Question for NC smokers

[ca21455]

I nose, therefore I am...

[Ashcan Bill]

I nose exhale to some degree on everything I smoke, regardless of which of the various islands it may originate from. Different tobaccos have different profiles, and an exhale through the nose is important for me to get a handle on those nuances.

Of course once in a while, just one nose exhale is sufficient to completely wither ones nasal hairs. It took me almost a month to recover from a manly nose exhale of a LFD Maduro Chisel.

I usuially nose exhale every few puffs. If a cigar is stronger than I would prefer to nose exhale I blow out half the smoke, refill my mouth and then nose exhale.

[Snake Hips]

I nose exhale every puff since I learned how to do it. It's embedded in my brain. It just feels awkward not to, now, and the experience is greatly diminished when I don't.

[CBI_2]

Didn't used to but I do more now especially with TripleF harassing me about it all the time.

[Starscream]

CCs are made for snorking, but I do so with my NCs all the time.

[NickyTeen]

I nose exhale at least a portion of the smoke on almost every draw and have enjoyed cigars even more now that i do.

[troutbreath]

I do this at least once on every stick. This really brings out the flavor. If it burns . . . well, I stop.

[elderboy02]

Originally Posted by Da Klugs

Originally Posted by elderboy02
I don't know how to. Also, the few times I accidentally did it, it hurt.



It's pretty easy.

WIthout a cigar...

1. Close your mouth tight and breathe in and out of your nose.

after a few times...

2. Open your jaw as far as it will go without seperating/opening your lips and keep inhaleing and exhaling through your nose.

after a few times....

3. add to the above puffing out your cheeks as far as you can without breaking the seal of your lips. Holding air in your mouth like a balloon. If you do it well you can create/feel the pressure on your cheeks independent of breathing in and out of your nose.

after a few times....

4. Take a full nasal inhale independent of but with your cheeks nice and full of air. On the exhale concentrate closing your jaw tight, defalating your cheeks and minimizing the airspace left in your mouth. Think about using your tongue to force the air up and back it might help.

If you got your cheeks to deflate and your mouth to close up without leaking any air through your lips.. you just did a nasal exhale. The air that was pressurizing your cheeks had to go somewhere. The key at first is to make sure your lungs are full so that you have the airway moving. After a bit of practice you can get the air/smoke out of your mouth thru your nose starting with empty lungs.

Thanks for the tips! I am going to have to try this.

After taking some smoke into your mouth you can go through the motion of saying "caw" with you lips closed while exhaling through your nose and that might get you snorking.
I used to be a cigarette smoker so it came naturally to me.

I do at least a few times throughout smoking a cigar.

[groogs]

I snork every cigar I smoke. I think it improves every good gigar NC, or CC.

[Ratters]

I tried to do it but it made me start saying all my "c"s and "g"s.

[shilala]

I honestly didn't think a person could smoke a cigar and other way, this thread has really enlightened me.
The sweet spicy taste and smell in my nose is why I like smoking cigars.
When there's no wind I like to french inhale because it tastes different going up my nose than out my nose. I don't know why, you wouldn't think it'd be different, but it is.
I picked up the habit of smoking like that from when I was a kid and smoked menthols. I loved the menthol sinus flavor but could never make a habit of smoking cigs cause it cut my wind and I liked to play ball. Running out of breath halfway up the court or halfway to first base never settled well with me.

[ucla695]

Even though it can enhance the smoking experience, I try not to because I usually end up with a sinus infection.

[Skywalker]

...So you're saying that burning sensation is normal???

[shilala]

Originally Posted by Skywalker

...So you're saying that burning sensation is normal???

It goes away after you burn your brains out, don't sweat it.

[rizzle]

Originally Posted by andysutherland

CCs are made for snorking, but I do so with my NCs all the time.

It is my belief that all cigars are made to be smoked how the owner of the cigar pleases regardless of where the tobacco was grown. Just because tobacco was grown on one island versus another doesn't mean it should be smoked differently. That is an argument that makes no sense.

And I'm not directing this at you Andy. Your post just summed up what I think Klugs was looking for.

Originally Posted by shilala

I honestly didn't think a person could smoke a cigar and other way, this thread has really enlightened me.

I agree

Originally Posted by shilala

It goes away after you burn your brains out, don't sweat it.

After reading everyone's different experiences, it makes me wonder if I didn't burn my brains out a long time ago. I never noticed a real difference in the intensity of the sensation from one cigar to another. Each is unique in it's own way. I just assumed everyone passed smoke thru their nose.

[shilala]

Originally Posted by rizzle

It is my belief that all cigars are made to be smoked how the owner of the cigar pleases regardless of where the tobacco was grown. Just because tobacco was grown on one island versus another doesn't mean it should be smoked differently. That is an argument that makes no sense.

It is my belief that forks are made to be used however the owner pleases, but it can be argued that they're intended to be pushed into food so that it can be delivered to said owner's mouth.
Call it tradition.
Goes the same with cigars. Tradition hopes that we'll smoke cigars in a fashion that we can appreciate them at the level that the devoted and inspired maker intended.
It has nothing to do with good or bad, wrong or right.
If I'm dating Tyra Banks and decide that we're just going to kiss, there's nothing wrong with that at all. It sure ain't bad. I'm gonna miss out on some treats, though.
That's why brothers share custom. So their friends can experience the pleasures they've found.
It's all good.