I've done pretty well sticking to my guns of only smoking outside but we live in Buffalo, NY, (technically, Sloan) where the winters are pretty brutal. Supposed to be in the 20s tonight, I hear & I ain't getting any younger, as they say. My mother-in-law has said to me many times, "Just go ahead and smoke inside. It's not going to hurt anything." But I can't just do that with a clear conscience. I was a rabidly neat cigarette smoker for ~30 years. Quit a 3-3.5 pack-a-day habit cold turkey 4 years ago. Picked up cigars 2 years ago. I love'em but it's nice to not get the shakes every 10 minutes I can't have one, y'know?
Anyway. Our room in question is off the main house. It's roughly 15x15 with 6' windows on two sides. It has a roughly 10' dropped ceiling--roughly 2200 cubic feet. My proposal is this:
When I want to actually enjoy a cigar, close the only door that leads into the kitchen; open one of the windows; turn a 4' tall pedestal fan on its lowest speed blowing out the window (enough to coerce the smoke outside without trying to warm all outdoors); roll my desk chair over by said window; light up and actually savor a Graycliff or a Gurkha or an Arganese or a bonafide dog turd, if I so choose, rather than shivering, shaking and huffing down as quickly as possible what was described as a "Medium-bodied" stick that is, in actuality, a far, far beyond full-bodied monster that has my head simultaneously roaring, spasming, seeing green in my peripheral vision and wishing I'd eaten a LOT more for dinner. (True story that happened not once, not twice, but THREE times!!
:-)From what I've read, here and on other forums/boards, all has confirmed what my guy at cigar.com told me, "The day after is the worst." What I haven't found is details as to what does, or even doesn't, work. I saw a response to the effect of, "I've found the spray works better than candles." Which spray? No mention made above or below. I'm not guessing Febreeze. I've seen ads for dozens of sprays but again no specifics which makes the ads worse than useless.
I've read enough "studies" to draw the conclusion that burning one thing to cover up the smell of burning something else is pretty much a fool's errand. As I mentioned, I simply want a simple, reasonably cheap way to not freeze parts of me which I soon will greatly miss while enjoying what has become the favorite part of my day. Please help me accomplish this little goal of mine.
Thank you all infinitely!! :-) Nice community you got here!
M_D
