Welcome my friend, from Middle Tennessee. I too was a cigar smoker for many years before taking up the pipe.
I recall sitting with the cigar smokers at my local Brick & Mortar. Occasionally a couple pipe smokers would join in, and they always had a slight grin as we cigar guys raved about the deliciousness of our sticks. “What’s the secret?” Is pretty much what I asked one of them a few years ago... now I only occasionally smoke cigars!
Glad to have you