How long have you been smoking? - Page 3

UK Bro · 10-16-2008, 10:14 AM

Only started earlier this year! still class myself as an occasional smoker, stogies in a tupperware box all basic stuff but im happy!

Siebec · 10-16-2008, 10:16 AM

A little over a year now, and have enjoyed every minute of it.

Gophernut · 10-16-2008, 10:44 AM

On and off since around 1988-89. Pretty regularly for a few years in the 90's. Now seriously again since May 08.

rizzle · 10-16-2008, 10:46 AM

Realistically, a couple of years.

php007 · 10-16-2008, 10:52 AM

Got serious in 1997, I smoke about 2 to 3 times a week.

Langod · 10-16-2008, 10:53 AM

Smoked my first cigar in July of this year. Took me 40+ years to get around to it, I guess. Dammit -- all those wasted years of opportunity.

dunng · 10-16-2008, 10:53 AM

15+ for me...

10-16-2008, 10:53 AM

I tryed my first cigars in middle school. They consisted of Dutch Masters and Swisher Sweets. This trend continued in h.s. When I turned 18 I started visiting a local B&M and really enjoyed premium cigars but finacially couldn't really begin storing and buying. When I was 22 (2002) I smoked a CAO L'anniversaire maduro and fell in love. I started smoking more frequently after that. My father-in-law (not then but is now) gave me me a humidor loaded with cigars for the following Christmas. From then on I've been smoking fairly regularly. My collection has grown in the past few months. I used to only keep between 10-40 cigars in my humidor. I recently went a bit crazy and filled up a small coolidor along with my humidor. I'm officially free falling down the slope

RGD. · 10-16-2008, 11:24 AM

Hmmm - started smoking cigarettes back around 1968 and quit around 1994. Cigar smoking started around 1972 and still going strong -

Ron

FriskyDingo · 10-16-2008, 11:27 AM

Whoo! Man it has been about 10 years now. I started a year before graduating high school in '98.
I have been enjoying it ever since! Best way to spend some free time relaxing!

groogs · 10-16-2008, 11:28 AM

I smoked a cigar here and there in the late 90's and early 2000's but didn't start smoking seriously until mid to late 2005.

BagfullofPings · 10-16-2008, 11:42 AM

I have been smoking cigars religiously since Novemeber 2005. In the 90's I would smoke a cigar with my grandfather every now and then. My grandfather smoked cigars for almost 70 years. Obviously I have been around cigars my entire life.

10-16-2008, 12:23 PM

My cigar story is broken into section. In 1992, I did an exchange program in Italy. My house father smoked Cuban cigars. His wife said he could only smoke on special occasions. I was the special occasion at least once a week. After I came home, I started smoking swisher sweets...from great to not so great. I only smoked at poker games and once every 2 months.

I then moved to California in 1995 where I got a job working in a cigar shop. I smoked regularly and sold cigars for about 5 years.

I continued to smoke until I started smoking Cuban cigars again, more consistently this time, last January.

SO, to make my long story short, I have been smoking since my sophomore year in college, 1992.

10-16-2008, 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RGD.

Hmmm - started smoking cigarettes back around 1968 and quit around 1994. Cigar smoking started around 1972 and still going strong -

Ron

Nice..the year I was born.

WyGuy · 10-16-2008, 02:25 PM

A little over a year now. Started cigar smoking on my 18th birthday, and have become a rather serious cigar smoker. Never got into the cheap stuff either...unlike most people my age who smoke Swishers and things like that. I have noticed an increase of people my age starting to enjoy quality cigars though.

lightning9191 · 10-16-2008, 02:43 PM

I started in February of this year. I'm pretty new at this whole game. I think the BOTLs/SOTLs here have helped shorten the learning curve though. They turned it more into a learning cliff. Throw you off and see if you can fly....most of us can't fly.

Rabidsquirrel · 10-16-2008, 02:50 PM

Right around a year now.

10-16-2008, 02:54 PM

About 3 years ago but I only started tumbling down the slope in the last year. It may have had something to do with the discovery of a certain auction site

TripleF · 10-16-2008, 03:40 PM

Just about to celebrate 2 years!!!

Looking forward to 100 times that

AriesOpusX · 10-16-2008, 03:42 PM

About 5 years. I hadn't been such a heavy smoker until about 2005-2006 when I started buying boxes and smoking almost daily.

10-16-2008, 10:14 AM	#41
UK Bro Still Watching My Back Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: UK Posts: 59 Trading: (0)	Re: How long have you been smoking? Only started earlier this year! still class myself as an occasional smoker, stogies in a tupperware box all basic stuff but im happy! __________________ Home is my own padded cell in the Asylum!

10-16-2008, 10:16 AM	#42
Siebec Wating for the next Herf Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Findlay, OH Posts: 136 Trading: (7)	Re: How long have you been smoking? A little over a year now, and have enjoyed every minute of it.

10-16-2008, 10:44 AM	#43
Gophernut Have My Own Room Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Steve Location: Hudson, WI Posts: 1,661 Trading: (15)	Re: How long have you been smoking? On and off since around 1988-89. Pretty regularly for a few years in the 90's. Now seriously again since May 08. __________________ "My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government." Thomas Jefferson

10-16-2008, 10:46 AM	#44
rizzle Order Restored Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: st pete, fl Posts: 2,679 Trading: (23)	Re: How long have you been smoking? Realistically, a couple of years.

10-16-2008, 10:52 AM	#45
php007 Adjusting to the Life Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Paul Location: Placentia, CA Orange County Posts: 360 Trading: (35)	Re: How long have you been smoking? Got serious in 1997, I smoke about 2 to 3 times a week. __________________ Paul Patel http://s166.photobucket.com/home/php007/allalbums

10-16-2008, 10:53 AM	#46
Langod NH Masshole Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Jim Location: Londonderry, NH Posts: 257 Trading: (3)	Re: How long have you been smoking? Smoked my first cigar in July of this year. Took me 40+ years to get around to it, I guess. Dammit -- all those wasted years of opportunity.

10-16-2008, 10:53 AM	#47
dunng MassHole Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Greg Location: MassHole Posts: 4,719 Trading: (59)	Re: How long have you been smoking? 15+ for me... __________________ MassHole Banter

10-16-2008, 10:53 AM	#48
Beer Doctor Guest Posts: n/a	Re: How long have you been smoking? I tryed my first cigars in middle school. They consisted of Dutch Masters and Swisher Sweets. This trend continued in h.s. When I turned 18 I started visiting a local B&M and really enjoyed premium cigars but finacially couldn't really begin storing and buying. When I was 22 (2002) I smoked a CAO L'anniversaire maduro and fell in love. I started smoking more frequently after that. My father-in-law (not then but is now) gave me me a humidor loaded with cigars for the following Christmas. From then on I've been smoking fairly regularly. My collection has grown in the past few months. I used to only keep between 10-40 cigars in my humidor. I recently went a bit crazy and filled up a small coolidor along with my humidor. I'm officially free falling down the slope

10-16-2008, 11:24 AM	#49
RGD. God Like Status Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Ron Location: Alexandria, Virginia Posts: 971 Trading: (1)	Re: How long have you been smoking? Hmmm - started smoking cigarettes back around 1968 and quit around 1994. Cigar smoking started around 1972 and still going strong - Ron

10-16-2008, 11:27 AM	#50
FriskyDingo hoosierherfers.com Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Evan Location: Jeffersonville, IN Posts: 318 Trading: (16)	Re: How long have you been smoking? Whoo! Man it has been about 10 years now. I started a year before graduating high school in '98. I have been enjoying it ever since! Best way to spend some free time relaxing!

10-16-2008, 11:28 AM	#51
groogs Have My Own Room Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Grant Posts: 1,945 Trading: (62)	Re: How long have you been smoking? I smoked a cigar here and there in the late 90's and early 2000's but didn't start smoking seriously until mid to late 2005.

10-16-2008, 11:42 AM	#52
BagfullofPings Just in from the Storm Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Beaumont, CA Posts: 21 Trading: (0)	Re: How long have you been smoking? I have been smoking cigars religiously since Novemeber 2005. In the 90's I would smoke a cigar with my grandfather every now and then. My grandfather smoked cigars for almost 70 years. Obviously I have been around cigars my entire life.

10-16-2008, 12:23 PM	#53
Tw3nty Guest Posts: n/a	Re: How long have you been smoking? My cigar story is broken into section. In 1992, I did an exchange program in Italy. My house father smoked Cuban cigars. His wife said he could only smoke on special occasions. I was the special occasion at least once a week. After I came home, I started smoking swisher sweets...from great to not so great. I only smoked at poker games and once every 2 months. I then moved to California in 1995 where I got a job working in a cigar shop. I smoked regularly and sold cigars for about 5 years. I continued to smoke until I started smoking Cuban cigars again, more consistently this time, last January. SO, to make my long story short, I have been smoking since my sophomore year in college, 1992.

10-16-2008, 02:25 PM	#55
WyGuy Boiler Up! Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Mike Location: MN Posts: 1,359 Trading: (16)	Re: How long have you been smoking? A little over a year now. Started cigar smoking on my 18th birthday, and have become a rather serious cigar smoker. Never got into the cheap stuff either...unlike most people my age who smoke Swishers and things like that. I have noticed an increase of people my age starting to enjoy quality cigars though.

10-16-2008, 02:43 PM	#56
lightning9191 I think I'm normal... Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Kevin Posts: 1,007 Trading: (8)	Re: How long have you been smoking? I started in February of this year. I'm pretty new at this whole game. I think the BOTLs/SOTLs here have helped shorten the learning curve though. They turned it more into a learning cliff. Throw you off and see if you can fly....most of us can't fly. __________________ I eat gummy bears by tearing them limb from limb and eating their heads last.

10-16-2008, 02:50 PM	#57
Rabidsquirrel Moderately Confused Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Pennsylvania, US Posts: 576 Trading: (5)	Re: How long have you been smoking? Right around a year now.

10-16-2008, 02:54 PM	#58
kfish Guest Posts: n/a	Re: How long have you been smoking? About 3 years ago but I only started tumbling down the slope in the last year. It may have had something to do with the discovery of a certain auction site

10-16-2008, 03:40 PM	#59
TripleF 11/11/11 EPIC IV Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Scott Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 5,626 Trading: (176)	Re: How long have you been smoking? Just about to celebrate 2 years!!! Looking forward to 100 times that

10-16-2008, 03:42 PM	#60
AriesOpusX Goodfella Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 215 Trading: (0)	Re: How long have you been smoking? About 5 years. I hadn't been such a heavy smoker until about 2005-2006 when I started buying boxes and smoking almost daily.