{"id":8,"date":"2008-03-05T13:46:32","date_gmt":"2008-03-05T21:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecigarstore.com\/blog\/?p=8"},"modified":"2019-10-15T11:12:02","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T18:12:02","slug":"cigar-etiquette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecigarstore.com\/blog\/cigar-etiquette\/","title":{"rendered":"Cigar Etiquette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Never light another\u2019s cigar; the smoker will most likely draw in too hard, which is bad for a cigar, so offer your lighter or matches to them.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"BrownFont\">Label on, or off -?<\/span> That is a long standing debate that has no clear end in sight. Leaving it on allows people to see what you\u2019re smoking (Oh! I see you smoke Don Collins, have you another ?). Removing the label takes a little practice. They are glued on, and you don\u2019t want to tear the wrapper. You should smoke the cigar a bit to warm it up, then carefully remove the band.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"BrownFont\">Smelling a cigar<\/span> is frowned upon in most cigar stores. It is better to test its quality by lightly grasping it \u2013 but take care to not hold it too tightly or else you\u2019ll crack it.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"BrownFont\">Ashes.<\/span> Don\u2019t wait too long to knock them loose; you don\u2019t want it to end up smudging your clothing, tablecloth or carpeting. Keep an eye out for a small crack in the ash, then tap into an ashtray.<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t have to grind out your cigar in an ashtray because it will go out on its own very quickly. If you do, you could wind up releasing even more odors into the air.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"BrownFont\">Be considerate of non-smokers<\/span>. When you find yourself in a non-smoking area, put out the cigar or move to a designated smoking area if asked. If you\u2019re dining or relaxing in an establishment that allows cigar smoking, it is your privilege to continue; should a patron question your right, let the management handle it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Never light another\u2019s cigar; the smoker will most likely draw in too hard, which is bad for a cigar, so offer your lighter or matches to them. Label on, or off -? That is a long standing debate that has no clear end in sight. Leaving it on allows people to see what you\u2019re smoking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"ast-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecigarstore.com\/blog\/cigar-etiquette\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cigar Etiquette<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cigars"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cigar Etiquette - The Cigar Store<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecigarstore.com\/blog\/cigar-etiquette\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cigar Etiquette\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Never light another\u2019s cigar; the smoker will most likely draw in too hard, which is bad for a cigar, so offer your lighter or matches to them. 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