Relighting Question

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Originally Posted by shilala

If you are letting a cigar go out on purpose, purge it (blow all the smoke out of the cigar) really well before you let it go out, then make sure the burning end is sitting higher than the end that was in your mouth when you put it down in the ashtray or whatever.
That'll keep it from getting gross for a good, long time. I've picked up a cigar that sat in an ashtray on the (covered) porch for a couple weeks or more and it was still fine.
This also works with cigarettes and was taught to me by a cigarette smoker.

I find this very interesting. Thanks for posting. I recall reading about this years ago in a book written by Zino Davidoff published 1967. FYI: XiKar introduced a car ashtray this year which is designed to hold the cigar straight up & down with the burn (cherry) down inside the ash-can. Seems the heat & smoke going up into the cigar could ruin it. What do you think? Does it matter to you?