Nice to see this thread still ticking along enthusiastically! I'm a little up in the air with regards to taking up cigar smoking at present, admittedly, however. Been away to Benicasim festival in Spain for a week, and, then just been getting myself reintegrated into life back home, so havn't really gotten round to making any descisions on it yet but, my lack of funds and recent debt incurred mean it's financially not possible for me start up any time imminent. On top of that, I was got myself so engrossed and fascinated with and into the idea of cigar smoking and all what that entails- the keeping, storing and maitaining of cigars via humidors and humidification regulation, the different types, sizes and shapes and/or construction of cigars, the history etc etc- I was forgetting to clarify the root requirement of how and where I could aquire cigars at afforable and/or fair prices here in the UK and had kind of progressed off into researching humidors and humidor acessorries witout confirming anywhere (online) I could obtain cigars affordably. Obviously, if this isn't possible then it defeats the object and there's no real point in me getting into cigar smoking as a hobby at present.
The other factor is, being a regular and currently rather heavy cigarette smoker, I'm not sure if I should really be delving into the realm of cigars, as much as it appeals and is a different beast, in many ways, to cigarette smoking, when a few negatively shared, underpinning qualities of both forms of smoking product are the same; namely that both are tobacco products meaning both contain the addictive substance, nicotine, and both pose health risks by nature. You see, I'm still only relatively young at 22 and have only been smoking since I was nearly 19 (so 18, technically). Although I've smoked pretty darn heavy for the most part, due to above, I'm optimistic that if I quit before I'm 25- I, of course, hope and aim to achieve this as quick as possible beforehand- that, health wise, I'll be ok and, though my body will have suffered, I'll reecover for the most part. Frankly, after smoking a **** load in Benicasim, I can feel my health is reduced, nothing drastic, but perceptable definately, like a slighly wilted plant. I'm not sure I should be taking up cigar smoking because of this/my desire to be free of it soon and/or the anticipation I have that, if cigar smoking turns out to be affordable/sustainable for me, I will really take to it and enjoy the whole package.
I'll mull over it for a little while but I think I've pretty much made up my mind already, at least for now. Thanks everyone for the preliminary help, insight and advice you gave me on getting into this past time though! Much appreciated. Soz to break the rules and talk about the ill effects of smoking for a second there too. Rock on an smoke em' while you've got em
