best cigarettes

[max384]

I used to smoke Marlboro Lights. I quit 8 years ago. One of the best decisions I've ever made. I'm currently training for a marathon in October. No way I'd be doing that if I was still smoking.

 

[depper]

Working in the cardiology field, I say smoke'em if you got'em. Always welcome the business!

 

[passedpawn]

Oh my! Shame. Shame on you!

You don't like Dunhill?

 

[GluStick]

Just quit smoking Marlboro reds... Recently. Best decision I've made in a while. Back to strictly smoking a different legal substance here in alaska.

 

[treacheroustexan]

Just quit smoking Marlboro reds... Recently. Best decision I've made in a while. Back to strictly smoking a different legal substance here in alaska.

Right on. I feel so much better after giving up cigarettes. I still crave one every time I drink a lot though, but that's about the only time.

 

[BetterSense]

I have previously heard good things about the Dunhill but never seen them for sale.

I don't like the smell afterwards but cigarettes are amazing. Especially in the right moment.

 

[afro_lou]

Oof. I agree with " there are NO good cigarettes." But that's only cause I'm a quitter.

Back in the day; Lucky Stike Filters, Lucky straights, Camel Wides. In that order.


sigh

 

[Homercidal]

Only smoked as a teenager a few times. Never got hooked.

After that I smoked a couple of times on a whim because I was young and stupid.

However this weekend we are having a homebrew day at a guy's house and he's into cigars. I bought a fancy(ish) one to carry around as I hang out. He claims he doesn't inhale, but I might not even light it up. After my grandpa quit smoking he basically just carried his cigars around in his mouth kind of chewing on them.

I do enjoy the smell of pipe tobacco, though. I've thought about burning some of it as incense in the garage, just for the aroma.

 

[unionrdr]

Your reply reminds me of " Dandy" Dick Landy in the days when the class was " Pro Super Stock". He always had a cigar in his mouth for luck, but never lit up.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Dunhill. I loved them. I spent a lot of time in Europe and smoked these exclusively. (I haven't smoked anything legal in many years).

+1 on the Dunhill. In comparison to domestic brands, Dunhill was luxury.

I also smoked Gudang Garam or House of Sampoerna lights.

 

[drummerguy]

I started out with Marlboro Lights and moved on to Marlboro Blend No. 27 after that. I needed cigarettes at the bar one night and they only offered Camel Lights. That was all I smoked until I "quit" five years later. I would still pick them up when going to hang out and drink with some friends. I've been vaping for a little over a year now and haven't had a cigarette since I started.

Trying to get used to e-cigarettes. There just aren't any really good ones with the feel of the real thing. Here Pall Mall 100s are cheap.

Me too. I've tried a few different brands. Most of them don't do it for me. They sure beat smelling like smoke all the time though.

I tried multiple brands of e-cigarettes before I found one I actually liked. If you have not tried V2 Reds, I highly recommend them. I don't care for all of the flavored options. When I smoked, I enjoyed the taste of the cigarette, and that was the flavor I was looking for. They feel the most like smoking a cigarette to me.

 

[Tin4]

I am surprised we don't have a tobacco forum, did I miss it?

What are the best cigarettes that are commonly available? Is there really a difference among them, or is it all fashion? I haven't done much smoking in 10 years or so and back then I just bummed whatever I could get.

Huge differences. I'm not proud to say it but I've been a smoker for 20 years now. I'm in my early 30's.

It's like beer, you need to know what you're after. To me Beer,Cigarettes and Coffee fall into the same sort of grouping. I need them to live, but I enjoy them as much on a connoisseur level as a chemically addicted level.

Right now I'm smoking Bugler. That's a roll your own. I went back to unfiltered earlier in the year. I typically smoke Camel Wides, but when I get up to two packs a day I typically switch brands, or put them down for a couple of months. Yeah, I can do that. Don't know how or why but I can stop no problem. It's staying off them that's the issue.

This is my list, and I will include all variations as opposed to a single, like say a filter.

Nat Sherman Natural 101
Nat Sherman Natural Kings
American Spirit Natural Roll Your Own

There's a subtly to these blends. You need to smoke them for at least a few days if you've been smoking most commercial offerings. A large part of the flavor derived from a Camel or Marlboro is from the additives.


Player's Navy Cut (Unfiltered)
Bali Shag European (Roll your Own)

Aside from that Marlboro Blacks are good. I smoke Camel Wides on a regular basis (they are my go to).

Winston offers a complexity I feel most lack, but it takes a while to get to that point. Most don't like them at all.

If you're going cheap I prefer to stick with Pall Mall. It smokes quick.

An AVG smoke takes me >2 minutes. The Nat Shermans and Roll your owns take about 5. Normal people smoke them in 10.

 

[rmyurick]

"need them to live"--nah, you need air, food & water to live, and preferably some kind of exercise. Cigarettes are a slow, protracted form of suicide. And death by lung cancer is not pretty (nor is esophogeal cancer, oral cancer, colon cancer, heart attack, stroke, etc.)

 

[kh54s10]

I am glad I gave up smoking. I found that I had better things to spend my $$ on. That is when they raised the tax and made them too expensive for me. They went from $.35 to $.40 a pack.... Started in September of 1968 and quit in October of 1968. The last cigarette I smoked, in college, almost made me pass out.

 

[Owly055]

I was lucky........ Born in 1955, when smoking was taken for granted, I never took up smoking, and in fact can claim honestly to have NEVER smoked a single cigarette. Things have rapidly changed in recent years for the better. People no longer just assume that it's OK to smoke in your home or car, or get angry when you tell them they cannot, or sit next to you in a bar or cafe thoughtlessly as the smoke from their cigarette resting in an ashtray wafts directly into your face. I don't go home from the bar reeking of smoke, and have to wash it out of my clothes.

It's a disgusting habit and a tenacious addiction I have watched people struggle with all my life. A habit with absolutely no redeeming value. Making tobacco smoking a topic here is not appropriate. Alcoholism is a problem, but you can drink without becoming an alcoholic. Tobacco smokers virtually all are addicted at some level. Let's not promote or encourage smoking................ If we are going to have a tobacco discussion, how about one for discussing how to manufacture methamphetamine, LSD, and PCP?? Or how to grow opium poppies and refine them in to heroin?


H.W.

 

[Psylocide]

[snip] If we are going to have a tobacco discussion, how about one for discussing how to manufacture methamphetamine, LSD, and PCP?? Or how to grow opium poppies and refine them in to heroin?


H.W.

Just throwing darts at the dartboard here, but... probably because all of that is highly illegal.

 

[Owly055]

Just throwing darts at the dartboard here, but... probably because all of that is highly illegal.

But discussing it is NOT illegal......

 

[Psylocide]

But discussing it is NOT illegal......

Might as well be.

2. Discussions on distillation, or any other illegal activity (marijuana) are not permitted as per Texas Law.

 

[kh54s10]

I was lucky........ Born in 1955, when smoking was taken for granted, I never took up smoking, and in fact can claim honestly to have NEVER smoked a single cigarette. Things have rapidly changed in recent years for the better. People no longer just assume that it's OK to smoke in your home or car, or get angry when you tell them they cannot, or sit next to you in a bar or cafe thoughtlessly as the smoke from their cigarette resting in an ashtray wafts directly into your face. I don't go home from the bar reeking of smoke, and have to wash it out of my clothes.

It's a disgusting habit and a tenacious addiction I have watched people struggle with all my life. A habit with absolutely no redeeming value. Making tobacco smoking a topic here is not appropriate. Alcoholism is a problem, but you can drink without becoming an alcoholic. Tobacco smokers virtually all are addicted at some level. Let's not promote or encourage smoking................ If we are going to have a tobacco discussion, how about one for discussing how to manufacture methamphetamine, LSD, and PCP?? Or how to grow opium poppies and refine them in to heroin?


H.W.

I agree. I used to frequent bars in my younger days. I absolutely hated the smell, especially of my clothes and hair the next morning. Nothing made me happier than when cigarette smoking was banned in bars, restaurants etc.

 

[brewprint]

Dunhill. I loved them. I spent a lot of time in Europe and smoked these exclusively. (I haven't smoked anything legal in many years).

Now if I was going to smoke again this is definitely the brand I would seek out.

I haven't smoked in a long time. I used to like chewing much more. I guess once every few years I may hit or smoke a cigarette at a party or something.

Quit the wacky stuff well over 10 years ago.

Always seems to me the folks that still smoke are very inconsiderate. Not saying all. Some of the old timer that still smoke will light up around the dinner table when others are still eating. Must be oblivious.

 

[Dixon9717]

I tried lighting up a Camel once, but it wouldn't hold still long enough to get it going.

Maybe you was lighting it from the wrong end.

 

[hunter_le five]

I smoked mostly Camels because they were cheap, when I was a smoker. But preferred American Spirit, Lucky Strikes (when you could even find them), and Dunhill. Then I discovered RYO and got really into unfiltered Bugler a while before quitting entirely. I still miss the Bugler, but my lungs don't.

I'll still light up on the odd special occasion (I've only bought one pack so far this year), but I haven't smoked habitually in years. Even pipes and cigars are pretty rare for me anymore. Or dip. Haven't bought any of that in almost a year.

 

[hanuswalrus]

I used to dip during baseball games. Other then that, never saw a point

 

[Psylocide]

I used to dip during baseball games. Other then that, never saw a point

What was the point during the game?

Did it help your batting average?

I dip because it makes me feel all funny. Or, it did. Now I just have to.

****.

They got me again. Didn't they?

 

[1977Brewer]

I only smoke at work. Pall Mall Orange. I will not smoke around my wife, who quit after 15 years and didn't look back, or my kids. I've tried vaping and switching to a pipe, but I still prefer a cig.

 

[flars]

I used to dip during baseball games. Other then that, never saw a point

Is this far off topic??

 

[hanuswalrus]

What was the point during the game?

Did it help your batting average?

I dip because it makes me feel all funny. Or, it did. Now I just have to.

****.

They got me again. Didn't they?

The point during the game was that you could actually ingest some form of nicotine/tobacco without getting kicked off the field. No smoking aloud near the field. And no, didn't really help the batting average. It definitely gives you a good buzz though, if you're not dipping on a daily basis

 

[JonM]

What was the point during the game?



Did it help your batting average?



I dip because it makes me feel all funny. Or, it did. Now I just have to.



****.



They got me again. Didn't they?

I had to chuckle the other day when I was watching the pregame show and they got a dugout shot. Jonathan Lucroy had what appeared to be a gallon sized Ziploc bag of dip. Frankie Rodriguez makes me think there must be another gallon bag in the bullpen.
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[hanuswalrus]

Is this far off topic??

Hunter la5 had mentioned dipping, so I went ahead and chimed in on my experience with dipping. Sorry, I'm bored at work..

 

[relicdog]

Dunhill fine cut are da bomb!!! Kind of expensive though.