So, you can't finish your cigar....

[VictorLouis]

For whatever reason, something interrupts you. I'm not talking about it merely dying out while you're involved with the meat on the grill, or a restroom break. I mean, it'll b a while before you can return to it. What's your routine?

So far, I've been cutting off the live head(no snuffing), then blowing out the residual smoke in there. I try to seal it in something like a tin or ziplock, rather than just leaving it sit on the edge of the ashtray. Anyway, once you get back to it, it's never as tasty as it was before.

Anything you folks do differently?

[nate j]

I don't generally have this problem, as I won't start smoking a cigar unless I'm fairly confident I'll have the time to enjoy it from start to finish.

However, I think the most widely accepted procedure is to simply let it go out on its own on the side of the ashtray.  Immediately before relighting, tap off the ash and blow gently through the cigar for a couple of seconds to clear any stale smoke, then light as normal.  If it has been sitting for longer than a few hours at the absolute maximum, it is probably best to just write it off rather than relighting it.

[VictorLouis]

I think I'm going to try that next time. Hopefully it will smoke a bit smoother that way.

[dmanuel]

What Nate said, but for me if it's in the final third I usually won't even bother relighting it because I can never keep it cool enough on the relight.