Cigars are about taste, and to best appreciate their flavors, you need to draw slowly and infrequently, a few times per minute. Then, swirl around what you've taken in and let it reach the back of ...

As I’ve said, however, sometimes I’ll light a cigar with a strong chemical or tar taste, and purging helps even while lit. Just make sure you let the cigar cool a little before doing it.

After a long period of decline, cigars rebounded in popularity starting in the 1990s. Sales of handrolled cigars imported into the U.S. peaked at around 300 million cigars a few years ago, Mott said.

Tasting Havana's Perfect Smoke Cigar Aficionados Rub Shoulders, Puff at Cuba's Tobacco Fest By Will Lyons Feb. 19, 2010 12:01 am ET Share ...