"My day doesn't start until I light my cigar. Sure, the day begins with my partner and me feeding and dressing our two-year-old and sending her off to daycare. Afterward, I grab a coffee and pastry and set myself up on the benches that rim Brooklyn's Prospect Park. Then my day starts with a cigar. The cut, the light, the draw. The billowing smoke. The ritual and the nicotine set me at ease."
"The best estimate for the number of cigar smokers in the country is about 4 percent of the population, but this number is inflated by counting those who smoke cigars rarely (celebratory smokers) and people who smoke convenience-store products, like Black & Milds. No disrespect to those folks, but a Black & Mild is a cigar by technicality. The only thing it has in common with a premium hand-rolled cigar is that it's made from tobacco."
Mornings begin with a cigar ritual on benches at Brooklyn's Prospect Park after feeding and dressing a two-year-old and sending her to daycare. The cut, the light, the draw, and the billowing smoke provide ritual and nicotine that set the smoker at ease and sharpen focus. Many peers favor weed, while a preference for tobacco remains among some. Historic literary and intellectual figures smoked cigars for focus. Smoking in the park is illegal. U.S. smoking prevalence dropped from 42.6 percent in 1965 to 14.6 percent in 2022. Estimated cigar smokers are about 4 percent, inflated by occasional users and convenience-store cigars. The smoker worries about dirty looks from runners and potential secondhand smoke exposure.
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