Stogie Geeks Episode 46 – “Failed Cuban Experiment”

• Where to smoke?
• When to ash? How often should you ash?
• When to take off the band?
• Buy from the shop where you’re smoking?
• What if the staff is cutting or lighting wrong or has wrong information?
• If you use someone’s lighter, and it runs out of gas or you make adjustments, do you tell them?
• Do you put out your cigar by mashing it in the ashtray?
• Do you bite the end off a cigar?
• If you are smoking a Cuban do you announce it to the world?
• Do you smoke a Double Corona in 30 minutes?
• Would you tap someone’s ash?
• If someone gives you a cigar, do you give them one?

Some other articles on the subject;

Stogie Guys – Stogie Tip: Proper Cigar Etiquette
Luxist.Com – Ten Points of Cigar Etiquette Not To Be Ignored
Tobaco Barn – Cigar Etiquette Tips

Contest: E.P. Carillo Fiver

Question: What did E.P. Carillo aspire to be prior to entering the cigar business full time with his father?

Congratulations to Justin M. who correctly answered;

EP Carrillo wanted to be a Jazz Drummer. He was trying to be a part of legendary Jazz Musician Stan Getz’s band, but when it didn’t work out, he returned to Miami to pursue the cigar business with his father full time.