I get asked this a lot by smokers who have been smoking for years and those new to smoking cigars.

The term herf started around 1996 in the cigar news groups that used to be popular at the beginning of the internet boom. The word can be a noun, adjective, verb, prefix, suffix, expletive or an adverb, there is no wrong way to use the term.

Most often it is used to describe a cigar outing with a group of friends. You may see a post on a forum announcing a herf, which would be several guys getting together to smoke cigars at a club, restaurant or smoke shop. I said guys, but girls we will herf with you to and girls herf all the time. Actually, I love to see a group of beautiful ladies herfing. There is nothing sexier than a girl at a herf.
See what I mean now? Herf is a cigar gathering, a smoking event or cigar tasting. So, if you have sat with a group of guys smoking, well then you have already experienced a herf.

The next time someone asks you in a chat room if you want to go to a herf, you don’t have to politely tell them your not into that. Because if you like to smoke cigars then more than likely your going to love to herf.