As a fella who is very ritualistic in my cigar lighting.

I toast while rolling cigar between my fingers. Flame about an inch from touching foot. It will slowly turn grey, after a minute or so of this I will gently blow across the foot to see how much is lit. Then continue with more rolling. Sure it take about 2-4 minutes to get an even ember. But what's that when I'm going to smoke an hour and a half long cigar. I would imagine the end of your cigar is becoming engulfed in fire due to puffing on it with a flame on the foot. Try to light your cigar without sucking fire into it. Just a long toasting. I prefer soft flame, but a torch works too.

I've seen folks in past post that it's not that big a deal on how to light. But to me it is. I didn't pay for quality cigars to treat it like a cigarette. And again, if your about to partake in a smoke that will consume over an hour of time, why rush the first couple minutes?