Originally Posted by Homebrewer (Post 615418)

While you live with them, you just have to be sneeky. You are 18, so make your own decisions. You're old enough to vote and die for you country so your old enough to enjoy a stogie in my book. Just don't smoke near their house and read some of the threads on getting rid of cigar smell.

Originally Posted by Mr. Ed (Post 615295)

:r
Are your parents prohibiting you from smoking completely or just around the house? If it's the latter this is what I say:

If you really want to smoke a cigar be smart about it. If you're not allowed to smoke inside or around the house just get creative. Find a B&M, a clearing in the woods (Vermont has woods right?), smoke on the porch of a friend's house, drive out to some field some where and enjoy a cigar.

If your parents are not letting you smoke at all you should probably sit down and have a serious conversation about this hobby and what the actual health risks are.:2 Like pnoon said, open dialog is vital.

Some websites and studies dealing with health and cigars:

1. http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/tcrb/monographs/9/ - The National Cancer Institute monograph on cigars, pretty comprehensive. Compelling reading, but it is tinged with some exaggerations and bias. Overall a good read though.

2. Two responses to the NCI study above: http://www.cigardiary.com/index.php?...age&PAGE_id=30

and

http://www.cigarcyclopedia.com/webap...th%2090207.pdf

3. http://www.cigargroup.com/faq/health/ - Great resource for most of the major scientific studies done on cigars and health effects the last 40 years or so.

4. http://stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar...r_Science.html - The entire website is operated by a doctor I believe and has a lot of good information not only on some interesting science behind cigars, but reviews, and cigar history articles as well. Here is an article about cigars vs cigarettes particularly health risks : http://stogiefresh.com/journal/Cigar...igarettes.html

Originally Posted by dunng (Post 615274)

I don't have anything to add on this subject... but you might want to grab the mail before your parents today... :D

Originally Posted by icehog3 (Post 615359)

I agree with most of the folks above...while you live with your parents, live by their rules. When you get yuor own place, the decision is all yours.

Originally Posted by icehog3 (Post 615424)

Old enough to vote, old enough to die for your country....I guess that would make one old enough to get their own place where they can make the rules. ;)

Originally Posted by Cigar_Noob (Post 615505)

I just want to make something clear with all of you. You are all pretty much quoting others saying don't argue with the parents its their rules, and move out and such, but I feel it necessary to just point out...I'm taking your guys advice..I wasn't even planning (from the beginning) to put a cigar in my mouth till the parents choose to let me....I'm not one for being that much of a rebel ;)

Originally Posted by Cigar_Noob (Post 615545)

Yeah...now the discussion is me just trying to convince him that he doesn't need to smoke one with me to get common ground...rather I'm trying to convince him to join this forum so he can ask all his questions and learn.

Originally Posted by icehog3 (Post 615607)

Papa_Cigar_Noob? :D

Kudos to you for deciding to wait for your parents' blessing. :tu

Originally Posted by pnoon (Post 615824)

Yep.
I'm with icepoon on this one. :)