The answer: It's about virility and appearing high-class/cool. That's it. We see gangsters smoking them on TV, we see Hellboy puffing on one before he kills a monster. Pure status.
Secondly, as a smoker for seven years, I don't understand how people say they get a good "buzz" or become relaxed off cigars. As for me, with cigarettes, and every other real smoker, there is no buzz when we have a cigarette. That buzz that people refer to is your body becoming light-headed from lack of smoking in life. When you smoke a couple packs, that buzz leaves, and an itch grows. All nicotine does is give you an itch. Smoking relieves that itch. You know when you have a bad itch and you scratch that baby? Same feeling with a cig. No buzz, but relief. But cigars do not have nicotine, so I don't understand how they can be pleasurable. Unless you are smoking them to get light-headed and mistaking that for relaxation.
Lastly, others might say for the taste. "It's an acquired taste". Ok, I might let you off with that, but, and this is a big generalization, I highly doubt anyone on gamespots off-topic forum has truly acquired a taste for cigars.
Conclusion: It's for status. People who disagree are full of themselves or in denial....in my opinion.
Its an essential part of the ensemble.
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