[Man50D]

George Burns was a mass murderer! ;o)

[xowboy]

Mr. Prager----the only thing you have wrong is the taste in one's mouth is enjoyed by cigarette smokers as well.

[poncho67]

Too many smokers care too much about what some other people may think about their own private actions. Light'em up!

[stevestras]

Nice article.

I too, like cigars.

[Huck]

I have been smoking both since I was 15 years old, and could stop tomorrow if I wanted to.

LOL. That's a joke, right? And Dennis, since you've never met someone with mouth cancer, it's not a threat? Well you haven't met OBL either, right? So I guess he's not a threat? Hey Dennis, I smoke cigars, too, so don't get me wrong, but dude, yer in denial.

Tobacco definitely has some hooks in it. It's def easier to manage cigar smoking than cig smoking, cuz with cigars, you get used to the sporadic megadose of tobacco buzz, as opposed to the constant feeding cigarettes require (I smnoked cigs for years.) You just cant smoke 20-40 cigars a day.

But don't kid yourself. Cigar smoking puts you at higher risk of mouth cancer. You should meet my friend Jerry. He got mouth/throat cancer. Now he eats through a tube that sticks out of his belly. Live life, take chances, but don't kid yourself, man. It could happen to you. Or yer kid.

[TMSuchman]

I too enjoy a fine cigar. I perfer the acid cigar "C-notes", since my wife & daughter are very rabid anti-smokers. So I enjoy a fine smoke in my "man-cave"!

Long live the Cigar Dave the General on the internet at www.cigardave.com or on Sirius radio patriot channel 144 on Sat. 12:00 till 2:00 pm........

[theDentist]

I too enjoy cigars, but I limit them to maybe 1 very other week or so. It's just a nice way to pass an hour in the sunshine on the front lawn, watching the neighbors do their chores, the kids play, dogs romp, and cats stalk the birds.

And he's right, anti-smoking zealots are more dangerous than smaokers.

[Graymatter]

"I find great joy in visiting cigar stores and schmoozing with the owners and with the guys smoking there. In fact, cigar stores may be the last place men can get together without women."

Okay...nothing is 100%, mind you, but cigars do have women-repellant properties. You don't have to congregate in tobacco shops to be relatively safe from women. Just lighting up a cigar may suffice.

If you're not satisfied, you can get together with men in one of our superb American submarines.

[Mach9]

"We live in the Age of Stupidity." Couldn't agree more.

[G Larry]

My view has changed during my 4th week of radiochemotherapy.

Visit a chemo lab or a radiation lab.

Its enlightening, but not nearly as enlightening as living through the side effects.

As much as I would like to give away my Arturo Fuente's,
in good conscience I'll have to toss them.

[raybbr]

Why I Smoke (Cigars)--I have one cigar a day; does that make me an unwitting murderer?

Nope. Just stupid.

[Eagle Eye]

I don't smoke cigars....I enjoy them!

Most of my favorites begin with "P"...Partagas, Punch, Padron...although I'm very partial to Arturo Fuentes.

Except the Opus X.

Maybe I'm not sophisticated enough or I expected too much, but that is one of the few that have truly disappointed me.

But I enjoy cigars and have a Partagas 1845 Black Lable waiting for this afternoon.

[Just another Joe]

The purpose and joy of cigarette smoking are only vaguely related to the taste of tobacco.

For some people. It's one of the big reasons I stuff my own cigarettes.

[albie]

I would LOVE to be a cigar-ONLY person. Don't believe I can do it since I quit smoking cigarettes 6 weeks ago. I'd do anything for the surgeon general to say..."hey, our mistake, all tobacco is actually good for you"! then I wake up...

[Pukin Dog]

A fine cigar is usually a part of my evening FReeping. I've smoked cigars since my early 20's for relaxation, but I LOVE the taste and smell of the things. I smoke a pipe occasionally too.

I use cigars to test women. If whoever I'm dating refuses to at least TRY one cigar, that's our last date. I figure she would nag and complain every time I lit up.

[Puddleglum]

I quit smoking because my then fiance (now wife) hated the smell. And in truth I'm glad I did, because they were hard as heck to quite. As for cigars and pipes, I love the smell and have enjoyed a surreptitious puff on one or the other now and then. But not in the house!

As for the danger of them - well, we all die of something, and I want to enjoy life a little. I guess we should ban skiiing, snow-mobiling, snorkeling, driving, and lightning.

[CSM]

I just bought a t-shirt from "Spencers" that has a middle finger sticking up that looks like a lit cigarette and it says "I smoke, so F*** off!"

I wear it with pride, and enjoy the nanny stater's reactions.

[LM_Guy]

I would say the answer is YES, if you do it around children or other non-smokers.

[Scotswife]

Cigar smokers do get cancer in the mouth...nasty yellow rotten teeth and horrible breath.

If I am in an open area where I can move to get away from the thick smoke I don't care.
If I am stuck in a confined room with the smoke I get dizzy and nauseaus.

[PeterPrinciple]

"Indeed, I am quite convinced that my one-a-day cigar or pipe may well have had a positive impact on my health given how much relaxation it induces. Stress kills far more people than cigars or pipes do."

Man, I am tempted to start smoking a pipe again. It was relaxing and I enjoyed it.

Most of my experience with smokers lately are deadbeats who have money for cigs but can't pay their rent and other bills. I tell the young people that the men they want to be around don't smoke and view smoking as a lack of discipline. Don't have to agree with me......hiding my pipe in the lower drawer back in the closet right now.