Smoking lesson 4: The Exhale

After each inhale, there has to be an exhale, simply because you cannot hold the delicious smoke in your lungs forever.
Basically there are three types of exhales: a mouth exhale, a nose exhale and a combination of mouth and nose exhale simultaneously.
This page is meant as an exhaling "manual" and will show you some nice tricks you may want to try.
Mouth Exhales:
A mouth exhale is the standard, most used, way to remove the smoke from your lungs. But standard doesn�t mean that it should look standard! There are several ways make your mouth exhale a glamorous one, such as the cone and tight streams.
The cone is the most common exhale technique used by most smokers. All you need to do is purse your lips and blow. It is nearly always completed by exhaling all of the smoke out in one exhale. Getting a proper cone shape is the key to make this a good looking visual presentation. To make it look absolutely great, you need some practice. When done properly, you can get a stream of smoke to flow directly from your mouth for about 5 or 6 feet or more.
Tight streams: This method lets you let the exhale last longer, keeping more smoke in your lungs longer. When you're ready to exhale, tighten your lips up and separate them by just a bit. Then exhale. This will make the smoke come out of your lips very finely. It also has an very nice side benefit. It causes extra pressure to the inside of the lungs, making more smoke get absorbed. It also takes a longer time to exhale all the smoke, so you have the added benefit of holding the smoke in your lungs for a longer time.

Nose Exhales:
Exhaling smoke through your nose is one of the best ways to really taste the tobacco in your smoke. Besides, many people (like me) think it is the sexiest way to remove the smoke from your lungs. It looks absolutely great when done right. It�s one of the easiest techniques to learn.
Here is how it is done: close your mouth after inhaling and just exhale naturally out of your nose. You can vary this by letting a little of the smoke out and then re-inhale (either through your mouth or your nose as described in on my Inhale tricks page) and then letting a little or the rest of the smoke out on the second exhale. This can be a most satisfying way to smoke. You'll notice that you keep more smoke inside you for longer, and so much more nicotine is absorbed by your body.
You may have noticed that after a deep inhale the smoke will not appear very thick as it drifts out of your nose. If you want to experience a thicker smoke, try to just inhale the smoke into your lungs and then immediately exhale the smoke out of your nose. This will produce a thicker more flavorful experience, instead of the more bodily satisfaction you get from a deep inhale.

Mouth-Nose Exhales:

It may seem a difficult thing to do, but it is very easy. Think of it as a combination of a mouth and a nose exhale
How is it done: well, there are, of course (you guessed it!), several methods: Exhale through nose and mouth simultaneously Start exhaling through your mouth, switch to a nose exhale, but don�t stop the mouth exhale Start exhaling through your nose, switch to mouth exhale, but don�t stop the nose exhale

Smoking lesson 3: The Inhale

The inhale is absolutely the most important aspect of smoking. Many smokers are wasting their times (and money) here. They just puff and that is not smoking. You really need to get the smoke down there and in a larger quantity than a one-second drag will offer. If you're going to smoke, and you want some sort of satisfaction from the experience, then smoke (and inhale)!
It's important to not simply pull the smoke in until it just disappears. What is most important is to send it all the way into your lungs because this is where it mixes best with your body and transfers the maximum amount of joy to you. Do not be afraid to expand your chest and sit up or stand up tall to make the most room you can for the smoke to enter your body. You will really enjoy it. Just as there are many techniques for dragging, there are many different techniques for inhaling. Some have names, others do not. They all offer some degree of benefit and pleasure.

Regular Inhale (Normal Inhale):
There are some variations to this. You can either take a drag and slip your cigarette out keeping your lips closed, then open them up and inhale, or you can drag and open your lips with the cigarette being where it is and inhale. The side benefit of the second method is that you get some additional smoke that is coming out of the filter when you inhale.

Snap Inhale:
This is one of the better inhale techniques. The smoke seems to pop out of your mouth for a second or two and then you inhale quickly. The advantage of this is that if you take long slow drags (or some of them in a row), the smoke cools for a second before being inhaled into your awaiting lungs. To do it is simple. You need to take a good sized drag of at least two seconds and curl your tongue upwards towards the roof of your mouth. As you withdraw your cigarette and motion it away from your mouth, you open your lips just bit and snap your tongue downward as you inhale. This trick needs some practice, but it�s absolutely worth it. It looks absolutely sexy!

French Inhale:
This is a very seductive technique that will make men drool over you. All you need to do is take a good sized drag and open your mouth while removing the cigarette, then very lightly, inhale through your nose. Don't inhale at all through your mouth, because that will destroy the effect completely. If done right, the smoke will casually waft out of your mouth and into your nose. You can follow through with a regular mouth inhale just to make sure you inhale all the smoke. Again, this one needs practice.
It is absolutely true that a thick french inhale will help you feel the effects of the smoke in your sinuses. They are close to your brain and can deliver the sensation even faster than your lungs can. It is a pleasant experience.

Closed Mouth Inhale:
This could be one of the most satisfying types of inhales. It keeps the smoke denser than a mouth inhale so you feel more of the pleasant effects of smoking. This is not a showy technique like many others, it�s a technique for the smoker alone. All you need to do is put your cigarette between your lips and take a nice drag. Then, keeping your lips firmly closed, move the smoke to the back of your throat and inhale sharply through your nose. The smoke will pass your throat and fill your lungs. This technique is done best when followed by a second or third drag done in succession. After the second or third drag the delicious smoke seems to pour out of the filter. But watch out! The smoke starts to get hotter as you go on and the head rush is unbelievable. Don�t do this when you just started smoking, you might get dizzy and sick.

Some inhale clips:

Smoking lesson 2: The Drag

There are different kinds of drags, here are the most important ones:
The standard drag
It all starts with the drag. Place your cigarette in your mouth and try to drag for at least 3 seconds. This is what is called a good sized drag. It�s the beginning of a very good smoking experience. When your mouth is filled to capacity with smoke, the next step can be made .
Cheekhollowing drag
This is a nice variation of the standard drag. Do the same as if you were doing a normal drag, but make it more powerful. Your cheeks will cave in, nearly collapsing upon themselves. A very nice dragging experience.
Direct Inhale also known as Lung Pumping
If you have a plan to just totally ruin your lungs and literally burn them out in a few years, then this method is for you. Some people say that if you want to deliver the thickest possible smoke into your lungs (and therefore more tar, more nicotine) you need to eliminate the inhaling aspect all together. This method does work, but as I said, you can literally feel your lungs burning inside you and after a few cigarettes like this, breathing starts to become an issue.To do this method, you don't need to drag with your mouth at all. You just start breathing in like an inhale with your cigarette locked in your lips. You can drag and drag like this for over 10 seconds. The smoke gets hot as it flows from the filter through your mouth and directly into your lungs. There is no dilution of the smoke from an inhale either.
Nostril drag
This is absolutely one of the strangest smoking methods that I have ever heard of! Not only is this method impractical in public, even in private you might have problems with this one. If you want to get strange reactions from your friends, try this method.Place the cigarette (or filter if you smoke filter cigarettes) deep into an empty nostril, place a finger over the other one, and breathe in through your nose. The experience is similar to a direct inhale or lung pumping. The effects will be even much stronger in case you insert cigarettes in both nostrils.

Smoking lesson 1: The Light Up

The first thing you have to do when smoking, light up you're cigarette. Two choices: with a lighter or with matches. When the flame hits the cigarette, drag!

Types of cigarettes

What?
A cigarette (French "small cigar", from cigar + -ette) is a product consumed through smoking and manufactured out of cured and finely cut tobacco leaves and reconstituted tobacco, often combined with other additives,[1] then rolled or stuffed into a paper-wrapped cylinder (generally less than 120 mm in length and 10 mm in diameter). The cigarette is ignited at one end and allowed to smoulder for the purpose of inhalation of its smoke from the other (usually filtered) end, which is inserted in the mouth. They are sometimes smoked with a cigarette holder. The term cigarette, as commonly used, refers to a tobacco cigarette but can apply to similar devices containing other herbs, such as cannabis.
Brands?
You've got hundreds of cigarette brands, the most famous one: Marlboro. The producing is in the hands of the big four producers. A list of the different brands.
Sizes

Cigarettes you can get in different sizes. The most regular one is the 75mm. But you have 100mm (like the Marlboro 100's)

the 120mm (like the Virgina Slim 120's)

and you got the 164mm ones (very exceptional)

More information about the 120mm cigarettes and the 164mm cigarettes you find here!

Cork and White?

Cork cigarettes are cigarettes with a brown filter, white cigarettes are cigarettes with a non colored filter.

Also check the cigarettespedia!