I am well into my 40th year of cigar smoking and loving every single one of them.
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I smoked my first cigar at 16 (1997), a CoRo (i think) with my Dad. I then would have cigars here and there but didn't really start smoking seriously until 3 years ago.
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LOL! My first cc was a CoRo as well in 1995. Started smoking cigars around 1989 (macanudo crystal was my first I believe), so close to 19 years now? (good god)

~Mark
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I've been smoking since the mid-90s. I took a year or two off somewhere in there and then really got into it around '03/04. That's when I discovered how slippery the slope is. I've been loving it ever since.
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Long, long midnight shifts at work....passed the time and became an obsession....about 15 yrs now. Hopefully another 50 to go :-)
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A decade of destruction :-)
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About 16ish years... wow - has it been that long?!?!?
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Ive been smoking since jan 2005 so coming up on 4 years
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1972 (maybe it was '71). So long ago I barely remember.
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Not counting the black n milds I smoked in high school (cause I thought it was cool!) off and on probably since 2001. A buddy of mine loved AF hemingway's so he would always offer me one when I would be over his spot. I didn't appreciate it at the time but smoked anyway. I might have smoked 12 a year back then, now it is like 12 a week.
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It started back in 1996 & still going STRONG... :-)
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Started in 2006 or 2007, but didn't get serious about it till this year.
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Since 1987. Dutch Masters and Swisher Sweets to LGC and Fuente Hemingways. When I got married (this time), slowed down to about twice a month for 8 years (finances). Now back to once a week. Sometimes twice.
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I smoked many crap sticks when I was growing up, Swishers, Backwoods, etc...
I also used to smoke BeeDees.
I started grabbing red dot cohibas on occasion over the last couple years with friends for special occasions, like my wedding or cabin trips.
I only consider myself a serious cigar smoker since the beginning of June, so I am still a huge newb. I do feel like I have progressed extremely fast due to all the BOTL here at CA. I can blame all of you for throwing snowballs at me as I stood on the tip of the slippery icy slope looking down.
Also I gotta blame my neighbors and good BOTL who showed me their humidors and inspired me to make this a full time hobby. Two of them have recently joined CA!!!
Thanks everybody, I plan to be here at CA forever! I am commited and insane!
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I have had 3-4 cigars in my lifetime until January this year. Now, I've hit the slope and continue to slide! FUN
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I've had about a dozen cigars in my life, and I've been "smoking" for about 4 weeks now. LOL
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Seriously enjoying the hobby...in three years now. No turning back now. :-)
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Since the early-90's, but I took a hiatus while my kids were in their formative, questioning years and I didn't want to risk being a hypocrite. Started up again about 4-5 years ago
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Started in high scool ('93ish) but didn't get serious until '05/'06.
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Four years now!:-)
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