Do you inhale at all?

[EndTheFed]

Hi....newbie here. I've been smoking cigarettes for about 10 years but am just getting into cigars.

When I smoke a cigar I usually inhale slightly on maybe 10 puffs, and don't inhale at all on the rest.

What about you?

[bobarian]

Not if I can help it. Sometimes I will inhale resting smoke by accident, but never by intention. Taste is in the nose and on the tongue, not in the lungs. ;)

[Ender]

:tpd:

[Samsquanch]

No inhaling here either but I do have some friends who occasionally smoke cigars who do inhale. To each his own IMO.

[jimmyk26]

Nope. Just tasting and smelling for me.

[Dark Jester]

I inhale sometimes, but that's from smoking cigarettes for 15 years. Mostly just a reflex. Hard habit to break.

[Lucky_Hippo]

Not if I can help it, however, my cigarette smoking friends tend to inhale a little smoke on each draw. It's one of the reasons I can't turn them on to better sticks than Macanudos. Everything else is just "too strong" for them.

[G G]

Not unless it's by accident.

[maninblack]

Not if I can help it. I also have friends that have tried and they get sick as hell when they do it. Damn Newbies.

[DougBushBC]

I believe the practice you are thinking about is what we call "retrohale" which isn't really an "inhale" but more like allowing the smoke to travel up your throat to your nose. And yes I retrohale maybe a few puffs per cigar just to get the taste.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMcDOSypco8

[Dark Jester]

Not if I can help it, however, my cigarette smoking friends tend to inhale a little smoke on each draw. It's one of the reasons I can't turn them on to better sticks than Macanudos. Everything else is just "too strong" for them.

Not if I can help it. I also have friends that have tried and they get sick as hell when they do it. Damn Newbies.

Has to be a pretty strong stick to make me regret it when I do inhale. I might do it 5 or 10 times on the stronger sticks, but on mild sticks it's 2 out of 3 puffs. Never have gotten sick from it. Smoked Marlboro Reds 1 pack per day for 15 years though, so I have a pretty good tolerance built up.

I have to conciously think about not doing it though. If I don't think about it the inhale reflex takes over.

Retrohaling on the other hand burns like hell. :D Not enough practice doing that yet. Never really exhaled through my nose smoking cigarettes so there's no tolerance built up to it yet. I do it with a full puff from a strong stick and my eyes will water up immediately. That's ok though, something to work on. :)

[SmokinApe]

Years ago when I smoked Phillies Titans in college I would inhale... I would prolly drop dead if I tried it now...

[Subvet642]

I'll inhale anything up to a medium strength. Don Diego is a favorite to inhale. :ss

[shilala]

If a cigar is particularly good, I'll French inhale some and inhale some. I get different things from both. I'll also draw smoke from each end of the cigar up my nose. I get even more neat stuff like that.
I can definitely "taste" heavy sweet cigars down in my chest, Padron Anni's for instance. It's a pleasant sensation.
The cigar has to be real good for me to do it, because I avoid inhaling purposely.
Lisa smokes flavored cigars, and she inhales them. I give her hell constantly and tell her I'm not giving her anymore cigars if she doesn't cut it out. I don't think good cigars will hurt, but that infused stuff can't possibly be any good for ya. It's like inhaling burning garbage, and I'm not interested in contributing to her death.
Doesn't seem to bother her though, and she never smokes more than one a day. She'll relight one of those stinky sunsa*****es five times over the course of a day, and even spark up a butt from a couple days ago. She's pretty badass. One of the many reasons I love her. :)

[mcmoyer]

Hell no.

:td

I quit smoking cigarettes 16 years ago & don't want any part of that misery again. I put off even smoking cigars until a couple of years ago for fear of getting hooked like I was on cigarettes.

[maninblack]

If a cigar is particularly good, I'll French inhale some and inhale some. I get different things from both. I'll also draw smoke from each end of the cigar up my nose. I get even more neat stuff like that.
I can definitely "taste" heavy sweet cigars down in my chest, Padron Anni's for instance. It's a pleasant sensation.
The cigar has to be real good for me to do it, because I avoid inhaling purposely.
Lisa smokes flavored cigars, and she inhales them. I give her hell constantly and tell her I'm not giving her anymore cigars if she doesn't cut it out. I don't think good cigars will hurt, but that infused stuff can't possibly be any good for ya. It's like inhaling burning garbage, and I'm not interested in contributing to her death.
Doesn't seem to bother her though, and she never smokes more than one a day. She'll relight one of those stinky sunsa*****es five times over the course of a day, and even spark up a butt from a couple days ago. She's pretty badass. One of the many reasons I love her. :)

That is pretty badass. I've tried going to my stinky ashtray and pulling an old nub out to smoke, but damn those things taste like ass.

[darkninja67]

No I do not inhale as I like keeping my lungs inside my chest cavity/

[Ogre]

no, at least not on purpose.

[Starz26]

I used to smoke cigs but I cannot inhale cigars. Aside from the fact that it hurts lke hell and does nothing for me, I have watched several people inhale and on occasion accidentally did it myself. I have noticed that when it is done, very little smoke get exhaled. In contrast to cigs most of the smokes comes back out but with cigars most seems to stay in the lungs....

Course I could just be crazy....

[SmokeyJoe]

Nope... not if I can help it.

If it happens, it is entirely unintentional on my part.

[Emjaysmash]

No, and id I do accidentally, it usually ends up in my sputtering. As for retrohaling, I do that on almost every draw.

[Ashcan Bill]

Nope... not if I can help it.

If it happens, it is entirely unintentional on my part.

Yeppers. :tpd:

There was a reason I gave up cigarettes.

[ChicagoWhiteSox]

Nope... not if I can help it.

If it happens, it is entirely unintentional on my part.

What Joe said:tu

[akumushi]

Not my bag. I find the smoke too harsh to inhale and I try to limit the damage I do to my body with cigar smoking to a minimum. I have friends that are heavy smokers that do inhale cigars though. I know one guy in particular who I've seen put one cigarette out, light up a Partagas Short and smoke the thing to the nub in 30 minutes, inhaling every drag, then light up another cigarette in 15 minutes like it was nothing. That's pretty badass IMO, of course, the way he smokes I'm pretty sure he'll be dead by 50.

[CasaDooley]

I do not inhale.
I do not try.
I do not inhale.
cause it makes me cry!

With apologies to Dr. Seuss:r

[Kreth]

I have a buddy who smokes cigs, and regularly inhales when he smokes his Swisher Sweets and White Owls on the golf course. Back when I first started smoking, I brought some sticks to our regular poker night. I gave him an OWR, he took a big ol' drag, and about hit the floor. We talked a few days later, and he said his wife almost took him to the ER later that night: he was having chest pains, difficulty breathing. So now I try to hand out milder stuff. :r
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[JJG]

As for retrohaling, I do that on almost every draw.

This is the way to go! :tu

I try to let as much smoke into my nose as I can, but stop short of actually inhaling.





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[acruce]

Not me.....:confused:

[akumushi]

This is the way to go! :tu

I try to let as much smoke into my nose as I can, but stop short of actually inhaling.


:tpd:

Smoking a cigar without snorking is like drinking a beer without swallowing.:r

[tomc3084]

I retrohale and french inhlale. I used to inhale when I first starting smoking cigars which was not all too long ago. I would inhale maybe 3-5 times throughout the cigar. My Uncle just stopped smoking cigars, but when he did he smoked 3-5 a day, and smoked only one cigar, which I do not remember the name. It was some sort of smaller cigar that tasted like black licorice(gross, I know) and he inhaled EVERY puff. Like I said though, he doesn't smoke anymore, it was killing him....

[Dark Jester]

I have a buddy who smokes cigs, and regularly inhales when he smokes his Swisher Sweets and White Owls on the golf course. Back when I first started smoking, I brought some sticks to our regular poker night. I gave him an OWR, he took a big ol' drag, and about hit the floor. We talked a few days later, and he said his wife almost took him to the ER later that night: he was having chest pains, difficulty breathing. So now I try to hand out milder stuff. :r
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Olde World Reserve is one of the few sticks that made me regret inhaling. ;) Padron Family Reserve No. 45 was another. If I could afford to smoke those exclusively I'd probably break the inhale reflex pretty fast :D

[Apoco]

Nope.

Purely incidental.

[REALMCCOY]

Never. Sure maybe small amounts of second smoke may make its way into my lungs but not enough to notice. It seems just about everyone knows someone that thinks smoking any kind of tobacco includes intentionally inhaling. I gave a friend a chance to experience a La Herencia Cubana OF and he ALWAYS inhales it.:r His father used to smoke about 5 years ago and did the same thing. Needless to say I won't have to worry about them asking for a stick from me.

[Don Fernando]

Hi....newbie here. I've been smoking cigarettes for about 10 years but am just getting into cigars.

When I smoke a cigar I usually inhale slightly on maybe 10 puffs, and don't inhale at all on the rest.

What about you?

I am like Bill Clinton, I don't inhale.

[yourchoice]

= It was some sort of smaller cigar that tasted like black licorice(gross, I know) and he inhaled EVERY puff. Like I said though, he doesn't smoke anymore, it was killing him....

I have a buddy who smokes those things, and they smell just like you described. :pu The ones he smokes are "Al Capones" I think.

I retrohale all cigars to some extent and french inhale on occassion.

[kgraybill]

I inhale probably 3/4 of a cigar. I have been trying to pay more attention to not inhaling but its not working too well. I absolutely love to french inhale.

BTW, I learned my lesson inhaling a Cain F. It floored me.

[Chemyst]

Not really.

Ocassionally will retrohale for a deeper taste.
But it's got to be extra good to do that.

Chemyst :cool2:

[RGD.]

I have no idea what the hell "retrohale" is.

I inhale every inch of every cigar.

I also have iron lungs - :ss


Ron

[benedic08]

I inhale most of the cigar that i smoke. I get more flavor from inhaling it but i dont recommend it to other people though unless you're really used to it. I also like putting the cigar under my nose and bask in its smoke mmmmmmm.... :ss

[Boss Hogg]

No, I have never had the desire for it. Maybe a little retrohale.

[Cyclone]

A local BOTL just finished writing a 500 page novel and found himself inhaling up to 5 cigars a day while typing!!

Because of the nicotine addiction, he has had to quit cigars cold turkey for awhile to shake it...

He is going nuts right now...

[benedic08]

Not really.

Ocassionally will retrohale for a deeper taste.
But it's got to be extra good to do that.

Chemyst :cool2:

No, I have never had the desire for it. Maybe a little retrohale.

Just out of curiosity guys what is a retrohale? :D

[Emjaysmash]

Just out of curiosity guys what is a retrohale? :D

Drawing the smoke into your mouth, then pushing some or all of the smoke out through your nose.

[CigarNut]

If I inhale I will end up in a coughing fit that ruins everything.

I do retrohale and enjoy that.

[marge796]

Nope, not me!


:ss


Chris.....

[Dark Jester]

Just out of curiosity guys what is a retrohale? :D

Drawing the smoke into your mouth, then pushing some or all of the smoke out through your nose.

Without inhaling it first.

[hockeymaniac]

No inhaling for me.

[KenyanSandBoa]

If I inhale I will end up in a coughing fit that ruins everything.

I do retrohale and enjoy that.

:tpd:...and then I feel like a clown after my coughing fit.

[CigarNut]

:tpd:...and then I feel like a clown after my coughing fit.Me too, but that goes with the territory.

[grateful1]

Mainly when we are driving the golf cart into the wind!

Otherwise, no.

[treatneggy]

I inhale sometimes, but that's from smoking cigarettes for 15 years. Mostly just a reflex. Hard habit to break.

As an ex-smoker I also find myself inhaling slightly, especially with the smaller sticks. 15 years since I quit cigs,and even with months between cigars I still find the habit hard to get rid of.

[CigarDisciple]

Not if I can help it. If I do I usually end up hocking up a lung. :2

[JohnE1000]

I never inhaled any smoke, not even by mistake.