Graduating from college is a fantastic personal achievement and an exciting milestone in this thing we call life. It’s also a great time to gather your close family and friends and celebrate your big achievement before moving into the next chapter of your life.

Finalize your graduation ceremony by lighting up a delightful stogie that will provide delicious flavor and aromas that you’ll forever associate with this special milestone.

Many people smoke cigars at graduation, symbolizing moving into adulthood as the next significant change in life. The right stogie marks the milestone, creating memories that will last forever.

Your graduation cigar represents celebration and good times and is a perfect way to mark the achievement of hard work throughout your studies with spectacular smoke.

Gather your close friends and family to celebrate this joyous occasion as you light up a tasty cigar specially selected from JR.

Smoking cigars at graduation is a tradition that dates back to the 19th century, when lighting up to mark educational achievement was shared among students at prestigious universities.

The tradition of smoking a cigar in celebration originated from Native American traditions. For many native tribes, smoking was a commemoration of life-changing events like marriage, birth, and death.

Many continue to participate in this cigar-smoking ceremony as a homage to the past and carry through traditions from earlier generations. After years of hard work and dedication, graduates deserve lighting up a cigar to celebrate receiving their hard-earned diploma.

A graduation cigar can make an excellent and affordable gift.

To help you choose the perfect graduation cigar, whether for a loved one or yourself we’ve picked the top 10 graduation cigars perfect for this celebratory milestone.

Country of Origin: Dominican Republic

Wrapper: Cameroon

Binder: Dominican Republic

Filler: Dominican Republic

Length: 4

Ring: 49

Strength: Mellow – Medium

Smoke Time: 47 minutes

This delightful stogie is suitable for any beginner starting a new journey. It’s mellow-medium-bodied smoke that offers a velvety smooth experience. The Arturo Fuente Hemingway carries an interesting flavor profile of sweet chocolate, cream, and mild pepper for the finish, making it an excellent choice to mark the milestone of graduation.

Country of Origin: Nicaragua

Wrapper: Nicaragua

Binder: Nicaragua

Filler: Nicaragua

Length: 6

Ring: 56

Strength: Medium – Full

Smoke Time: 45 minutes

Foundation El Gueguense is cloaked in a stunning reddish-brown Corojo wrapper that creates an exceptional burn and construction. It’s a perfectly balanced stogie delivers delicious wood, toffee, and cedar notes with a subtle hint of sweetness. These stunning features make this cigar an excellent option for a memorable occasion.

Country of Origin: Dominican Republic

Wrapper: Ecuador Connecticut

Binder: Indonesia

Filler: Nicaragua / Mexico

Length: 6.50

Ring: 50

Strength: Mellow – Medium

Smoke Time: 80 minutes

The Macanudo Inspirado White is a modern gem. Pick up this stick for your graduation and it will provide your palate with a delightfully mellow-medium bodied smoke. Kick back to light this excellent cigar and expect delicious notes of oak, earth, baking spice, sweet cream, and chocolate. With such a mesmerizing blend flavors, this cigar a great gift for someone graduating.

Country of Origin: Honduras

Wrapper: Ecuador Sumatra

Binder: Connecticut Broadleaf

Filler: Honduras

Length: 6

Ring: 54

Strength: Medium – Full

Smoke Time: 60 minutes

Celebrate your graduation in true JR style with the JR ultimate 50th Anniversary. This cigar was manufactured with celebration in mind. It’s cloaked in a dark and deliciously oily Ecuadorian Sumatra Oscuro wrapper. When puffing on this celebratory smoke, expect unforgettable notes of earth, espresso, chocolate, and black cherry.

Country of Origin: Nicaragua

Wrapper: Mexico

Binder: Nicaragua

Filler: Nicaragua

Length: 6

Ring: 52

Strength: Medium – Full

Smoke Time: 60 minutes

If you’re after a hearty celebratory smoke, look no further — the La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor delivers box-pressed beauties that make the perfect graduation smoke. When lighting up this scrumptious stogie, you can expect a rich, creamy, flavor-packed aroma with hints of spice, earth, and cocoa.

Country of Origin: Honduras

Wrapper: Nicaragua

Binder: Nicaragua

Filler: Honduras / Nicaragua

Length: 6

Ring: 54

Strength: Medium – Full

Smoke Time: 45 minutes

Romeo Y Julieta reserve offers a rich and hearty smoke manufactured from the finest hand-selected Honduran and Nicaraguan filler tobaccos. Light up this cigar and expect smooth and tasty notes of earth and spice. It’s a particularly fragrant cigar, delivering the perfect aromas for new beginnings or the end of a chapter.

Country of Origin: Honduras

Wrapper: Ecuador Connecticut

Binder: Honduras

Filler: Honduras / Nicaragua

Length: 7

Ring: 54

Strength: Medium

Smoke Time: 45 minutes

Gispert Churchill offers a mellow blend of Honduran and Nicaraguan long fillers carefully cloaked in a stunning Ecuador Connecticut wrapper. This golden treasure is the perfect symbol for a new shining chapter, boasting delicious notes of cocoa, leather, and cedar. Celebrating with this mellow cigar will leave your palate satisfied with every puff.

Country of Origin: Nicaragua

Wrapper: Ecuador Sumatra

Binder: Nicaragua

Filler: Nicaragua

Length: 6.50

Ring: 56

Strength: Medium – Full

Smoke Time: 40 minutes

JR Edicion Limitada Alternative cigars are presented in a stunning Ecuador Sumatra wrapper. When puffing on this stogie for your graduation, you can expect a medium-full bodied smoke loaded with delicious mouth-watering flavours that will forever be associated with this memorable occasion.

Country of Origin: Dominican Republic

Wrapper: Natural

Binder: Dominican Republic

Filler: Dominican Republic / Nicaragua

Length: 5.50

Ring: 44

Strength: Mellow

Smoke Time: 45 minutes

The Don Diego Corona is a mellow-bodied smoke with notes of coffee, cream, and cedarwood. The delightful aroma and incredible flavours are the perfect choice for celebrating the ending of education and kick starting your next adventure in life.

Country of Origin: Honduras

Wrapper: Connecticut Shade

Binder: Nicaragua

Filler: Dominican Republic / Nicaragua

Length: 6.50

Ring: 52

Strength: Mellow

Smoke time: 45 minutes

Celebrate graduation with The Rocky Patel Vintage 1999, an exceptional smoke with a delicious blend of aged Nicaraguan and Dominican long-leaf ligero. This flavorful stogie boasts an inviting, toasty, buttery taste, followed by some complex hints of earth, cedar, and spice.