Wow, with all those problems, it's amazing we ever find something to enjoy.
A lot of these problems are just attitude. A nagging wife can only bother you if you don't have your stereo headphones turned up high enough. Lame talkers are only a problem if you're too polite to tell them where to go. Work problems are only an issue if you value your job. I guess maybe it's a question of priorities.
I hate wrapper cracking, exploding (really?), and allowing air to dilute the draw on an otherwise good cigar.
Interesting about the onions and garlic, (and I love garlic), and these are the kind of things I was looking for, but now I'm tempted to try it just to see. I eat a lot of Myntz which are similar to Altoids but sugar-free. I don't really recall having one right before a cigar.
What's a DQ flame-thrower?