People always tell me I'm crazy when I say there's a difference, so I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who gets ill from cigarrette smoke, but doesn't mind straight tobacco smoke.
I've smoked cigars on occasion. I like the smell and enjoy being a little butch while sucking on a huge phallic symbol. I have a good many positive associations with cigars, the biggest probably being that my dad smoked them instead of cigarrettes when he wasn't gambling. He wasn't abusive or neglectful when the cigars came out. Rich and well educated men smoke them in movies, so obviously a symbol of prosperity and comfort for me. Pipes are similar for similar reasons, but thanks to Tolkien, they also represent the comforts of home one carries with them while traveling. I did so much traveling, I always wanted to learn to smoke a pipe. Took that symbol a little too literally :)
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I've smoked cigars on occasion. I like the smell and enjoy being a little butch while sucking on a huge phallic symbol. I have a good many positive associations with cigars, the biggest probably being that my dad smoked them instead of cigarrettes when he wasn't gambling. He wasn't abusive or neglectful when the cigars came out. Rich and well educated men smoke them in movies, so obviously a symbol of prosperity and comfort for me. Pipes are similar for similar reasons, but thanks to Tolkien, they also represent the comforts of home one carries with them while traveling. I did so much traveling, I always wanted to learn to smoke a pipe. Took that symbol a little too literally :)