Thanks to all for your help and understanding to a beginner, especially bigpoppapuff!! A little about myself: 41 yr old, live in Kansas, Quality Program Coordinator for a third party warehouse and logistics firm. I have been smoking cigars for about 2 months now, have successfully used them to get rid of a cig habit. I smoke about 2 cigars a day and do my best not to inhale although I can't help a few inhalations on each cigar. Sounds like a lot of cigars, but much better that 50-60 cigs a day.

I would like some advice on cutters and the effect they have on the "even-burn" of the stogie, I seem to get uneven burn often. Is this possibly related to the way I am using the punch or cutter? I have both a punch and guillotine (sp?).