Women Smoking Cigars

In the last couple of women smoking cigars has become more common. It used to be that only men smoked cigars but more and more women are breaking down gender stereotypes and finding they like to smoke a good cigar now and then. There are even clubs of cigar smoking women who have regular get togethers and parties where they smoke cigars and drink alcohol. Despite the growing popularity of women smoking cigars, a cigar smoking woman is still rare in some places and some women can get dirty looks or unhelpful attitudes when go the local cigar store which has been seen in the past as a male only territory. More and more men are beginning to appreciate the image of beautiful women smoking cigars and some cigar magazines now regularly put women cigar smokers on their covers. By doing this they appeal not only to their base male audience but also to women who enjoy smoking cigars and pipes.

Cigars And Women Who Smoke Them

There is no one type of woman who likes smoking a cigar. A woman who likes smoking cigars may be a corporate CEO, a lawyer, a doctor, a secretary, a nurse, a housewife, an insurance agent, or a woman in any other job. Women from all walks of life have found that they enjoy cigars. Women who smoke cigars are sometimes still seen as unfeminine but that stereotype is definitely changing. It used to be very unusual to see a women in a cigar store or sitting in a cigar bar smoking a cigar with the men. Women who did were commonly assumed to be lesbians which is of course a ridiculous generalization. Sexuality has nothing to do with whether or not a woman likes a cigar. Many men at first were threatened by women invading their smoke shop sanctuary but now many men welcome women into their cigar shop havens and like to sit and talk with a pretty woman while they smoke a cigar and maybe have a drink. Cigar store owners are glad to have the extra business. Like many areas in which women have not been big spenders in the past cigar shop owners are realizing that women have a lot of spending power and so far they have not been tapping into it. As women become more and more successful they enjoy spending money on status symbols as much as men and they can be expected to spend money on find cigars just like men.