Is there a right or wrong way?

[glezga]

I cant resist inhaling at least 1 small puff from a cigar. probably the ex smoker in me. smoked a cigar on holiday once and inhaled most of it, i was drunk and tend to do daft things like most after too many. i felt it the next day!

[puff o'wind]

Yeah, I do that. I love the aromas

[puropunch]

retrohale all the way, blow must out and the rest through the nose, after it has cooled a while in the mouth...mmmm tasty!

i find myself doing that on every other drag

im an ex smoker and to be fair i never thought smoking cigars made much point, i mean 'you dont inhale right! whats the point'. stopped smoking around 4 years ago and had my first cigar about 15 months ago and wow. i was really surprised at how much nicotine is absorbed without actually inhaling the smoke

[Hookmaker]

I cant resist inhaling at least 1 small puff from a cigar. probably the ex smoker in me. smoked a cigar on holiday once and inhaled most of it, i was drunk and tend to do daft things like most after too many. i felt it the next day!

Dont do that. Two reasons you shouldn’t: 1) you won’t benefit from it, nicotine on the form that is in cigars can not be absorbed through the lung tissue. 2) There’s a shitload of tar in cigar smoke, and your lungs will become black as pitch a lot faster than by smoking cigarettes.

[Hookmaker]

retrohale all the way, blow must out and the rest through the nose, after it has cooled a while in the mouth...mmmm tasty!

i find myself doing that on every other drag

im an ex smoker and to be fair i never thought smoking cigars made much point, i mean 'you dont inhale right! whats the point'. stopped smoking around 4 years ago and had my first cigar about 15 months ago and wow. i was really surprised at how much nicotine is absorbed without actually inhaling the smoke

Ohh there’s a point alright. The nicotine in cigars and pipe tobacco can and will only be absorbed through the mucus of the mouth

[simwells]

I don't mean to but some times old habits die hard especially after a few drinks.

I'm hoping over time the more cigars I smoke not inhaling will become habitual so won't change after drinking!

[ha_banos]

I do try to retrohale sometimes now. Todays ERDMDT was remarkably smooth! But its not always this way..... even after thinning out the smoke...

[thedame007]

I retro about half of every puff, and i would really have to put in some thought to not retro. That said, if i am smoking more than two cigars a day the old nose can feel it come the morning!

[glezga]

Dont do that. Two reasons you shouldn?t: 1) you won?t benefit from it, nicotine on the form that is in cigars can not be absorbed through the lung tissue. 2) There?s a shitload of tar in cigar smoke, and your lungs will become black as pitch a lot faster than by smoking cigarettes.

yes its a habbit or like breaking a rule cos i dont smoke - sneaking a quick inhale

i dodnt know that about cigars nic being absorbed differently!


retrohale - is that letting the smoke come through your nose? i done that once by accident and it fkin burned!

[Hookmaker]

yes its a habbit or like breaking a rule cos i dont smoke - sneaking a quick inhale
i dodnt know that about cigars nic being absorbed differently!
retrohale - is that letting the smoke come through your nose? i done that once by accident and it fkin burned!

Retrohale: get used to it, but start slowly. There are so many more tastes and notes that will reveal themselves through the nose cavity mucus and sensors.

[puropunch]

Ohh there’s a point alright. The nicotine in cigars and pipe tobacco can and will only be absorbed through the mucus of the mouth

Haha yes that's my point

[Vitola]

You really discover a whole new dimension to cigars when you retrohale - your taste and flavour perceptions go up tenfold when you do. Being an ex-smoker, I?ve probably built up a tolerance to doing it.

I tend to retrohale most of my cigars - and find regularly cleaning out your sinuses helps enormously with taste and flavour also tongue cleaning as part of oral/dental hygiene regularly helps to revive your taste buds and helps avoid sulphur build up in your mouth from bad bacteria.