Pipe and Cigar Smokers

puffy · Jun 16, 2011

I suppose that some folks only smoke pipes.I know that some folks (encluding myself) who smoke pipes most of the time also smoke a cigar now and then.A lot of folks only smoke cigars.One thing that I've noticed in recent trips to smoke shops.It seems to me that for every person in there smoking a pipe there's three or four smoking cigars.Any one here have an idea what the ratio of cigar smokers vs pipe smokers is.

marmal4de · Jun 16, 2011

Way more people smoke cigars than pipes (I think). I myself enjoy a nice Cohiba now and again!

bootlegbonvivant · Jun 16, 2011

With all the golf courses around my home, I can only imagine it's quite a higher cigar smoker ratio. However, I've been noticing more pipe smokers around.

pstlpkr · Jun 16, 2011

I asked Skip that same question a while back. (Skip is the owner of The Briary. My local B&M.)

He said that his store may be the exception, but about 70% of his business is pipe related.

He does have a large selection of cigars and moves a considerable quantity.

misterrogers · Jun 16, 2011

From what I've heard from the owner of my local B&M,a fair amount of business comes from cigars, though those that smoke pipes are constant customers.
What I gathered from it is, a lot of people buy a cigar ever once in a while, but it's the pipe smoker who is always coming back.

toehead · Jun 16, 2011

Lawrence, I have to agree. Whenever I think of Pipes in Birmingham, I think of the Briary. I forget that they even sell cigars.

hobie1dog · Jun 16, 2011

My B&M does about 70% Cigars

clanobucklin · Jun 16, 2011

My B&M sells mostly high priced cigars. There was a smallish selection of pipes and almost a token shelf filled with overpriced house blends and smallish, dubious tins. However, The Store was also stocked with loads of egotistical jackasses who wanted to yap about football, the ball and chain at home, and their stockmarket portfolios - while watching the most mind numbing garbage on the store big screen TV.
They used to wonder why I used to smoke my "cigar" outside. "What does he think about?" they wondered. I could have easily told them...but I was too polite.
With the escalating CA tax prices on cigars and a never ending influx of egotists. I, with alacrity, fled to my beautiful home - where I quietly enjoy my pipe. If I want a cigar these days - I just light a tobacco blend with cigar leaf in it. May not be the actual thing (a fine cigar) - but the trade off is worth it to me.

collindow · Jun 16, 2011

I smoke the occasional cigar, mostly when I visit my hometown, and I always enjoy it. However, cigars are too spendy for the amount of smoking I partake in.

surfmac211 · Jun 16, 2011

I think I'm 50/50 on cigars and pipes. I have always just loved a good cigar. I'm personally a big fan of Kristoff, Tatuaje, and Camacho triple-maduro cigars, but smoke a wide variety of brands. My local B&M said she sells about 60/40 with the 60 going to cigars. I still find 40 to be pretty high for pipes though.

mjtannen · Jun 17, 2011

I don't patronize a local B&M because the selection of pipe tobaccos I have found is very limited. I prefer to conduct my tobacco purchases via internet retailers or directly from Jack Peterson or C&D. I always have a box of Partagas Black Labels in my cellar so I don't need to go out to buy a stick if I want to smoke one. Cigars are also internet vendor purchased. I concur with comments made by my friend Clanobucklin insofar as planting ones ass in a B&M so I never go that route either.
I believe more guys go for cigars than pipes for several reasons. First they don't make the effort to purchase or maintain pipes because they do not appreciate their beauty. Secondly I think many men gravitate toward a tough exterior rather than a polished one. Pipe smokers don't look tough. We are definitely a more genteel group. Just think of Cary Grant and then think of Tony Sopprano. A cigar in Cary's mouth would look as silly as a pipe in Tony's.

papipeguy · Jun 17, 2011

I probably average 4 cigars a day to 2-3 pipes a day. I an seeing more cigar smokers turning to pipes over the past year. Overall, I'd say that the pipe trend is on the upslope while cigars remain somewhat steady.

igloo · Jun 18, 2011

When you take a customer hunting , fishing or golfing a cigar makes more sense . A well made cigar lasts over a hour . You get a cool wooden box to put stuff in . They can be smoked in the wind . Sigmund Freud phallic stage .

nmbigfoot02 · Jun 18, 2011

I started out with cigars and made my way to pipes because of the variety and economy. I still enjoy cigars from time to time, but they're just too expensive to smoke regularly.

ssjones · Jun 18, 2011

For me, it was mostly time that made me switch. I can't stand to waste a $10-$15 cigar by not fully enjoying it, but wow, they take some time. With the pipe, the time is pretty much up to me.

One of my local cigar shop employees said that I would never enjoy smoking a pipe. Boy, was he wrong and the only "never" was that I haven't been back since. In my introduction, I stated enjoying cigars, but I never formed a relationship with a cigar that I enjoy with my budding pipe collection. The more I hold and smoke them, the stronger that statement feels.

assaad · Jun 18, 2011

I enjoy a fine Cuban cigar from time to time but the price and the hobby keep me smoking a pipe more often.

portascat · Jun 18, 2011

It got to where I could never find a cigar I really liked smoking.

ontariopipeguy · Jun 25, 2011

I used to smoke cigars all the time, someone mentioned the idea the pipe smoking was very simular and in the long run could be cheaper, so one day i gave it a shot, didnt mind it, quit pipes for a about a year.. got back into it, got a few better pipes then the basket pipe i got for $20 and some better tobacco, now I love it, my ratio have gone to 70% pipe and 30% cigar now...

nabottle · Jun 25, 2011

I still love cigars a lot, but smoking a pipe is more enjoyable. Plus buying pipes is the bomb!

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