Never ask someone for a lighter to light your cigar. Remember the art form, lighting a cigar is an experience one should go through for themselves. Don’t do it too slowly or too fast. Again relating back to the courteous behavior of the cigar smoker, it’s all a distinguished display.
Never use a cigar holder. It is unbecoming and generally not used by the cigar masters. It is just an accessory designed to make some extra money off the cigar smokers. Real cigar smokers will not disgrace themselves that way.
You should never smoke a cigar while working. Remember handmade cigars are for winding down and not for playing around. Given that it is an evening pastime for men after their wining and dining, hand rolled cigars are generally not smoked in a work setting.
You never snuff out a cigar. You let it burn off on its own. It will usually go out on its own after you have smoked it halfway. You never keep the un-smoked portion of the cigar. Also disposing a cigar is always done discreetly and in the right manner.
You should never relight a cigar if there’s less than one quarter of it left. Cigar smoking is an act of pride and abundance. You cannot consider wastage when it comes to cigars.
To summarize, smoking a cigar is a kind of culture you need to adapt into to be fully acclaimed as a cigar smoker. It is not for the weak minded and if you think, you can get away with inadequacy then you might as well smoke alone or better still stick to cigarettes.
I didn’t make the above up. Zino Davidoff actually created a set of guidelines for cigar smokers to follow way back in 1967 and up till now, these guidelines are adhered to religiously by cigar smokers all over the world.