Have you noticed women smoking cigars? If you have not paid attention to the latest trend, you might be surprised when you are suddenly greeted by an onslaught of photos depicting cigar smoking women. As a matter of fact, the magazine Cigar Aficionado has been able to land a large number of celebrity pictures of women engaging in the cigar smoking. Woman to woman talks may have spawned the ugly rumors that in essence women cigar smokers are trying to encroach on the last bastion of masculinity. Some women – and also some men – spitefully consider the new habit of cigar smoking for the more refined gender to be little more than a land grab for power and a negation of the special place cigars have enjoyed in society. Yet when questioned a bit closer, there is very little truth to this rumor.

Instead, it has become know that beautiful women smoking cigars do so in part to socialize with their male counterparts who are also enjoying this kind of tobacco, but that they do so much more in favor of the flavor. Some women claim to see that a fine cigar is a lot like a gourmet meal or a heady wine and as such can be enjoyed on special occasions. Women smoking cigars and pipes readily acknowledge that this habit is far removed from cigarette smoking and that there is no quick high that is being chased or a nicotine addiction that is being satisfied by one of the smokes. Instead, women contend that they enjoy the habits associated with the cigar, the ritual of lighting it, selecting it, storing it, caring for it, and also displaying it.

Yet there are other reasons women are beginning a love affair with the fat smoke - cigars and women who smoke them are considered to be sexy, classy and elegant. Just take a look at the women photographed for Cigar Aficionado and you will find that they represent the elite of the good looking, successful woman. In that magazine, a woman smoking cigar products is considered to be at the height of her career and at the top of the coolness meter. Granted, this is just an impression – and not a very good one – but it is persuading more and more women to smoke cigars. So, the next time you see a woman smoking cigars, try not to look so shocked, even while you are trying to stay out of smelling range.