I use the nick cigarette-girl but I've never actually written anything about cigarettes and the like.  Not that the name has anything to do with it really, but, let's be literal.

So apparently there's a difference between smoking cigarettes and cigars.  In a nutshell, beer is to cigarette, as wine is to cigar.  Cigars, according to some, affect the palate when you smoke them in such a way as to make you want food with stronger flavor, ergo, the preference for spicy dishes.  Another difference I saw was that cigar smoking, unlike cigarette smoking which you just pop in your mouth to smoke, needs to have it's head cut off with a cutter.

a cutter

Obviously, cigars would definitely be pricier than cigarettes.  Cigar prices seem to range between $10 to as much as $160, depending on the brand and tobacco strength; and of course, depending where you buy it.  Some places would definitely offer a more affordable price for a cigar.

One thing that caught my attention though was the flavored cigars.  There’s chocolate, vanilla, honey, cherry, blackberry, peach, rum, and of course, mint.  Fruity cigars?  That’s definitely something I haven’t heard of yet.  The whole cigar smoking actually makes me think of some distinguished man in his 40s in a suit, sitting in his office or study with a brandy.  Fruity cigars pretty much ruined that image.

Rum-flavored cigars sound pretty interesting.  I wonder if it also has an alcohol effect.