Smokers--what's your brand?

[jpgray]

I'm a social/moocher smoker, so I have none. Three or four per week or so, just because I like the taste and smell once in a great while. Of what I've mooched, Djarum cloves are probably my fave.

[MrCoffee]

1. Camel Lights

[JackBeck]

14. Cammel Lights, too.

I'm now down to only 5 a day. It's taken me some time to get that far. When I was bartending I was up to almost two packs a day. But it was hard to keep track when people mooch off of you, but nonetheless, I was paying for two packs a day. Now, I buy a pack every three days or so.

[XNASA]

28. Camel Light Wides

But I rarely smoke these days. I usually buy a pack around the Holidays, just to keep around. And that's it.

[Nite Owl]

2. Marlboro Reds

I'm going to stop


someday.


Maybe


Sort of.


Well at least cut back.

[mulsh]

3. Larks

I managed to quit smoking back in 1982 but recently found the last carton I purchased. I puirchased it a day before I quit and held onto it to remind me never to smoke again.
If I ever smoked again I'd go back to Larks. I don't know how I quit, one day I was smoking a pack & a half the following day I didn't smoke any and haven't smoked since, never had a nicotine fit. weird.

[skygazer]

4. Camel filters back when I smoked

I was out of step, of course. Everyone else smoked either Marlboro's or Winston's.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

5. Marlboro Menthol Lights.

[Ariana Celeste]

6. I smoked Basics before I quit.

Full flavor. I thought they tasted great for their price.

I can still taste them in my dreams, and sometimes when I'm awake, too. Mostly in my dreams. I smoke a LOT in my dreams.

[Bake]

7. Marlboro Menthol Ultra-Light 100s

Takes five damn minutes to say it at the convenience store counter. But Marlboro sends me coupons ...

Bake

[Deep13]

22. menthol ultra light, huh?

Guess they don't sell Luckies where you live.

[Omphaloskepsis]

8. I smoke Top..

#1 I'm cheap..
#2 It is a good way to meet girls.. Do you have a spare smoke?.. I can roll you one.. I can get 60 seconds of conversation in..

[Irreverend IX]

9. Political contributions by brand

(source: buyblue.org)


R. J. Reynolds (Camel, Winston, Salem, Cool, Lucky Strike, American Spirit, Pall Mall)

$101,600 to Democrats
$696,900 to Republicans

Related articles:

AFL-CIO Boycott of R.J. Reynolds spans 50 Years
Boycott initiated by Bakery, Confectionery & Tobacco Workers International Union (BC&T) against R.J. Reynolds' American-produced tobacco products in 1955. Reynolds's anti-union stance has persisted for over half a century. In 1948-49 it succeeded in decertifying the CIO union, which had organized the workforce through sit-down actions in 1943. Since then workers have repeatedly expressed their desire to organize but the company initiates vicious anti-union tactics whenever there is any union activity, most recently a 1996 "scare campaign" employing the full range of union-busting techniques intended to pre-empt a union organizing drive.



Philip Morris (Marlboro, Virginia Slims, Benson & Hedges, Chesterfield, West)

$255,415 to Democrats
$557,885 to Republicans

Related articles:

Cancer Patient Dies Soon After Winning Suit Against Big Tobacco
October 11, 2002, Miami, Fla. - The former Monessen man who made history in June when he was awarded $37.5 million in damages from the tobacco industry has died. John Lukacs, 77, never got a chance to enjoy the award he received from a Miami jury. He died Monday from complications from cancer. A jury concluded that Brown & Williamson, Philip Morris and the Liggett Group caused Lukacs' cancer and was not honest about the hazards of smoking.

Altria Ordered to Pay $10 Billion For Deceiving Customers
March 24, 2003 - Altria deceived customers by claiming that "light" cirarettes were less hazardous. Documents presented as evidence in lawsuits during the 1990s show the tobacco industry knew smokers using lower-nicotine brands compensated by covering ventilation holes and inhaling more deeply. That meant they were breathing more tar and nicotine than government tests estimated, according to the documents.

Philip Morris Agreement With EU Indicates Complicity in Cigarette Smuggling
July 9, 2004 - The European Union (EU) announced today that, in order to avoid a lawsuit over cigarette smuggling, Philip Morris International has agreed to implement a series of necessary anti-smuggling measures and pay up to $1.25 billion over the course of 12 years. For years, the tobacco companies have denied either that they had a role in cigarette smuggling or that they could do anything to prevent it. Philip Morris’ agreement with the EU casts serious doubt on both claims.



Lorillard Tobacco (Newport, Kent, Max, Old Gold, Satin, True)

$5,620 to Democrats
$66,630 to Republicans

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[Starbucks Anarchist]

12. GD is down the hall and to the left.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

24. I thought it was on the right. Anyway, it's certainly not HERE.

[PVnRT]

61. Come down...get off your fuckin' cross

We need the fuckin' space to nail the next fool martyr.

[American Jesus]

10. BC Bud

Nobody tell My Dad (even though He created the stuff)

[scarlet_owl]

11. I used to smoke Benson and Hedges.

When I quit, they were about $3.50 a pack. Now they are up to five bucks.

[brook]

16. and if the morality police

have their way, they'll be 8.76 a pack here come January. More than I make an hour. bastids.

[Deep13]

23. Cool.

Bought time their cost reflected their actual, um, cost.

[brook]

33. Wow.

Deep.

[Oeditpus Rex]

49. That means

you're paying $6.16 now.

[Jamastiene]

13. Pall *cough* Mall

Filters. I don't cough as much as I used to now that I use the filtered version.

[Redstone]

15. Parliaments. You can bite on the recessed filter and it doesn't get soggy.

Redstone

[New Earth]

39. that's my brand too

i like Newports (or any menthol) when I'm drinking though, just every once in a while.
but i daily smoke Parliament Lights, must be boxed, no 100's

[Redstone]

41. You can tell anybody who's ever smoked Parliaments, because they always

blow a puff of air into the filter before lighting up, to remove any stray particles of tobacco from that recessed filter...

Redstone

[Tyrone Slothrop]

59. Ain't no party like a P-funk party...

[Oeditpus Rex]

17. American Spirit

Original Blend — in the can, not the pack.

Funny this thread should pop up now. I just got off the phone with a guy at Santa Fe Tobacco Co., which makes American Spirit. I wanted to know how much the tax on a can of tobacco is gonna go up when Prop 86 passes in Kollyforniya. He told me it's only gonna be about another $3, which is great, since it'll go up $2.60 per pack for manufactured cigs.

[bicentennial_baby]

18. American Spirit- Regular/Light Blue

[wildhorses]

20. I wish TheSmoker would switch to American Spirit. He smokes

(I think) Malboro Lights. I wish POT was legal

[asthmaticeog]

19. Another American Spirit devotee here.

Blues.

[raptor_rider]

40. Yellow, Light American Spirits

here. We are lucky, we can order through the mail from a smoke shop off the reservation. Not tax and only $29 a carton. Life is good in New Mexico!

[smtpgirl]

21. sticks

Merit
Marlboro mediums

[Deep13]

25. Halitosis Filter Kings

Truth in advertising.

Morphine Drip Menthol

Myocardial Infarction 100s

Cancermakesyou Ultralight

[jpgray]

26. I'd rather this not turn into another smoking flamewar, if you don't mind

Thanks in advance.

[Deep13]

30. They say that ostrich is lower in fat,...

...but that you eat more of it.

[baldguy]

27. ..

[Oeditpus Rex]

35. Do you also crash birthday parties

to shit on the cake?

[asthmaticeog]

44. That's an actual brand.

I had a pack in San Fran back in '91. They tasted like their name.

[Catchawave]

29. Merit

[Deep13]

31. Where should we send your AARP card?

[Catchawave]

38. Is that not a hip brand ?

Pssst...I already have my AARP card

[Elidor]

32. Maui Wowie Lights

Kidding. Like I could even hope to score good weed. I smoke the cheap redneck weed. But I look forward to the day when I will go down to the convenience store and tell the clerk that I want a pack of Maui Wowie Lights, or perhaps some AK-47 in a can.

[Xipe Totec]

34. Dunhill or John Player Specials, back in the days

but it's been 25 years since my last smoke...

[Bassic]

36. Don't know if you've got 'em down there but,

Export'A Milds.

[Fuzz]

37. I make my own, my tobacco is D&R Windsail Platinum

[dajoki]

42. USA Gold

[maveric]

43. Marlboro Menthol Lights

"Light" my ass!

[Broken_Hero]

45. when I do smoke

Marb light 100's in a box...

[swag]

46. Olde English 800 cause that's my brand

Take it in a bottle, 40, quart, or can
Drink it like a madman yes I do
Fuck the police and a 502



Oops. Wrong thread.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

50. ...

[JVS]

51. fuck yeah!

[jane_pippin]

47. Lucky Strike Lights except I buy

Camel Lights because nobody around here seems to have Lucky Strike Lights in stock for more than a week so I gave up even trying. I guess that makes it Camel by default. It's just as well--Lucky Strike seems to burn too fast or be shorter or something anyway. But still--I like 'em.

[Spider Jerusalem]

48. I make my own with 100% Turkish tobacco called Ramback.

Also, I have the occasional box of American Spirit perique blend (black) or Dimitrino Botschafter cigarettes.

[fizzgig]

52. winstons

american spirit (yellow and ocassionally menthol) if i can afford it and kools if i want menthol but can't find/afford american spirit

[aaronbees]

53. Marlboro Milds

They're very nice; I'm not a menthol fan per se but they are indeed mildly so and just right ... before these it's been everything from Lucky Strikes and Camel Lights to American Spirits and Winstons.

[Heidi]

54. American Spirit injected into filtered Rizla or Brookfield tubes. (nt)

[Faux pas]

55. The cheapest generic ultra light 100's I can find on line. A-One

is the cigarette of the month, $11.70 a carton. It's the ritual, not the nicotine.

[landdaddy]

56. Camel Filters.............eom

[swimboy]

57. Used to be Camel Lights and Dunhill Reds for the holidays.

I never smoked very much but I'm taking a year off entirely right now.

[Lowell]

58. La Gloria Cubana Maduro

Mild, dark, hand rolled cigars made in the Dominican Republic. They're great!

[Phillycat]

60. Camel Ultra Lights

They're healthier! HA HA!

[One_Life_To_Give]

62. Six years, eleven months, three weeks, two days, 2 hours

Six years, eleven months, three weeks, two days, 2 hours, 18 minutes and 29 seconds. 76472 Newport cigarettes not smoked, saving $16,594.34. Life saved: 37 weeks, 6 days, 12 hours, 40 minutes.