| | | | | from hand picked leaves, sorted and bundled by an |
| There is an upward trend taking place in America and | | | | individual with an example being Cuban Cigars. Machine |
| no, it's not the Blue Ray HD player. Cigar smoking is | | | | made uses fillers and has a draw that is inferior to |
| gaining steam in the states especially among young | | | | hand-made ones. |
| men. It presents an air of high class and wealth that | | | | Moving on, a quality cigar is measured on it's ring |
| many strive for. If your new to cigar smoking there | | | | gauge and length. The average length of a cigar is 5 |
| are a few things that you may need to consider | | | | to 6 inches but can range from 4 to over 8 inches. |
| before choosing and lighting up for the first time. | | | | The ring gauge in measured in 1/64 of an inch with |
| For starters, it's a good idea to research the health | | | | 52/64 being the largest diameter, generally. A tip: the |
| risks of smoking in general. We have all seen the ad's | | | | larger the diameter of a cigar the fuller the flavor will |
| about what cigarette's can do to your health and | | | | be. Now you can see why people desire those big |
| their addictive nature. Cigar's fall into this same | | | | fat Cuban cigars. |
| category and should not be overlooked as a | | | | Finally we move on to the actual color of a cigar. |
| carcinogen and potentially addictive drug. | | | | There are two basic colors of cigars, Oscuro and |
| Now that the soap box is put away, here's how to | | | | Claro. The Oscuro color cigar is evident by it's nearly |
| choose the right type of cigar. You'll have to test | | | | black appearance. The darker the color of the cigar |
| them out for yourself, but there are basically two | | | | the more sweet it is and full of flavor. The Claro cigar |
| types of cigars, machine made and hand-made. If | | | | is much lighter in appearance and as you would |
| you haven't guessed already, hand-made cigars are | | | | suspect, lighter in flavor. My recommendation is to |
| of much better quality and can set you back more | | | | choose a cigar that is lighter in color and of medium |
| so than machine made. Hand-made cigars are made | | | | gauge when first starting out. |