How often do you retrohale?

[KFBR392]

I do it almost every time. Maybe one out of 20 or 30 puffs I won't.  Do get some different flavors, I just never find them to be as good or as noticeable if I don't retrohale. I also worry this leads to an increased chance of some sort of sinus or throat cancer, not that it stops me though! What frequency does everybody else retrohale at?  Does it depend on the cigar?

[Sudzdaddy]

Two-three times per stick, baselining as the smoke progresses.

[HarveyBoulevard]

To at least some degree on every puff.  I'm not even sure I know how to smoke a cigar and only hold it in my mouth. It seems unnatural to me. 

[PrairieSmoke]

Only a couple times in an entire cigar, just to see if I’m missing anything.


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[madandana]

Most of the time.

[thedame007]

I tend to retrohale the last part of every puff, if that makes sense? I let the smoke rest in my mouth a moment, and then I’ll let 1/3 out of my mouth. Repeat. Then 3/3 is retrohaled. Gives my palate and olfactory better chance of picking flavours up!

[MooseAMuffin]

I do it every once in a while. Probably 1 out of every 15 puffs. Still burns the nose often, which keeps me from doing it to much.

[dealsrme]

Every two puffs or so. Less if there’s not much to the stick.


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[nvrp813]

As long as it doesn’t burn, every puff. If it burns than I’ll try every fourth or fifth puff to see if the burn is still there.

[oliverdst]

Every time I breathe

 

[BuzzArd]

Almost always. 

[teewinot]

Almost every puff, at least the last quarter

[Hookmaker]

1 in 4-5 puffs for me, except with Padróns - they’re pretty strong and peppery

[subport]

I don’t even know how not to...

[KFBR392]

14 hours ago, HarveyBoulevard said:

To at least some degree on every puff.  I'm not even sure I know how to smoke a cigar and only hold it in my mouth. It seems unnatural to me. 

Definitely agree with this.  I have to really think and force myself to not do it.  I also do what are you and others have said which is retro to a different degree on different puffs.  

[HoyoFan]

With CCs I do it on almost every puff. With NCs I have to really watch the pepper, especially the Nicaraguans. I’ll only do a few times with those

[Islandboy]

20 hours ago, HarveyBoulevard said:

To at least some degree on every puff.  I'm not even sure I know how to smoke a cigar and only hold it in my mouth. It seems unnatural to me. 

This

20 hours ago, thedame007 said:

I tend to retrohale the last part of every puff, if that makes sense? I let the smoke rest in my mouth a moment, and then I’ll let 1/3 out of my mouth. Repeat. Then 3/3 is retrohaled. Gives my palate and olfactory better chance of picking flavours up!

And this.

That said, I find that some cigars have better retrohales than others. In fact, I found it quite odd when I lit up the CoLa from the Christmas sampler, that the taste and aroma were downright heavenly, but my reflex retrohales absolutely ruined the vibe with a nasty taste. Had to force myself not to the rest of the stick.

[watsup261]

I retrohale the majority of the time. I am also concerned about the effects it has but it adds so much flavor.

[Smallclub]

5 hours ago, subport said:

I don’t even know how not to...

+1

[Lotusguy]

Probably half the puffs, at least partially.

[tigger]

A few times per smoke...usually near the beginning, and then as I notice flavor changes taking place.

[dicko]

Every other puff I'd say


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[Foulhook]

Just about every draw for me except I prefer a kind of small French inhale at the end of the draw. Just a personal preference 

[Pharmacovigilant]

I’ll retro about every other puff, often varying the amount of smoke I put through the nose depending on how hard I’m getting punched.  Another thing I do occasionally is retain the drawn smoke in my mouth while breathing in and out through the nose (none of the smoke gets inhaled) before finally expelling the puffed smoke. Not sure where that came from, and I don’t even realize I do it.

[Habana Mike]

Now and then as the fancy strikes...