how_to_smoke_without_hands unhinged i learned this handy trick in youngstown where it got too damn windy to smoke with them since i refuse to wear gloves when i smoke because it makes flicking ash impossible. it helps when it is frigid because the intense cold freezes the cigarette to your lips because of the saliva you put there licking your lips in anticipation of the cigarette. loosely holding your cigarette with the outside skin to allow the skin rather than the muscle to hold the cigarette so you can keep the rest of your mouth open and ready to exhale the smoke is the key i think. the only problem with this method is ashing. you could either periodically pull your hands out of your pockets and the cigarette and the cigarette out of your mouth to ash, or if you don't mind it you can let the ash fall down your coat front. it is below zero here BEFORE the windchill. two days ago i was in florida where it was almost 80. that massive tempature difference only makes the cold that much more miserable. 060219 what's it to you? who go blather from