Ashtrays for cigars

Filed in archive Information on December 31, 1969

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Looking to buy a gift for a cigar lover? If you know they love cigars but do not know what they prefer to smoke, instead of buying cigars you can consider an ashtray. Cigar smokers need a particular kind of ashtray and they are not all equal.

Do not buy an ashtray because you think it looks nice. While that may be OK for the cigarette smoker, the cigar smokers needs something functional. Cigars make a lot of ash so what you need to look for is an ashtray that is of a good size. Not too large to be gaudy, but large enough to take the ash of two cigars. Your cigar lover may not always smoke a cigar alone.

Look for something solid. Many cigar smokers smoke big cigars, both in width and length. An ash tray needs to be able to hold the weight and length of a big cigar. A glass or crystal ashtray will look nice and also be easy to clean.

Most towns have a specialized tobacco store that sells cigars and cigar paraphernalia. You should be able to find a good selection there.