Most important "tip" you got when you started

As a newbie I'm constantly picking up things to improve my smoking experience. In no particular order these come to mind:

toasting as apposed to lighting like a cigarette like I used to
slowwww down (this has helped me the most so far)
snorkling - I pick up so many more aspects to the stick
purge it if gets nasty

and tonight I learned it's best NOT to remove the band after I have an inch of ash hangin' - I'm a messy smoker!