If you print headers in several places (eg, depending on action to take), you might want to set up a couple of subs to keep your vars nice and local, eg:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use CGI;

my $q = CGI->new();

# create cookie
my $cookie1 = $q->cookie(-name=>'sessionID',
                         -value=>'xyzzy',
                         -expires=>'+1h',
                         -path=>'/');
# set cookie
set_cookie($cookie1);

# create another cookie
my $cookie2 = $q->cookie(-name=>'another_one',
                         -value=>'abbaaba',
                         -expires=>'+1h',
                         -path=>'/');
# set other cookie
set_cookie($cookie2);


# or, set both cookies at the same time
set_cookie($cookie1,$cookie2);


print  cookie_header(),
       $q->start_html,
       $q->p('hello'),
       $q->end_html;

exit(0);    

# this is the localized 'cookie jar' :)
{
    my @cookies = ();

    sub set_cookie {
        push @cookies, @_;
    }

    sub cookie_header {
        $q->header(-cookie=>[@cookies]);  
    }
}
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And if there's no cookies to be set, no problem as far as the script is concerned - so just replace $q->header with cookie_header() throughout and you can stop worrying.

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