I grew up in a non-smoking house ... I toyed with cigarettes, a pipe and cigars in HS, but took up smoking regularly while in college ... never once smoked in my parents home ... I smoked in my own home for years, but quit cigarettes in the early 70s and quit pipes and cigars in the early 80s ... went for several years without smoking, and never thought twice about the cigarettes or the pipe, but the cigars I truly missed ... since falling off the wagon and taking up cigars again, I have not smoked in the house ... I do light them indoors on windy evenings, but carry them out right away. When it rains in the winter time or is just too damn cold, I take my cigar on a ride in the car ...
My greatest cigar-smoking pleasure, however, comes in the company of other smokers ... I love to have a couple of guys over and sit on my patio with a single-malt and a cigar and thoroughly enjoy spending an hour or so in the local cigar store, sitting in the club chairs, watching the good looking gals walk past outside and shooting the breeze with the other guys ... in some respects, this forum is like that for me ... I enjoy the 'conversations' we have here and would like nothing more than for it to be in person rather than virtual ...