Does cigar smoke repel mosquitoes?

[jjon90]

I have noticed fewer of the critters around when enjoying a stick outside lately.:scratchhe

 

[Alwayslit]

It helps

 

[Madvillain]

No idea about mosquitos but I do notice less flies and the ones that come by run off when i exhale

 

[KINGLISH]

It helps but not much for me. I'm fat and diabetic so they love me!! HAHA

 

[ciggy]

I don't think so unless your surrounded by a constant cloud of thick smoke. However I can tell you it works on certian people you don't want next to you!:thumbsup:

 

[Doctor Zhivago]

I was at my buddy's house and about 4 of us were smoking cigars out back. We sat under a light, where all the bugs gathered and our smoke just hung there. They all would start flying around in circles real real fast then drop dead, like they O.D.'ed on vitamin N

 

[Alwayslit]

update.....lit an RP, worked perfect.:stretchgr

 

[Doctor Zhivago]

update.....lit an RP, worked perfect.:stretchgr

sure that doesn't attract flies?

 

[InspektorGadget]

I've been telling my wife for years that it repels bugs which is why I gotta smoke when we are out for a walk or sitting around a campfire (or cleaning the garage, or mowing the lawn or etc...) :wink:

 

[lbowles2]

I'm normally a mosquito magnet... but I don't get near as many when smoking my stogies. Hmmmm... I wonder if that should tell us something about this little hobby of ours.... naaaaahhhhhhhh :halfgrinw

 

[DeeDubya]

My mosquitos don't start biting until I get some nicotine in my blood. I guess they literally do get a buzz. They like most Ashtons, Oliva V's and most Pepin blends. I think I might have killed a few one evening when I smoked a Perdomo Cuban Parejo Epicure.:crying:

 

[Clint]

Mosquitos, yes...Moths don't seem to care at all!
We'll play poker outside during the summer, and the moths still fly around in the smoke...Strange.

 

[Cigar Cowboy]

I have noticed fewer of the critters around when enjoying a stick outside lately.:scratchhe

If by mosquitoes, you mean fat old nagging women who ask you to put out your cigar in a wide open outdoor space like a park or beach?

I have found it does repel them but only when blown directly in her face.:ccool:

 

[jjon90]

If by mosquitoes, you mean fat old nagging women who ask you to put out your cigar in a wide open outdoor space like a park or beach?

I have found it does repel them but only when blown directly in her face.:ccool:

:rofl::hysterica:hysterica:hysterica:hysterica

 

[issues]

A funny thing I have noticed is that wasps seem to be attracted by cigar smoke; mosquitoes couldn't care less, they eat me up either way.

When I go into my backyard and don't have a stick lit they rarely come straight for me but when I have a stick lit they fly around my head like crazy...

It is a little un-nerving.

 

[WhiteLightning]

You know I thought it was working the other night. By the time I got home I realized that my legs were all bit up. I guess the smoke deters them from the upper body but not the lower body.

 

[srduggins]

A funny thing I have noticed is that wasps seem to be attracted by cigar smoke; mosquitoes couldn't care less, they eat me up either way.

When I go into my backyard and don't have a stick lit they rarely come straight for me but when I have a stick lit they fly around my head like crazy...

It is a little un-nerving.

I've noticed other insects actually seem attracted too, like bees, syrphid flies, even hummingbirds.

 

[ndimarco]

i am also in the attracts bugs crowd. It seems every time I go to smoke a stick and try and relax the cigar attracts Gnats, and mosquitoes. Now I just light up some tiki torches which adds to the ambiance anyway. Win/win.

 

[Cadwr]

I usually find that a cigar will keep bugs away, but tonight I was out smoking a Don Pepin Garcia Cuban Classic and the bugs seemed to love it.

 

[CaTeacher]

I wasn't getting bit on the golf course yesterday morning while others were, and I was the only one smoking a cigar at 6am. Just saying.