If the proposed budget were to be approved, New York cigar smokers would be forced to pay 50 cents per cigar.

Serious cigar smokers wax poetic with the language of wine aficionados, referring to a cigar's flavor as "spicy" or "creamy" with hints of "honey, " "cocoa" and "cinnamon.

Secondhand smoke comes from both the smoke that smokers exhale (called mainstream smoke) and the smoke floating from the end of the cigarette, cigar, or pipe (called sidestream smoke).