Try to push a small amount of air out of your lower throat without taking a breath and without moving your lower jaw. Once you master this technique, the rings should come easier. Keep your lips steady as you’re pushing the small bit of air out of your mouth. This is the toughest part of blowing smoke rings. Make sure your tongue is far back in your mouth, you have enough smoke to form a ring, and enough breath to push the smoke out.
Try to push a small amount of air out of your lower throat without taking a breath and without moving your lower jaw. Once you master this technique, the rings should come easier. Keep your lips steady as you’re pushing the small bit of air out of your mouth. This is the toughest part of blowing smoke rings. Make sure your tongue is far back in your mouth, you have enough smoke to form a ring, and enough breath to push the smoke out.
At the same time, bring the lower jaw slightly but rapidly upward. Tuck your lips inward slightly, but rapidly. This will put a “back-spin” on the smoke, helping the ring stay tight. This should create a very beautiful, thick ring of smoke.
Try to keep the tip of your tongue placed behind your lower front teeth at the gum line at all time, and try to only push with the middle of your tongue. The hardest part to master about this technique is the jaw motion. You pretty much have to figure it out on your own. This technique takes the most practice, but once you master it you will be the master of shooting those O’s, and will be capable of shooting O’s that seem to continue to drift until disturbed.
The further in you curl your lips, the faster and farther your smoke ring will go. Don’t curl too much or too soon, however. Timing is everything. If you constrict the opening too soon, you may end up with smaller rings than you want.
Gather smoke in your mouth, but don’t inhale. Form your lips in a small “ooo” shape. Using your tongue and mouth to blow some smoke out slowly and steadily, flick or tap your cheek repeatedly. For each flick of the cheek, you’ll get a mini-ring! Do this in a steady stream of taps or space the taps out with breaks in between.
Curl your tongue back toward your throat while letting the tip rest on the bottom of the mouth, so that your tongue makes an upside-down “U” shape. Use the flat surface of the tongue to quickly push the smoke out of the mouth. Do this by dragging the tip of the tongue across the bottom of your mouth while keeping the upside down “U” intact. Rings produced this way are small and don’t last very long, but are very easy to make.
