#1- If you ever inhaled the smoke from a cigar into your lungs, you would definitely know it. You would gag and cough. Especially since you never smoked cigarettes. I smoked cigarettes for a long time and I would never inhale a cigar (intentionally).

A FOG once told me that smoking cigars is like drinking a fine wine. You want to tast all of the different flavors in the smoke, the same as in a fine wine. You'll notice that true wine tasters never swallow the wine but savor it in their mouths and then spit it out. There are no taste buds in your lungs, so there is no reason to inhale a cigar.

#2 - Being a new guy myself, the best thing I could tell ya is to try alot of different cigars, try to stay away from any typ of flavored cigars (unless that's what you like). No need to spend alot of money ($20) on a cigar that you then realize you don't like. One place that I buy new cigar i want to try is www.cigarbid.com . Just be careful, it could be addictive LOL.


#3 - As for Cubans, they are illegal in the USA. If you order Cuban cigars from outside of the USA, there is a possibility they can be confiscated by Customs and then you are out the 100's of dollars you spent.