Wow, this thread still alive from 2011! Well, a couple of years ago , smoking 2 cigars a day the nicotine and whatever other chemicals are present became toxic to my system> It took me about 18 month to figure out that was why I had intense brain fog and was wobbly on my feet. The way I found out was a miracle of sorts. I had a filling fall out of a tooth, when I took a puff on a cigar, I got intense pain in the jaw where the filling fell out. I quit smoking immediately and started feeling better every day after. I started smoking again about a year later, but in moderation. Too much of a good thing, but smoking a cigar is the most relaxing thing I do , even more relaxing than smoking pot. I also quit drinking about 10 years ago. I was fighting auto immune disease and I felt better after not drinking for a day which turned into many years. I just started drinking again, potato Vodka as grain alcohol is rough on the tummy. I've been buying most of my cigars on Cigar Bid. If you're patient, you can get some really good deals. Got some Espinosa Comfortably Numb in the box are complex but a little strong and some cheap cigars which taste like butt when you fire them up but are ok once you get past the first couple puffs. Time to burn one down.