i like giving mine a little 'hug' before and roll them inbetween my fingers a bit to get the end nice and round again... slow and easy is the best way i've found

I got a question though too... the damn smoke that drifts in your eye when you take a hit... do ya'll have the same problem sometime?? It's not all the time but usually when it's just lit and going pretty strong when i take a hit i get some backdraft and it always goes right to my eye