damn ... I smoked my first cigar more years ago than I'd care to admit (e-Chick called me an old-stogie yesterday, but in my mind, I'm still her age) ... but back to the subject ... in all that time, I never once thought about how I hold the cigar ... different ways, I guess, but whatever it is I do, it seems to work ... (oh, and btw, e-Chick ... I'm NOT old!)