| Lighting a cigar correctly ensures that one gets the | | | | provided with tools attached that eliminate the |
| best possible flavor from their stogie. | | | | necessity to carry several implements around. |
| This process requires a bit of practice, however, and | | | | After stubbing out the cigar, repeat the entire |
| it is inevitable that novice cigar smokers will get it | | | | process starting with the toasting. To toast the |
| wrong a few times. One can correct a bad light with | | | | tobacco, hold the cigar slightly above the lighter flame |
| a bit of work and, oftentimes, a bad light can be | | | | until it reaches an even warmth. After this is been |
| remedied without compromising the flavor of the | | | | done, one lights the cigar by holding the flame slightly |
| cigar in any regard. The right lighter is oftentimes the | | | | below the wrapper and puffing the flame into the |
| key. | | | | tobacco. Because the cigar has been stubbed out and |
| In some cases, the cigar will light properly but only | | | | was never lit correctly in the first place, the toasting |
| partially. On these occasions, one need only even out | | | | process must be repeated to ensure proper burn. |
| the foot of the cigar to ensure that the ember is | | | | Without doing so, the cigar will burn unevenly |
| burning evenly. This can be done in two ways. One | | | | resulting in a poor-quality smoke. |
| may hold their lighter to the unlit portion of tobacco | | | | If one is very much a cigar aficionado, one owes it |
| until it combusts or one may blow on the tobacco | | | | to themselves to purchase a proper cigar lighter. |
| until the foot of the cigar is burning at an even | | | | These are available with attachments that make it |
| temperature over the entire surface area. | | | | more convenient to smoke when away from home. |
| While some purists prefer to use cedar strips to light | | | | For example, one may purchase a cigar lighter with |
| their cigars, there are many fine butane lighters on | | | | cutter implements attached which can ensure that |
| the market that are specifically manufactured to light | | | | one receives an even draw off of their cigar every |
| a stogie. They generally feature a wider flame area | | | | time and which can eliminate the need to correct a |
| which helps to provide a more even light. More | | | | poor light or to relight a stogie altogether when it is |
| expensive models, such as cigar cutter lighters, are | | | | burning unevenly. |