I'm sure there are lots who remember the first smoke that made them fall in love with it. Mine was a couple months ago. My mom's boyfriend brought me back a Cohiba from Mexico (let's not get into whether or not it's fake. I'm guessing it was, but whatever. It was still miles ahead of the machine rolled crap I had ever tried before). I looked at it and wondered "Why would he get me a cigar? I don't smoke cigars..."
So on the way home, I picked up a bottle of cognac. Went out on the deck, and lit her up. I got about an inch into it, and thought "Why haven't I been smoking cigars?!?" And thus it began.
Here is a pic I took that fateful day:
