The 5 Best Cigars to Give Your Cigar Newbie Friends

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http://cigardojo.com/2012/06/the-5-b...ewbie-friends/

1. Inexpensive. A inexpensive cigar should fall under $5 per stick mark. Any cigar over $5 might be a waste since it's likely a newer smoker may not enjoy smoking in the first place so why risk a super premium on a new smoker?
2. Easy draw. A cigar for a new smoker needs to have an easy draw, the last thing you want is to have a new smoker huffing and puffing just to find flavor. Furthermore, new cigar smokers tend to smoke too quickly heating up the cigar so if you are there to coach them to slow down you want the cigar they are smoking to be easy to draw so they can work less for the flavor.
3. Quality construction. A good cigar for a newbie should have a good burn, you really want to avoid having your friends worrying more about relighting the cigar than the flavors they are trying to appreciate. Smoking a good cigar shouldn't require much effort.
4. Interesting flavors. New cigar smokers want to be blown away by interesting flavors. After all, the very fact that they are smoking means they probably feel like they are secretly taking a walk on the wild side. Give them something to remember, something with flavor.
5. Size matters. For a new cigar smoker choose a robusto size stick. Robustos are easy to cut, light, handle, and smoke. A new cigar smoker doesn't want to feel overwhelmed by the cigar smoking experience and a robusto is a great size to "ease" them into the hobby.
6. Middle ground. I wouldn't pick a cigar too mild, nor too strong in either flavor or nicotine kick. Cigars that are too mild might not be interesting enough to grab a new cigar smokers attention yet something too strong might have them barfing in the bathroom which is never a good way to introduce someone to cigar smoking.

I don't know that this is the be-all and end-all, but it certainly is a good, informative guideline.

Even a couple of the five cigar suggestions aren't bad.