<p>We have a new rule this year that graduates are not allowed to light up on the school grounds after the ceremony. I’d never even heard of a high school cigar-smoking “tradition”, but this will be the first ceremony we’ve attended in this area. Do any of your schools have this odd tradition?</p>
<p>I have a huge family and I’ve been to many graduations over the years…I have never once seen someone light a cigar after the ceremony.
Then again, most of the graduations I’ve attended have been in California…</p>
<p>I’d call this worse than odd. First I’ve heard of it.</p>
<p>Never heard of this and we’ve lived in this east coast metropolitan area for 20 years.</p>
<p>I live in Virginia, and I’ve never heard of this tradition either. </p>
<p>Even way back when I graduated from high school and there was a assigned smoking area for students, “The Smoke Hole”, there was no lighting up on school grounds after graduation.</p>
<p>I’ve never heard of it either. Good riddance to a bad tradition, I’d say.</p>
<p>I saw it done last year at a private school in the Southeast. They looked like dopes and poorly raised children. Obviously they should do it in private, but that defeats the purpose of the show they were putting on.</p>
<p>Many kids here celebrate with a cigar in a designated smoking area.</p>
<p>No such tradition at our California school. The school is plastered with no smoking ads–can’t imagine that a tradition of smoking cigars after graduation would fit into what the school is trying to accomplish.</p>
<p>Back in the 50s, people would give out cigars on the birth of a baby…</p>
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<p>You have “designated smoking areas” - for students??</p>
<p>There was a total smoking ban in our highschool. NO area anywhere on school grounds for smoking and that included teachers and staff people. So yeah some guys lit up cigars and even got their picture in the paper, like how great they were celebrating their graduation. Of course they were the big jocks going on to Harvard, Duke etc so they didn’t get in trouble or be told to stop. But that is they way it was at my school. If you were athletic and/or smart, you got away with all kinds of stuff that would have put someone else in detention. sigh…</p>
<p>I see young guys, the 17-19 year olds purchasing “flavored” cigars( think this is a thing now with those hookah bars) so it may be the new thing. </p>
<p>I wont even mention what “I thought” a hookah bar was till my friends son explained it to me.</p>
<p>I don’t think you’re allowed to smoke anywhere on our high school campus. Certainly no tradition of lighting up afterwards. Yuck!</p>
<p>Our small school HS graduation takes place in the auditorium – no smoking allowed there! Sparkly little confetti pieces are given to the grads, who then toss them in the air at the end, while they are still sitting on the stage. I much prefer this tradition to anything connected with cigars.</p>
<p>What is this? Vegas?</p>
<p>If you don’t smoke, lighting up with a cigar can be a pretty nauseous experience.</p>
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<p>S graduated HS in 06 at a off site graduation arena. Shocked to come out and see many, many boys with big ol’cigars puffing away. They looked…silly.</p>
<p>This IS a tradition at our H.S.! What’s the big deal?! The graduates have followed rule after rule all through school. Lighting up a cigar is their somewhat edgy celegbration! Its a big deal for them to get together and buy the smokes and ‘sneak’ in the contraband to the stadium! It’s an outside ceremony and every year the administration reminds them of the absolute ban on smoking on campus and every year they light up their stogies! Even the most successful and academic boys participate. Parents have become accustomed to the concept. For most, it’s the only time they ever smoke. Yes, it looks ridiculous, but don’t many things we did in high school seem ridiculous today!?! They love the photos–standing in caps and gowns with their stogies on fire! Harmless, if you ask me…</p>
<p>Never heard of that tradition, which sounds like a stupid one.</p>
<p>Ok so shoot me, but I don’t think its totally “wrong” either - traditions are traditions and sometimes our generation has grown so righteous that we can’t see the big picture sometimes. I’m sure it makes many of the kids sick but whatever. One school is our area had an old sailor “dude” as a mascot. In all the memorabilia around the school he had a pipe in his mouth (think Popeye) at some point the district went around and altered the paintings, memorabilia etc. to “remove” the pipe…how silly we can be. I “know” I’m probably in the minority, but gosh I hate to see everything become so sanitized.</p>
<p>I’m with rutgers and momof3…Lighten up! This ‘tradition’ will probably lose it’s appeal and another ‘tradition’ will take it’s place. Back in the dark ages, we took up a collection to help persuade the older brother of one of our classmates to streak during our commencement! He chickened out, but we were quite proud to have been so bold!~ </p>
<p>This kind of thing, along with senior pranks, always instills fond memories. We old folks should live and let live!!</p>