how did yall get into it?

a friend and i started into cigars while camping too.

Friend gave me some cigars after I stayed at his place for a bit - when I got home, I went out by the pool and lit up . . . and turned green. So I went online, found Ccom's forums and read about how you're not supposed to inhale, that you take in the smoke like you're sucking up water from a straw, about to blow it out.

Anyway, tried a few brands, found a few I liked, and have been trying new ones (while buying a few boxes of what I like) ever since

My brother bought me my first cigar in Cancun 2 years ago. It was a hand rolled jobbie from the local dude and had been dipped in vanilla. Still remeber how good the smoke smelled.

buddy of mine's father in law had given him a box of Indian Tabac and we started there. then we had some ISOM Cohibas at new years that he stole from the humi and it's been downhill ever since. that was about 9 years ago

1993 usmc, graduation,smoked a romeo and julieta,been smoking since, but just in the last 2-3 yrs i been buying online, but before i would go to what ever b & m was open or still around,the onloine buying opened up a whole new diversity of cigars to me,i was at the mercey of the local shops and what they had,

Went on a trip with some buddies. It was supposed to be a work trip for my buddy's business, but that got boring. We started to make our own fun. Lots of drinking and stogies. That was back in '99. I figured out pretty quick that I liked it, didn't really start into it serious until about 3 years ago.

Alex Svenson:

When I was in high school. We had been reading the book "The Dead Poet Society" and one weekend we were all at a friends house. There were 10 of us having an overnight we raided the humidor of the dad of the kid whos house we were staying at. We snuck out to a picnic table and lit up telling stories and BSing about girls etc. After that first night, we made it a regular thing every saturday (but brought our own sticks from our allowance) and named our group "The Dead Stogie Society". Kind of playing off the title and brotherhood from the book. Some of the group dropped off but four or five of us kept the tradition alive all through high school.

Great story Alex!


My Dad smoked when I was a kid, and I always would sit out on the porch with him. We lived in Tampa, and every afternoon when the Tropical storms would roll through, we would go sit on the porch and he would light up. I loved the smell, and even as a youngster it was a great bonding experience with the old man.

Then a few months ago they moved, and my dad asked if I wanted his old humidor that hadn't been used in a few years, so I took it, and well I figured why not try a cigar too... and the rest is a downward spiral into nicotine addiction, and a developing palette.

I started in 08 while I was at the fed academy in Georgia. My buddy from PA took me to a local shop and it all took off from there. I've been smoking ever since trying to expand my knowledge. My buddy was the one who actually told me about ccom and I have been giving them my money.

I used to smoke cigars back during high school with a couple of buddies, but one of them passed away and the other moved across the country so I got out of it for about 10 years, then about a year or two ago a buddy of mine gave me a cigar a couple of times, and a 20ct humidor...then a cigar bar opened up in town...from that point on i was hooked.

Was on vacation in Gatlinburg, TN (complete Tourist Trap if you havent been) and walking around with my brother, watching our wives stop in every tiny shop on the street. Need-less to say we were bored to tears so when I saw a B&M I figured that was one place I could stand to spend some time in. They had a walk-in humi and the guy there was kind enough to help us select some cigars. The rest is history.

After a long day at the office of solving the world's problems I noticed the light was still on in Monica's office. So I .....

Back when I was in college I worked for a high profile type criminal lawyer. He was almost a stereo-type (he was even chaufered around in a huge white caddy). Anyway, he always had a cigar in his mouth and gave cigars to everyone he met or bumped into during the day. He even had his own customized cigar bands on them, which was really cool. The firm was in a huge old victorian home in PA and all employees were able to smoke if they felt like it. Walking in the door, the place smelled like a cigar shop. After meeting with a client and walking them to the reception area he would say to his secretary "Kelly, send Mr. Client a box of my cigars." So, I always had a few with me and I would share them with friends. Then, when I got to law school I met a few people who were also interested in cigars, so we would try different kinds, swap sticks, etc.

Stopped smoking cigerettes 10 plus years ago. had a cigar every time i went around one friend, never clicked with it. probably cheep sticks, he never had money for good ones. Went on a trip with my now wife, One of the associates she deals with offered a trinadad. it blew me away. that was almost three years ago. just got my first humi three months ago. and i cant get enough.

In '98 I had my first real job at 18 working out at the mines and a co-worker got me into them. I quit for about 5 yrs and have just gotten back into them.

Two friends and I had just turned 18 and were taking a cross country road trip. We spent two nights in the Luxor in Vegas, went and bought some cigars to smoke as a novelty thing. All three of us got hooked, and we've been smoking buddies for years now.