Are you an "oblivious smoker"?

[ColdCuts]

Originally Posted by nutcracker

A stroll in a park with a cigar is a rare pleasure.
Probably soon to be banned.

Here in NYC, and a bunch of other municipalities around the country, it's already been outlawed. Thanks to Michael Bloomberg, smoking has been banned in all NYC parks, beaches, and pedestrian plazas since 2011.

[longknocker]

I Smoke Occasionally On The Golf Course, But Mostly In The Evening On My Patio To Relax & Wind Down After Work. I Never Smoke In The Car Or While Walking In The Neighborhood.

[nutcracker]

I spoke with the lady in Barcelona who used to sell the meat from the bullfights. Apparently it was tough and quite revolting. Forutnately bullfighting is now banned in Catalonia.

Smoking a cigar is hardly barbaric compared to torturing a creature for entertainment.
Now that's barbaric.

[The Poet]

Me, I Aqualung. So, no.



Or yes, depending on how one defines it.

[RobR1205]

I accidentally picked the wrong answer in the poll, but I prefer to sit and smoke. I walk fast and take long strides, so I've found that I smoke much faster based on past experiences. Plus I find it harder to monitor the burn when I'm smoking.

[timj219]

I usually smoke on my deck and try not to do anything else though I will sometimes read a book. But I only smoke on weekends or when on vacation. So maybe two or three per week. I used to smoke a cigar while doing yard work but now I smoke a pipe if anything.

[massphatness]

A Spanish aristocrat takes time out of his day to smoke a cigar, relax and enjoy it? Go figure. Not everyone won the sperm & egg lottery and can afforded the luxury of time.

My preference is to smoke in a relaxing environment as I enjoy the chance to savor a cigar and focus on the experience. Some time by the fire pit or on the trail with my dog is optimal, but those opportunities don't present themselves on a daily basis. However, like Tom said, I do smoke when I drive. I look forward to having a cigar on my 45 minute commute home each day. It gives me something to focus on besides the chunk of my life spent cooped up in a vehicle simply driving. I may not enjoy the cigar as much as I do in more relaxed environs, but it adds value to my day & I still enjoy it.

So while I would prefer the genteel lifestyle that would afford me two or more hours of cigar smoking relaxation time each day, I am an oblivious smoker largely by necessity.

[Steve]

Originally Posted by massphatness

A Spanish aristocrat takes time out of his day to smoke a cigar, relax and enjoy it? Go figure. Not everyone won the sperm & egg lottery and can afforded the luxury of time.

My preference is to smoke in a relaxing environment as I enjoy the chance to savor a cigar and focus on the experience. Some time by the fire pit or on the trail with my dog is optimal, but those opportunities don't present themselves on a daily basis. However, like Tom said, I do smoke when I drive. I look forward to having a cigar on my 45 minute commute home each day. It gives me something to focus on besides the chunk of my life spent cooped up in a vehicle simply driving. I may not enjoy the cigar as much as I do in more relaxed environs, but it adds value to my day & I still enjoy it.

So while I would prefer the genteel lifestyle that would afford me two or more hours of cigar smoking relaxation time each day, I am an oblivious smoker largely by necessity.

Well said

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by massphatness

I do smoke when I drive. I look forward to having a cigar on my 45 minute commute home each day. It gives me something to focus on besides the chunk of my life spent cooped up in a vehicle simply driving. I may not enjoy the cigar as much as I do in more relaxed environs, but it adds value to my day & I still enjoy it.

Word.

[Subvet642]

Originally Posted by ColdCuts

I was just watching an hour-long documentary called The Havana: Cigar Of Connoisseurs (2005). It's a good documentary and it's free if you're an Amazon Prime member. In any case, on the program they interview a number of habanos dignitaries, one of which is Jose Luis Vilallonga. I had to Google him. He was a Spanish aristocrat and bit-part actor who co-starred with Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's. He passed in 2007. Anyway, he had this to say about cigars...

"I smoke two cigars a day. One after lunch, and one after dinner. Sometimes when I go out at night I smoke another one. Three altogether. But, I never never smoke when I'm out on the streets. I never smoke driving a car. I smoke, like many other Spanish do, during the bullfight, which is barbaric, because you don't savor the aroma or taste the cigar." He goes on to explain that he smokes at the bullfights simply because it's tradition.

The documentary immediately cuts to a scene in Cuba of a man puffing away while driving a car. The posh sounding narrator says, "Almost everybody smokes cigars here, whatever the time, whatever the place."

Toward the end of the documentary, Vilallonga continues, "The Americans are what I call oblivious smokers. Oblivious smokers, because they smoke in the streets. They smoke when driving a car. They don't have this european sense which is more civilized, really. Smoking a cigar is like taking a break in the day. I sit here and, three-quarters of an hour, an hour, I smoke a cigar."

This got me thinking. I want to know how it is for you. For me, if I didn't smoke on the streets, it would cut my cigar smoking in half. And, as it is, it's difficult for me to make time for a cigar. I don't smoke inside my home either. Perhaps that's part of it. I guess I admire this guy. If I could sit everyday for an hour after lunch and an hour after dinner and smoke in my opulent living room, I suppose I would. So, are you guys like me, or are you guys like Jose?

We're a busy people, we've got stuff to do:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qwxb0a5HYV8

[renoles576]

Seems like I'm with the majority here - I smoke outside, front yard or back, and I'm usually sitting and watching the world go by...sometimes with a book, but more often a cup of coffee and some relative silence.

[shilala]

I don't smoke around folks where they might be annoyed.
That said, I'll smoke anywhere so long as I'm not violating directive #1 up there.
Smoking a cigar is always an event to me, but so is every single minute of my life. I don't waste a one.

[CigarNut]

Originally Posted by shilala

I don't smoke around folks where they might be annoyed.
That said, I'll smoke anywhere so long as I'm not violating directive #1 up there.
Smoking a cigar is always an event to me, but so is every single minute of my life. I don't waste a one.

[airtrade]

I like relaxing and taking time with it. Watching the world go by my porch.
Sometimes scrolling through this forum.

[Steve]

Originally Posted by shilala

i don't smoke around folks where they might be annoyed.
That said, i'll smoke anywhere so long as i'm not violating directive #1 up there.
Smoking a cigar is always an event to me, but so is every single minute of my life. I don't waste a one.

amen!

[mahtofire14]

Usually the only place I'm smoking is on the course, in the cigar shop, on the boat, or on my deck. So I doubt I'm annoying anyone. Other than my Fiance, that is........

[ColdCuts]

Originally Posted by shilala

I don't smoke around folks where they might be annoyed.
That said, I'll smoke anywhere so long as I'm not violating directive #1 up there.

I aspire not to annoy anybody, genuinely. But I live in a very densely populated area and I do all of my smoking outside. So, try as I might, someone is bound to catch a whiff of my cigar.

[MoTheMan]

I pretty much smoke in the car (have an ozone machine to tae out the smell), in the yard, and sometimes when out & about shopping. I do keep an eye out though, 'cause if I'm in too much if a public place, I will likely find objectors to my smoke . . . and, well, you know how it gets here in the Socialist Republic of California . . . !

[montecristo#2]

When I was in grad school I used to smoke while I walked to work. Now I only smoke when it is me time. So I guess I have changed.

If I am walking alone I can enjoy a cigar, but not as much when I am walking the dog. I tend to smoke fastest and do not enjoy it as much.

[Dude Here]

I used to try and smoke several cigars a day, pretty much if I had to do anything outside (yard work, walk, grilling etc.) However, I slowly realized that I was smoking just to smoke and not really enjoying the experience of having a cigar.

Lately, I've only been having a couple of cigars a week and have been really using that time to just sit back and relax.