First drag

brownacid

Do you inhale the first drag you take when lighting up? I heard many years ago that you weren't supposed to and now out of habit I never inhale straight away. I think its only to do with the fact that you'll be inhaling gas.

On a similar note I also heard a while ago that you should always light a good cigar with matches and not a lighter as the as effects the taste.


Thoughts?

The Hill Billy

I just smoke the damn things and don't bother about old wives' tales.

If I listened to all the crap that others had to say I probably wouldn't even be smoking.

furbey

doubt it makes a difference but seriously its naver going to taste as good without inhaling.
You'd see 12 year olds smoking and you can always tell they've just started when they don't inhale.
If you don't inhale your not actually smoking. sorry mate.:D

OldGoat

I think the stories you heard are related more to cigars then to ciggies. I've never come across the "Never inhale on the first" idea before but I can understand where it comes from. Occasionally, when you are a bit quick with the match you can get a lungful of acrid tasteing sulpher fumes form the still burning matchhead.

With cigars the fumes and flavours of a petrol lighter can spoil the flavour of a cigar. Cigar smokers tend to use gas lighters or long ceder wood matches. The long match allows you to ignite it, let the sulpher head burn off and then you can toast the end of the cigar before lighting it properly. Lighting the cigar well can take a while but thats all part and parcel of the enjoyment. It may sound a bit anal retentive but when your cigars are costing you €15+ per smoke (and often very much more) why run the risk of ruining it?

brownacid

furbey wrote: »

doubt it makes a difference but seriously its naver going to taste as good without inhaling.
You'd see 12 year olds smoking and you can always tell they've just started when they don't inhale.
If you don't inhale your not actually smoking. sorry mate.:D

I never said I wasn't inhaling the whole smoke, just the first drag as your sparking up, I just puff it lights and the smoke goes out force of habit. I never noticed I did it until a couple of weeks ag when one of the lads noticed so I thought about why I did it and it goes back to me hearing that years ago methinks.

I do know how to smoke and people who don't inhale irratate the **** out of me.

the_syco

OldGoat wrote: »

With cigars the fumes and flavours of a petrol lighter can spoil the flavour of a cigar. Cigar smokers tend to use gas lighters or long ceder wood matches. The long match allows you to ignite it, let the sulpher head burn off and then you can toast the end of the cigar before lighting it properly. Lighting the cigar well can take a while but thats all part and parcel of the enjoyment. It may sound a bit anal retentive but when your cigars are costing you €15+ per smoke (and often very much more) why run the risk of ruining it?

Agreed. Still use the zippo for the cheaper ones, but try to use matches for the dearer ones.

In saying that, I like the taste the zippo gives to a rollie, compared to a match. That, and it lights even in the middle of a carpark on a windy day. Normal lighters have gotten themselves blown up for not lighting in a windy day :pac:

face1990

I smoke rollies and never inhale the first drag.

The first drag tends to be mainly smoke from the paper and not much from the tobacco (maybe it's just the way I roll them). They seem to need a drag or two to get the tobacco burning properly.

BigBenRoeth

No I don't inhale the first pull,mainly because the smoke does be really weak for some reason

Kersmash

I smoke both rollies and normal cigarettes, depending on my mood, and for some reason I never inhale the first puff either. I've no idea why, I've just always done it.

Rothmans

face1990 wrote: »

I smoke rollies and never inhale the first drag.

The first drag tends to be mainly smoke from the paper and not much from the tobacco (maybe it's just the way I roll them). They seem to need a drag or two to get the tobacco burning properly.

I know what you mean, it's like tryin to get the fire goin. It has a really weak pull if you don't get a few puffs through it first, if you understand what i'm saying.