the time is right and circumstances permit. If you remove the relaxation from your smoke, it kind of ruins it. I should know. With the new baby I find myself smoking much less because of time constaints. Smoking a cigar is not really meant for a quick fix. Personally, I can't even properly smoke Cohiba Pequenos unless I have a half hour to spare.

Whatever you do, don't cut a smoke in half. You will surely have wrapper issues with the foot half.

[Amanda]

"Remember now, we're not nicotine addicts here."

Speak for yourself, dear....lol. Seriously though, do you think cigar smoking, with very little inhaling, will eventually reduce my body's nicotine dependency? I've always been hoping it would, but I'm hardly an expert on the issue. With me, the addiction is more needing something in my mouth to smoke than the actual nicotine....at least that's what I keep telling myself.

[Jonsey5484]

I have never had a nicotine addiction, but, I am sure you will be able to quit if you really want to. My dad has smoked cigarettes all of his life and has tried to quit numerous times but always went back to it because he never really wanted to quit in the first place. I am sure you will be able to slowly ween yourself of cigarettes! Good Luck

[Kenyth]

"Remember now, we're not nicotine addicts here."

Speak for yourself, dear....lol. Seriously though, do you think cigar smoking, with very little inhaling, will eventually reduce my body's nicotine dependency? I've always been hoping it would, but I'm hardly an expert on the issue. With me, the addiction is more needing something in my mouth to smoke than the actual nicotine....at least that's what I keep telling myself.

Even harder than breaking the nicotene addiction is breaking the learned habit. Anything that gives us pleasure (smoking, drugs, alchohol, food, sex, sleep) that we do in response to perceived stress or daily schedule can become a powerful habit. If you don't do whatever it is you do when the stressor is triggered or the scheduled time hits, you experience anxiety. Some people are more prone to this than others, and the reasons are as varied as the people.

Fortunately for me, my life must have taught me other coping techniques. Right now, I don't generally "need" anything at any particular time to be able to quell anxiety.

I'm not perfect. Bad coping habits can happen to anyone. When my first marriage fell apart years back while I was in the military, stationed in Korea, I drank too much for my own good. It took some time and new hobbies to break that habit.

The only way you'll be able to reduce any dependancy is by denying yourself that activity and learning other methods to cope with the resultant anxiety.

[cigar no baka]

Ya, I gave up drinking about one year before I started smoking cigars. Not that I was an addict, but I was drinking too much, and decided to just cut back to once in a while instead of weekly. Now I'm smoking daily. Worse than drinking? Who the knows, life is too damn short to deny yourself the pleasures.