doesmatter said:
Hey, I'm just a young punk looking into the world of cigar smoking any suggestions for instance anything I need and a good inexpensive brand and of course tips, thanks.
Well, first of all have you been smoking at all?
If not, or if you're a cigarette smoker, here's a few tips:
1.) Don't inhale cigars -- unless you want to see your breakfast from three days ago again.
2.) Don't buy cigars at drug stores, gas stations, or the ones the tobacco store has outside of their humidor on the counter. These are all what people in the know refer to as dog rockets. Yeah, it means what you think it means.
3.) Draw slow, the key is to relax and savor the flavor. Drawing too fast and too often will heat the stick up too fast and too much, making it bitter, and burning your mouth. Drawing fast and hard will turn the best smoke into the aforementioned dog rocket post haste.
4.) Don't buy a box of anything at first, try several type and brands first.
5.) Not all $10 cigars are great, and not all $2 cigars suck. There is a great variety out there, and individual taste determines what you buy. Although I'd avoid the more expensive cigars until you develop a palate -- there's plenty of good $5 and under cigars to choose from.
Some beginner cigar suggestions (HINT, you might not like any of these, but it's a place to start):
Before Capt jumps in, there's the Cigar.com Cameroon:
http://www.cigar.com/cigars/default.asp?sid=44209203734&cmd=list&brand=CRAL
(I'd advise you get the Cigar.com sampler, one of each of their "house labels" to try)
Punch cigars:
http://www.cigar.com/cigars/default.asp?sid=44209203734&cmd=list&brand=PUN
These tend towards the strong end of the scale.
Davidoff Private Stock (these are not the same as the private stock listed on cigar.com):
http://www.famous-smoke.com/cigars/search/stats.cfm/inum/15970
(These are a medium bodied cigar, and are my favorite "every day" smoke. Famous sells them by the box, but local stores might sell them and offer them as singles. EDIT: just looked, Famous has some of them available as singles right now.) At $2.23 each (box quantity) these are a great buy.
I also like the Arturo Fuente Hemingways
http://www.cigar.com/cigars/default.asp?sid=44209203734&cmd=list&brand=AFH
Although they are expensive for a beginner smoke.
Really, there's hundreds of makers and thousands of individual cigars to try, which makes this a great hobby.