Mixing Business and Pleasure: Cigars and Work

a working man can still find ways to mix business and pleasure to enjoy a few good sticks.

Whether you’re closing a sale, analyzing data, mixing concrete, or writing the next great American novel, you can mix business and pleasure when enjoying premium cigars. Even before the pandemic forced many people into working from home, smoking a fine cigar and working were a winning combination. Business and Pleasure at the “Office” Before indoor smoking bans, […]

Best Cold Weather Cigar Smoking Solutions

A tent is one of several smoking solutions to enjoy your favorite premium cigar during winter.

Finding the right smoking solutions for winter is challenging if you don’t have the luxury of living in a warm-weather environment. A cigar is meant to be savored, but risking frostbite isn’t worth even the finest cigar. Joining a cigar lounge is an obvious choice. We have discussed the various lounge options, and many cold-weather […]

Cigar Humidifier: Humidification Options for Cigars

Cigar humidifier: desktop humidor using a Boveda humidification bag.

An experienced cigar smoker knows that storing cigars requires little maintenance. For example, you should keep your cigars under particular conditions to ensure they taste the way they should. Preserving cigars between 68-70% humidity and 68-72 degrees Fahrenheit is optimal. Sixty-eight to seventy-two degrees Fahrenheit is the sweet spot for both moisture and temperature, which […]

The Cigar Life Guy® Rating System

Cigar Life Guy rating system for cigar reviews

Cigar Life Guy isn’t a website full of cigar reviews, but plenty of those websites are out there. Make no mistake. You won’t find our website full of reviews and with a complex or confusing numbered rating system. We don’t sit around smoking bunches of cigars just for show or have many opinions about each […]

Groucho Marx Loved Laughs and Cigars

Groucho Marx holding a cigar

Many young people today might not be able to identify Groucho Marx, but the famed Groucho Glasses remain one of the most iconic costume props of all time. It’s a shame that while the bushy eyebrows, mustache, and glasses are still around, the man who inspired them is fading from memory. Likewise, many might not […]

Holiday Gift: How to Buy for the Cigar Lover

Humidor at Corona Cigar Co. near Orlando, one of many great places to holiday gift shop for cigar lovers.

So you’re looking for a holiday gift for the cigar enthusiast. The first question a cigar shop owner might jokingly ask is, “How well do you like the person?” That’s because there are plenty of options at a wide range of prices. You can spend as little as $10 on a gift. If you like […]

Smoking Habits: How Many Should You Smoke?

A man enjoying a cigar as part of his smoking habit

The cigar industry has evolved over the past few hundred years. Cigars were plentiful and relatively inexpensive for much of their history. Smoking didn’t carry the same social stigma. Most men enjoyed at least an occasional cigar. However, men like Mark Twain and Sigmund Freud enjoyed smoking habits that included puffing on 10 to 20 […]

Diversity of Cigar Lounges: Here’s What You’ll Find

Diversity: each cigar lounge differs from the next

So that cigar you smoked at your best friend’s wedding became a once-a-day experience. You’ve started collecting cigars and purchased an at-home humidor. You’re a regular brother of the leaf. Everyone who enjoys a premium cigar is part of an exclusive club. Most smokers eventually look for a place to share a smoke with friends. […]

Pipe Tobacco vs. Premium Cigars: Which is Best?

A man smoking pipe tobacco

When smoking pipe tobacco comes to mind, most people picture Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic detective, brooding over clues. Perhaps you think of Hugh Hefner kicking back in his smoking jacket. No matter what comes to mind, the pipe smoker was once synonymous with the perfect gentleman and sophistication. That image has changed over […]

Expensive Cigars: Do You Need to Smoke Them?

Expensive cigars? The Fuente Opus X cigar pictured here is a premium stick at an affordable price.

Gurkha’s Royal Courtesan fetches a cool $1.36 million per cigar. Made from Himalayan tobacco, grown with Fiji water, and banded in diamonds, it is the most expensive cigar in the world. With a price tag like that, you might think that a Yeti (the legendary abominable snowman) rolled your smoke. If that’s too rich for […]