How old where you when...

[AndyMadera]

When you smoked your first cigar, CC and NC and what were they, given by who?


NC - 26, A Conny Petite Corona, made by Rafael Guillen
CC - 28, A Ramon Allones gifted by a BOTL

[JE3146]

NC - 19, A mint flavored cigar my roommate brought me from Hawaii
CC - 22, a Montecristo #2 gifted by a BOTL that I smoked watching the Pats lose the superbowl to the Giants :D

[robofan]

NC - When I was in my early 20's a friend of mine smoked nickel cigars. They were cheaper than cigarettes at the time. He gave me one to try and they were nasty.

CC - When I was in my late thirties I was working in Canada and found a B&M that sold Cubans. Purchased some RyJ's and fell in love with cigar smoking.

[gnukfu]

49 for both

NC given by me to me - can't remember what it was
CC - Party Short from Mark (Yazzie)

[SmokeyNL]

CC's - at 23, a MC "A" after a celebration dinner.
NC's - at 25, an Ashton VSG enchantment (the small chubby figurado) in vegas while playing, showed me there was much more out there then just CC's, had my first opus shortly after that.

[stevefrench]

NC - I was 17 and it was a White Owl from a friend
CC - I was 23 and it was a Montecristo Tubo I bought when my son was born(1980). :tu

[DougBushBC]

NC - 19, House Blend Cigar at Stanza di Sigari in Boston.
CC - 22, Cohiba LE 2004 given to me by a friend in the wine room at Stanza di Sigari.

I guess its Stanza's fault I've gone down the slope and the Asylums fault I kept falling.

[akakirby]

nc-early 20s
cc- 30 (bout a month ago!) was given a cohiba maduro by johnnykay5 at Mac's herf.

[14holestogie]

NC - 13 - probably a Swisher perfecto abducted from my stepfather
(smoked cigarettes until age 32, then slowly made my way to cigars)


cc - 54 - this last December, a Boli (from RevSmoke)

[Ashcan Bill]

First NC was a Tiparillo picked up in a liquor store while heading to the beach with some friends to do some pier fishing. That was in 1969.

First "verified" CC would have been in the early nineties. A buddy's parents liked to vacation in Spain several times a year, and they always picked him up a box of Esplendidos in the duty free shop on their way home. We used to smoke 'em with a tumbler of Jack Daniels.

[TripleF]

First hand rolled was from a Thompson bundle (given to me) in Oct. 2006.

[bowhnter]

NC, I am sure it was a Swisher Sweet sometime in my teens

CC was about 12-13 years ago in my late 30's...almost positive it was a Monte #4. I will never forget how good that was.

[Hippi3Slay3r]

NC-14- Started smoking Backwoods while fishing with friends..
CC-27- PL Pan from my uncle (CasaDooley)..

[Scottw]

13, Titan Phillies out of my buddy's dads house. (he smoked 3-5 of these a day)

32, 98 Punch Corona

[kydsid]

NC - 18 -Swisher Cigarello - does that count as a cigar? If not 22 - Macanudo given to me by a classmate while at FLETC.

CC - Plead the 5th. :p

[St. Lou Stu]

NC - 20 - Arturo Fuente Double Chateau Natural
CC - 32 - Bolivar Royal Corona

[tobii3]

Glad this is "How Old" and not "What Year"....:D

For me...

14 - (NC) Dutch Masters from my Grampa's Liquor Store (49er Bottle Shop)

20 - (CC) Monte #2 after returning home from Desert Storm

[TripleF]

First hand rolled was from a Thompson bundle (given to me) in Oct. 2006.


Oooooops, forgot to answer the main question. I was 44.

[BlackDog]

NC - Don't remember exactly how old, roughly 19 or 20, was a Marsh Wheeling machine made cigar.

CC - Last summer, 46, a Bolivar PC.

[King James]

NC - 17
CC - 18 - was a ryj I think

[hotreds]

NC- old fart
CC- older fart

[AndyMadera]

Glad this is "How Old" and not "What Year"....:D

For me...

14 - (NC) Dutch Masters from my Grampa's Liquor Store (49er Bottle Shop)

20 - (CC) Monte #2 after returning home from Desert Storm

Who are you kidding tobii... You couldnt have answered it even if it was "what Year" That was before numbers were invented or even record of time!!

Good to hear all your first experiences. I wouldnt have guessed that many of you started cigars later in life as you had. to all of you that started in the 30s and 40s, did you smoke cigarettes before that? did cigars replace them or do you smoke both now?

Andy

[e-man67]

Well my first cigar would have to be a swisher sweet or Havatampa in my teens. At about 21 I had a Jose Piedra CC and a small Punch the same day (don't remember which was first) in Canada. My first nc was probably a Macanudo Portafino around the same time.

[smokeyandthebandit05]

NC-18-Black and Mild
CC- Never :(

[kydsid]

Good to hear all your first experiences. I wouldnt have guessed that many of you started cigars later in life as you had. to all of you that started in the 30s and 40s, did you smoke cigarettes before that? did cigars replace them or do you smoke both now?

Andy

I smoked cigarettes as a dumb teenager who wanted to fit in. In college I couldn't afford them hence smoking Swisher cigarellos. :tu I rarely smoked them at all after a few years until given a Macanudo Robusto.

[Mugen910]

When you smoked your first cigar, CC and NC and what were they, given by who?


NC - 26, A Conny Petite Corona, made by Rafael Guillen
CC - 28, A Ramon Allones gifted by a BOTL

NC - 18, I have no clue what it was but I bought it at a local B&M to be cool.
CC - 29, Partagas something gifted by DBall at my very first HERF http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-gen053.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php)

[tobii3]

Okay, okay, I'll be honest......

XIV - Dutch Masters from my Grampa's Liquor Cave

XX - Monte #2 after returning home from the Persian and Babylonian War

:D

[Don Fernando]

Okay, okay, I'll be honest......

XIV - Dutch Masters from my Grampa's Liquor Cave

XX - Monte #2 after returning home from the Persian and Babylonian War

:D

that is XX BC?

[tobii3]

No, that's XX AA.....After AL....:r

[Don Fernando]

so Al = god? :r

[tobii3]

Well, let's see.....

BC is Before Christ......AD is Anno Domini or After the death

In Judaism...

BCE - Before Common Era.....and CE - Common Era

Sheesh.....

[Don Fernando]

CC - 32 Cohiba siglo II
NC - 32 Balmoral dominican selection corona

[zero.e]

NC - 18, Aliados Robusto De Luxe Maduro...Nothing special at all. Avoid at all costs!

CC - 17 Rafael Gonzalez M. Panetelas Extra from 98. Damn...I mean DAMN! These cigars are awesome. They have a good taste and aroma is so amazing that I can't be sniffing my fingers after smoking one of these.:dr Found them from the basement. Propably left by my father.

[Junior]

My first CC I was 26. It was a Cohiba, and probably fake. That was the height of the 90's cigar boom. It was the night before my wedding.
NC some cheap trashy cigar in high school.

[Wanger]

NC-25 Don't know and it was an one time thing back then, but left my mouth in shambles the next day (I'd been drinking with some buddies). Didn't really start smoking until I was 30.
CC-30 First known to be authentic one was a Partagas Short gifted to me.

[shilala]

NC - Middleton Cherries. Got them at the convenience store.
CC - Don't remember what it was, but I think it may have came from Dan (dball).

[bigloo]

NC 21 RyJ, bought it in vegas
CC 17 Cohiba Gifted by older brothers friend (can you tell I did not grow up in the US;))

[Skywalker]

Forty-four for both NC and CC!!!

[jjirons69]

NC - 15 or 16 Swisher Sweet from my dad
CC - 38 from RGD (Ron) contest winnings

[cort]

NC - 20 Havana Honey - one of my poker buddies gave it to me.
CC - 22 PSD4 - Given to me by my Uncle.

[BrokenSkeg]

my first CC was a Jamican Royal when I was 21
NC was one of my dad's dutch masters panetellas that made me real green. That was way before that.

[NCRadioMan]

31- NC - Mac Baron de Rothchild
31- cc - '04 PSD4

[kgraybill]

Around 30 I had a few Garcia y Vega from the drug store.
NC-40 I purchased my 1st hand made, a Padron 64 principe nat.
CC-41, a Bolivar? Doc

[GreekGodX]

Call me spoiled but my first cc was when I was 15. Monte #2. My dad worked in Canada and would buy cc's weekly for himself and his coworkers. So I decided to steal one and smoke it with some friends. Foolish because we had no idea what we were doing and the elegance that goes along with the cigar.

1st NC 19 some kind of RYJ. I wasn't into cigars at the time and wanted to have one with a friend. So we stopped at a shop and just picked something out. Then I didn't have another cigar until I was 22.