| When it comes to tobacco, smokers - sans the | | | | with a cigarette holder ala Audrey Hepburn in |
| snowman and the Sherlock Holmes' of the world - | | | | Breakfast at Tiffany's. But, most of the time, cigars are |
| typically choose cigarettes or cigars. This results in a | | | | much more synonymous with sophistication than |
| tobacco war between the two choices: in a scene | | | | cigarettes, at least in America. Simply smoking a cigar |
| straight out of West Side Story, one group claims | | | | garners a sense of sophistication while smoking a |
| cigarettes are better and one group counters declaring | | | | cigarette usually requires a prop: a cigarette holder, a |
| the cigar's superiority. Ashes fly, cigars cry on one | | | | top hat, or a monocle. |
| another's shoulders, cigarettes filter out, and items get | | | | 3. The Variety: I am certain that cigarettes have some |
| burned. | | | | sort of variety - if they didn't, there would be no sense |
| To the cigar lover, the items that get burned are | | | | in the several different cigarette brands that exist. But, |
| cigarettes: cigars lovers believe that their cigars are | | | | the variety usually consists of certain cigarettes being |
| just better. True cigar lovers typically look at cigarettes | | | | lighter than others or some having less nicotine that |
| with a sense of disdain. To them, a lover of tobacco | | | | their competing brand. Cigars, on the other hand, instill |
| who smokes a cigarette is like a lover of fine food | | | | much more variety. Cigars not only look different, but |
| eating things made in an Easy Bake Oven. | | | | they smell and taste different, really different. Different |
| Some cigarette lovers may disagree, believing that | | | | cigarette brands taste different too, but not to the |
| cigarettes are the best choice of smoke. But other | | | | extent of a cigar. While cigarettes typically don't travel |
| cigarette lovers may simply be intimidated by cigars: | | | | down the flavor road, cigars do. Different cigars offer |
| scared of a Henry Clay or a La Aurora, they find | | | | extremely different flavors: one cigar may have hints |
| comfort in a Benson and, of course, a Hedges. | | | | of leather and earth while another one may taste like |
| It's hard to blame these people. Cigars can appear | | | | coffee and chocolate. |
| scary, like a stick of tobacco lurking in a bedroom | | | | 4. The Bars: Ah, the cigar bar. Is there any place more |
| closet, waiting for night to fall. Yet, like so many things, | | | | welcoming for the seasoned smoker? Cigar Bars are |
| the fear of cigars is unwarranted: people can crush | | | | a Mecca for the lover of tobacco, a place they can go |
| cigars in an ash tray, on a sidewalk, on a garbage can. | | | | for a sense of true luxury. Some Cigar Bars let |
| For this reason, cigars should be more afraid of people | | | | cigarettes in, welcoming their tobacco bearing cousins, |
| than people are of them. | | | | but true Cigar Bars maintain signs of No (Cigarette) |
| Once cigars are welcomed into the hearts of tobacco | | | | Smoking Allowed. Cigarettes, on the other hand, have |
| lovers, they will usually find that they are not intimidating, | | | | no Cigarette Bars to call their own. Well, not unless you |
| they are just the opposite. Besides providing luxury, | | | | count bowling alleys. |
| cigars offer a handful of other satisfying avenues, | | | | 5. The Drinks: A lot of cigarette smokers like to couple |
| avenues that cigarettes get lost going down. It is | | | | a smoke with a cup of coffee or an alcoholic drink. |
| because of this that we will now list the top five | | | | But, does coupling a cigarette with these types of drink |
| reasons cigars are better than cigarettes. | | | | really enhance the experience? If the cigarette has no |
| 1. The Length: Yes, size matters, at least when it | | | | complementing flavors, probably not. Cigars, on the |
| comes to tobacco. But size, for the purpose of this | | | | other hand, go well with drinks. With a variety of |
| argument, isn't about the physical length of tobacco, it's | | | | flavors, it's easy to find a cigar that goes well with |
| about how long it lasts. Cigarettes are short lived, | | | | everything from an espresso to a coniac, from a bottle |
| people often smoke then in ten or fifteen minutes. | | | | of scotch to a bottle of wine. |
| Cigars, however, last much longer. Smoking is | | | | From cigarette smokers to cigar smokers, smokers |
| pleasurable and that pleasure is greatly extended | | | | are on the same side: they all love tobacco. Even so, |
| when a cigar is ignited. | | | | cigars are a little ahead of their kin: they can't help |
| 2. The Sophistication: Sure, cigarettes sometimes look | | | | themselves; they're the favorite cousin. |
| sophisticated, particularly when people smoke them | | | | |