Best way to put out a cigar?

[rcsst12]

Originally Posted by Darrell

I always just let them die, ever smoosh out a lit stogie? Man, that's one FOUL smell.

I do agree, I would just let the cigar die out on its own... my friend tried to smoke a cigar but it kept going out on him because he wasn't smoking it enough.

[Nurse_Maduro]

Originally Posted by mrreindeer

Or British.

Heh...if someone didn't say it I was going to.

I've cut below the cherry if I only got a couple of pulls off a stick and went right back to it in the next few minutes, but otherwise I agree that, once lit and drawn from, a cigar will never taste the same upon relight. I've read somewhere that if you must relight, do it in the first half hour after it goes out, but I don't know what criteria that was based on.

Remember that a lot of brands feature the same blends in different sizes, so you may want to get some coronas or panatelas for those times when you can't devote an hour or two to a stick, and you won't be sacrificing the flavor you're looking for.

[Chris.]

I have yet to find a size that I could smoke thoroughly in under an hour. Even the 5 vegas shorties last about an hour.