[Mullet]

Obviously smoking more slowly will help cool down your smoke and make it less harsh, BUT -- I think that figuring out your own smoking 'style' is important.

For example, I tend to do a "half puff" and exhale out my mouth, then do a full draw and exhale mostly through the nose but open my mouth at the very end.

Just like with anything, once you find your own rhythm, you can learn to be more consistent from one cigar to the next. After you smoke 50 cigars that becomes 2nd nature and you're not having to "think" rhythm.

If you think about smoking like the scientific method, for example, you can really learn a lot MORE by eliminating variables and creating constants. That puts more pressure on the cigar to perform.