What was/is your brand of cigarettes?

[Royalfan5 2353]

I haven't smoked on any sort of regular basis since 2005 or so, but when I did I generally smoked Parliament Menthols or Benson and Hedges. Now that smoking is becoming a lost art, I'm just randomly curious what was popular elsewhere is time and space. 

[High Plains Drifter 11026]

 

The only time I ever smoked was when I was drinking and around other drinkers who were also smoking, so I smoked whatever I could mooch off people at the bar.

Never smoked enough to actually buy a pack for myself.

 

Although I do sometimes smoke when I'm driving late at night. Just to stay awake and give myself something to do, so in those rare cases usually Indian Spirits.

[closetohumping 17433]

Marlboro lights.  Until I turned 12. Then it was camel lights and 27s

[Biff Tannen 45663]

Last smoke I had was January 6, 2021.  About 20 years after I started in earnest.  I can't imagine having one now.  I was mostly Camel Lights or Turkish Royals, but switched to American Spirits the last couple of years.  Blech, just awful now that I think about it.

I also dipped Copenhagen Longcut from 17 to about 25.  I actually would have preferred to dip over smoking, but the girlfriend/wife made me quit that right when we started dating.  

[stc 1460]

kool milds because we stole them from my friend's dad. camel turkish gold when i was buying my own. haven't smoked in 20 years. 

[tx ind 7006]

1 hour ago, closetohumping said:

Marlboro lights.  Until I turned 12. Then it was camel lights and 27s

[cmontexas 3270]

I quit about 8 months ago. Menthol 100s brand didnt particularly matter. The best was this cheap brand called Crowns that only lowbrow shops would carry for less than 5 bucks a pack that were just as good as Marlboro Black

Edited November 15, 2023 by cmontexas

[Rudiger 1160]

Gauloises were always the best, but only if you got them in Europe. Never got a good pack in the U.S.

[NorthLoop 14180]

Marlboro Lights in HS and early college. Switched to Camel Lights which later became Camel Blue I think. Quit in 2016.

Edited November 16, 2023 by NorthLoop

[burntorangebongos 10710]

I had a roommate that was a PIB that hung out at Les Amis all the time. I picked up smoking Djarum specials from her. They were unfiltered clove cigarettes back then, I think. I only did it every once in a while but it was tasty and I thought, very cool. 

Edited November 17, 2023 by burntorangebongos
Clove cigarettes, dammit!!!!

[South Austin 52443]

I’d kill for a Pall Mall and a cup of Folgers right now.

[High Plains Drifter 11026]

1 hour ago, South Austin said:

I’d kill for a Pall Mall and a cup of Folgers right now.

 

My step dad smoked Pall Malls. They were great for lighting fireworks.

 

[thunderlounge 7813]

Funny story: Back in the day of employment in Uncle Sam’s Canoe Club I had a buddy that smoked camel lights. You know, the ones the read “Fine Turkish Blend” and whatnot.

We pull into Turkey one time, he gets a couple cartons of smokes. What does the pack read? “Fine American Blend.”

 

 

[Da Fino 2772]

Turkish golds. Haven’t had one in probably 7-8 years. Ended up quitting on my honeymoon because the places we stayed at didn’t allow smoking. I need to pick that habit back up before it’s completely gone. 

[NorthLoop 14180]

I will say this is definitely a habit that you rarely see anymore. Anytime I even smell cig smoke I think "wow people still smoke?"

[Prepuce of Doom 21052]

I was in Phoenix recently and the number of cigarette smokers there was shocking compared to other cities. I guess it's more popular (and also likely harder to quit) when you can smoke outside year round. 

I have a now 15 year old pack of Marlboros from my very last carton in my freezer, saved just for emergencies.

I like to think that I'll pick the habit back up when I turn 80 or so. 

[UTPhil2006 3802]

10 hours ago, NorthLoop said:

I will say this is definitely a habit that you rarely see anymore. Anytime I even smell cig smoke I think "wow people still smoke?"

Yeah now everyone and their mother vapes 

[Butch Had Not 2969]

I never smoked but in the early 90's I collected camel cash and saved up for a corduroy hat. 

Yeah it was awesome. 

[RPM 26315]

Vantage for about 40 years until the government made them take out the chemicals that made them taste good, then Marlboro Red for another 5 until I quit. Vantage always had the best swag catalog. 

[GhostOfTomJoad 9323]

Never smoked but like almost everyone in the 60s and 70s the parents did. Dad smoked Old Gold and the birthing device preferred Benson & Hedges.

Old Gold had little green coupons in them that were a predecessor to Camel bucks. My dad had shoe boxes full of those little green cards. When he quit smoking (Feb 26, 1981) he gathered up the boxes & had me sort & count them all. I forget how many thousands he had, but he redeemed them for one of the early Toro electric weed eaters.

[usmc0331horn 953]

14 hours ago, Rudiger said:

Gauloises were always the best, but only if you got them in Europe. Never got a good pack in the U.S.

Started smoking again after 5 years without when I lived in Germany and mostly smoked these. Before, I smoked either marlboro mediums or lights.

[Hate 20106]

I smoked Marlboro Lights, but my favorites were Marlboro Reds. I’ve quit for 18 years now and don’t miss it at all.

[Rip76 4924]

19 hours ago, closetohumping said:

Marlboro lights.  Until I turned 12. Then it was camel lights and 27s

 

[ABSR 5308]

Lucky Lites ..... Bubblegum

[Guest]

Dumb question amnesty as I've never smoked: Different brands have different flavors?

How does that work? Is it where/how the tobacco is grown or is there some sort of flavor additive that varies from brand to brand?

[NorthLoop 14180]

Cigarettes have like 100 different chemicals in them, so probably doesn't take much adjustment to change the flavor. 

[Mo Horn 8822]

Another dumb amnesty question by a non smoker... why are lights so popular. Is it really hoping the bad effects from smoking will be less? I wouldn't think it makes any difference but what do I know. 

[Hate 20106]

It did make a huge difference. I could smoke a pack of lights a day and wake up feeling just “fine”. If I smoked a pack of reds?? I’d wake up feeling like my lungs had turned into oysters that needs to be coughed up.

[Prepuce of Doom 21052]

6 minutes ago, Hate said:

It did make a huge difference. I could smoke a pack of lights a day and wake up feeling just “fine”. If I smoked a pack of reds?? I’d wake up feeling like my lungs had turned into oysters that needs to be coughed up.

The funny thing is, the only difference (allegedly - I'm not Philip Morris...) is that the Lights have two very faint rings of perforations around the center of the filter. 

[Pokoloco 1279]

I never smoked, but I was the kid they sent to the store to buy smokes. I still know everyone's brand 40 years later:

Mom: Marlboro Red (hard pack only)

Dad: Pall Mall no filter

Grandma: True

Aunt Phyllis: Benson and Hedges

Uncle Tom and Aunt Gail: Winston

Uncle Ronald and Aunt Liz: Vantage

My sisters: Parliament

Uncle Robert: Camel no filter

Aunt Phil: Tareyton

 

[Pokoloco 1279]

I second hand smoked all of that shit. When I started dipping I think it came easy because I was already addicted to nicotine.  I quit about 20 years ago and still have dreams where I have a big fatty in my lip.  I miss it.

[Celery Man 20931]

I only smoked when I drank, but I was an alcoholic. Turkish Silver, sometime Parliament Lights. I quit around when I got sober 7 or so years ago and it's funny that I still kinda lean on sugarfree breath mints like someone who's trying not to smoke.

[Upgrayedd 5810]

[dcbc 14465]

24 minutes ago, Upgrayedd said:

Username checks out.

 

I used to smoke when I was out, the beer was flowing, and people around me were smoking.  Only pack I bought in my life was a pack of Marlboro Reds, which I proceeded to share with everyone around me at Liberty Lunch that night. 

 

My last cigarette was at this party in law school.  The guy hosting it was #1 in our class, law as a second career.  He had uniformed bartenders and bowls full of Dunhill cigarettes for whoever wanted them.  I don't remember much about that night, but I smoked more than my share of Dunhills.  I woke up the next morning feeling liked someone had kicked me in the side of the head and shit in my mouth.  I told myself that was the last cigarette, and more than 24 years later, I haven't had a compulsion to smoke another one . . . until reading this thread.  

Edited November 16, 2023 by dcbc

[Prepuce of Doom 21052]

1 hour ago, dcbc said:

 

Delete 

Edited November 16, 2023 by Prepuce of Doom
That joke sucked and I'm embarrassed to think it might have worked.

[Tex Long 4382]

Most of my smoking life - or at least the last 20 years' worth - Sherman's. I started with Pall Mall, mostly. Always thought filters were a bad idea. Last time I smoked a cigarette was around 1995. Had to quit so my mom would quit. Never had a problem with it.

Bought my first carton at the Gander AFB PX. I think it was like $1.20. I was 12. It was legal. Gander was actually RCAF, but USAF had a heavy presence. Cross-Atlantic MATS flights topped up fuel at Gander, made it to refuel in Ireland and then on to whatever European destination. DC-6, four prop engines.

[pearlandhorn 3269]

Dipped in high school, started smoking in college.  Marlboro smooth's.  Quit smoking when I started working out at age 30.  Haven't had a smoke in...5 years now?  I'm trying to quit the snuff though and I've cut down to half of what I was doing a month ago.  It's just too expensive now.

[Gladeite 375]

Mom smoked Salem Light 100s.   Dad smoked King Edward cigarillos.  Both died early from COPD.  Salems were good for lighting firecrackers.  

[Pokoloco 1279]

6 minutes ago, pearlandhorn said:

  I'm trying to quit the snuff though and I've cut down to half of what I was doing a month ago.  It's just too expensive now.

I got a box of nicotine gum and a bag of tootsie pops. I told myself when I go through both of these, I'll be done with copenhagen. Haven't had a dip in 22 years

[Prepuce of Doom 21052]

29 minutes ago, Pokoloco said:

I got a box of nicotine gum and a bag of tootsie pops. I told myself when I go through both of these, I'll be done with copenhagen. Haven't had a dip in 22 years

Tootsie Pops and Blow Pops were useful tools for me when I finally quit. 

[Superhero 8827]

I was a very occasional social smoker during / after college. I guess most of the people I was around smoke Marlboro lights, so that was what I had.

During high school, I liked walking behind this girl who smoked Marlboro reds. I’m not sure if it was the smoke, or because she had an amazing ass. Either way, it was stimulating. 

[Biff Tannen 45663]

6 hours ago, GhostOfTomJoad said:

Dad smoked Old Gold and the birthing device preferred Benson & Hedges.

[Biff Tannen 45663]

1 hour ago, pearlandhorn said:

Dipped in high school, started smoking in college.  Marlboro smooth's.  Quit smoking when I started working out at age 30.  Haven't had a smoke in...5 years now?  I'm trying to quit the snuff though and I've cut down to half of what I was doing a month ago.  It's just too expensive now.

You're 35?  Man, I had you pegged for like 60+.  Maybe I'm thinking of someone else.

[dcbc 14465]

2 hours ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

Delete 

Aw, man.  I missed it.

[dcbc 14465]

1 hour ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

Tootsie Pops and Blow Pops were useful tools for me when I finally quit. 

[Brothahorn 10087]

 

Bitches and Hoes

[YGIFS 19449]

I smoked Kool's one year between Thanksgiving and Christmas but I put them out on the wrong guy's floor and he did karate-man shit to me.  So I had to quit. 

My mother and father both smoked for damn year 50 years before he died and she quit.  Dad-Player's Navy Cut & Lucky Strike.  Mom-Winston & Marlboro Lights.  

I think I probably smoked the equivalent of maybe a half-carton over many years.  Dipped and chewed a little bit, along with a handful of cigars and pipe tobacco bags.  I just never really liked tobacco overall.  To this day, I still don't "get it."  I've been offered really high-end cigars and just politely declined like, "It would be completely wasted on me, I have no idea the difference."  I smoked a half of a cigar on election night 2020 and haven't touched tobacco since.  It's weird how you don't really remember the smell of it then you go to a place where smoking inside is still allowed, or even still-my mom's place in Chicago, and it all just comes rumbling back like a ton of bricks.  

People vaping never bothered me until awhile back, I was waiting for a shuttle bus.  And the guy behind me was puffing away, and hard.  Like he was trying to make the device ejaculate or something.  And it was one of those ridiculously over-scented cotton candy ones.  And of course, I just stank like it the rest of the night and even my wife was like, "Did you blow a circus clown or something."  Which admittedly, was a legit question based on past behavior.  

But these threads make me laugh when Austin passed that no smoking inside deal back in the early/mid-2000s.  I don't remember if it was LFZ or hornfans but everybody and their mom was convinced it was the end of our bar scene forever.  By banning smoking while people drink, it would be the death of our city as an entertainment hub.  And now?  I can't remember the last time I even saw somebody smoking outside a restaurant.  And I can't remember a week that goes by where some new bar isn't opening up somewhere near me.  If you still smoke, cool...more power to you.  I'm a smoker's baby...mom and dad literally put out a cigarette 5 minutes before I crowned.  And thanks for not whining about your freedoms.  It really was kinda annoying in hindsight.  You can't dry-clean lungs.  

[Longboard Horn 40290]

Marlboro reds

[WhatTheBuck 28773]

I smoked Marlboro Lights for years. I switched to Camel Lights after New Year’s Eve 1998 when I realized during an acid trip how much better they tasted. It was a revelation.

Some years after that they changed their formula and didn’t taste as good anymore. I don’t know if it was government-mandated changes to the chemicals they added or if there were other cost-cutting measures involved with the tobacco they were using but the change was dramatic. I swore I would quit. It still took a number of year after that until I kicked the habit for good. I smoked my last cigarette on Aug. 31, 2014.

I can smoke an occasional cigar and still enjoy the taste of tobacco from time to time. I know if I smoke just one cigarette that I’ll be back to smoking a pack a day within a week. Sometimes I have dreams where I find myself smoking a cigarette and freak out because I forgot I quit. 

[High Plains Drifter 11026]

 

I still remember my mom's voice like it was yesterday:

"HP, get up and change the channel. Also light me a cigarette."

I was lighting my parents cigarettes since I was old enough to use a lighter. Its amazing that I never really got hooked. As posted above, just a social smoker, and to stay awake on long drives. (works better than caffeine, imo).