Count me in the camp with dbussone.
In my humble opinion and life experience, an infinitesimally small percentage of teenagers truly enjoy smoking cigars. It is a much stronger and harsher flavor than cigarettes, and the smoke itself is more difficult to inhale without choking and coughing for the uninitiated. Therefore, my "common sense" tells me that those boys were merely engaging in a time-honored celebratory "ritual" among men of sharing a cigar to note a special event.
My common sense tells me there is a distinction between "smoking" (as in acquiring an unhealthy addiction - which the school rule is attempting to prevent) and sharing a rare couple of puffs on a cigar with your mates to celebrate a special event. (I highly doubt any even inhaled less they be ridiculed for coughing!)
Common sense would give these boys a pass in my book.
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