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General Category => General Talk => Topic started by: Captain Mew on June 28, 2008, 11:22:31 pm
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I would've made this an actual poll but there are far too many variations on cigarettes for me to list.
Anyways... I'm a fan of Marlboro Reds, Camel Lights, Camel Turkish Silvers, and Djarum Blacks.
Too bad Blacks are illegal in Maryland. Those things are amazing.
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don't they also have like four times the tar or something. like they are way worse for your throat I thought.
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don't do drugs, don't do alkahall, don't do what what
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Blacks are amazing but they're so incredibly bad for you.
I am amazed they are illegal in Maryland though!
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i generally buy malboro reds because the lights taste like nothing. however, i think i am gonna stop smoking.
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(http://gamingw.net/pubaccess/48998/Al%20Capone%20cigarillos.jpeg)
Al Capones cigarillos
Non-filtered though, filtered ones suck
They taste like cognac, they got rum ones too but I think cognacs better. Sometimes I just lick the wrap on em' its so damn good.
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Oh man, the cognac ones are pretty delicious.
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Blacks are amazing but they're so incredibly bad for you.
I am amazed they are illegal in Maryland though!
They were legal up until last August or September, I think. I only knew of one store that sold them though. But then they stopped. Now I have to go about 30 miles into WV to buy them. Besides if they were legal in MD, they'd run about $7/pack. They're $5 a pack in WV, whereas at the same store Marlboros or Camels are $3.25 and the same cigarettes here are about $5.50-$6.00 depending on where you buy them.
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Cigarettes suck.
Now pipe tobacco, that's where it's at. I smoke Captain Black Regular which has a mellow taste and a scintillating aroma. When I smoke my hookah, I use Al Waha shisha which I import from a company in Jordan. It's expensive, but it's one of the best shisha in the world and the most pleasurable smoke you can get in the planet IMO.
When I'm in the mood for smoking something on the go then I usually pop in a swisher sweet (which are cheap and nasty) or al capone cognac.
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Thats right brother you listen to us seaman we know where its at when it comes to poisoning our bodies.
Also I got my bro a hookah for graduation and some apple flavored Shisha and that stuff is so damn good, it actually clears your congestion up its such clean smoke.
I want to buy a traditional tobacco pipe on of these days so I might try Captain Black. Is that the name of the tobacco you use? Because I bought some C.Blacks in japan out of a cigarette vending machine and they were cigarillos
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Captain Black is a distributor of tobacco (the shredded pipe tobacco is called Captain Black White or Captain Black Regular). For added taste, mix a tiny drop of honey with the tobacco. It takes a while to burn but you'll get a thick and sweet tasting smoke.
For a good hookah smoke, put ice in the water and it's actually really soothing... but it's still pretty bad for you. For the non hookah smokers, an average bowl equals about 3 cigarettes but you can smoke it for about an hour and since there's no fucking additives or chemicals it's nowhere near as addicting as commercials cigs. Recently I started making hookah bowls out of fruit and the taste is fantastic.
I used to smoke camel unfiltered but it started turning my fingers and teeth black so I quit. Before he died, my grandfather was a tobacco distributor and he told me what they put in cigarettes and it's pretty appalling. I roll my eyes whenever people tell me I'll get cancer from smoking but cigarettes are like 99% man made and full of shit that no man should ever put in their bodies.
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I might go buy a pipe in the next few days and try that captain black with honey because these cigarillos have given me like a constant cough since I started taking them up regularly again. So, I want to try winging myself off of them for a little while.
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Try the pipe without honey first because getting pipe tobacco to burn properly is like an ART. I still don't understand how those guys in the movies can just shove a match in the bowl and smoke away. I had to relight my first pipe 20 times in 5 minutes before I learned how to pack the darn thing.
I just did a google search on those Djarum Cloves and I had no idea they were so bad for you. It's only 60% tobacco but the cloves are some sort of anesthetic that numbs your mouth and leads to internal bleeding. I used to smoke those while in port in the middle east and I'm glad I didn't get addicted! A friend who smokes cloves recommended shit called Sampoerna Xtra. Apparently the guys who produce Blacks took over the company and stopped producing them so maybe there's some sort of tobacco market I have to find to buy these things.
EDIT: Turns out there's a brand called Zanzibar Xtra which is the same as Sampoerna's.
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I smoke nat shermans. Mostly the MCDs but sometimes just the regulars.
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newport 100s
also djarums are disgusting i swear to god you can taste the cancer and this is coming from someone who smokes newport 100s
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i hate smoking. after a while the joy of doing it goes away entirely and you just do it because withdrawal is the worst fucking thing. i pride myself on being a pretty clear-minded, rational guy, but withdrawal turns me into a blubbering mess of shit. i just continue smoking because i really don't have the guts to face a month long period of depression and irrational anxiety. i don't really think i'm far enough from the edge to do that. most people aren't.
i'm more or less satisfied with the choices i've made in my life, but picking up smoking is the one thing that i honestly REGRET
so yeah my favorite brand is NONE. basically whatever makes me cough up less shit.
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thats sad hundley
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When I smoked, I didn't have a preference at all. Whatever was buy 1 get 1, as long as it wasn't lights. Or Camel Menthols. I usually like these though: Turkish Royals, Malboro Mediums and Menthols and Milds.
Yo Hundley, you could try getting Nicotene lozenges. I tried the patch before, but it irritated the hell out of my skin. The gum I've been told to stay away from. But these Commit lozenges aren't at all half bad. You should try to see if you have a program that hands them out for free in your area. That's what I did.
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thats sad hundley
yeah :(
it's a pretty inevitable thing for people who get addicted to smoking. and unfortunately the one thing that nobody really stresses is how extraordinarily addictive nicotine is. a couple weeks of smoking and it can very easily become this snowball effect, particularly if you think you have some sort of control over your reaction to this stuff. the moment you start to really dig the sensation on any level, you're pretty much fucked unless you make some deliberate effort to stay away from them.
so yeah if any of you people think of yourselves as being NOT-ADDICTED but still smoke and DO NOT want to end up a blubbering mess that relies on smoking to get through every hour of your life, you may want to double-check the garbage you're putting into your system!
you just have my sympathies if you've already hopelessly addicted.
Yo Hundley, you could try getting Nicotene lozenges. I tried the patch before, but it irritated the hell out of my skin. The gum I've been told to stay away from. But these Commit lozenges aren't at all half bad. You should try to see if you have a program that hands them out for free in your area. That's what I did.
hey i just looked these up and they sound pretty neat. hadn't even heard of nicotine lozenges before. i may give these a try. did they work well for you? what brand did you use?
at this point i may bite the bullet and buy some of these myself if i can't find them anywhere for free.
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it hits me pretty bad when i try to give up.
at work, i tried to give up smoking on one of my shifts and everybody said i'd just turned into a complete asshole. i couldn't concentrate properly, couldn't think straight and i snapped at people for stupid reasons.
the next time i was on shift i was smoking again and it was like the complete opposite. everyone was applauding me for hard work and for being a nice guy, thinking ahead and solving problems easily.
it's why i'm reluctant to give up again until i have a lot of time off to get my head straight and wean myself off them.
as for the brand, anything does me except the really gross cheap shit that literally tastes like chemicals.
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oh obligatory cancer guy saying you should all quit, cancer REALLY FUCKING SUCKS etc.
just wanted to get that out of the way before someone like mkkmypet strolls in since it happens every fucking time with these topics.
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Hmm.
I never buy my own smokes and usually just have a few when I'm drunk but I tend to enjoy Lucky Strike cigarettes.
So yeah, I'm not paying for cancer.
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Malboro reds. Trying to quit though.
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None. I don't smoke, have never smoked, don't plan to. I put an unlit cigarette in my mouth already and I coughed so... yeah, didn't need to go further than that.
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(http://gamingw.net/pubaccess/30225/marlboro-red-pack-closed.jpg)
yeah I started smoking pretty regularly when I was working at panera, but at my new job since I dont have to clock out to take a smoke break I just go whenever I've got a minute and I'd say I'm fairly addicted to them now. I'm hoping that as soon as I quit my job to go to school I will stop smoking. When I was in between jobs this winter I didn't smoke a single cigarette, but I am far more into the habit now and I will be at college and have a lot more freedom so quitting may be kind of a bitch
actually I'm really not looking forward to that
oh also in my graduating class the dude like... 2 names before me was seriously named Phillip Morris. I love smoking his cigarettes.
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oh obligatory cancer guy saying you should all quit, cancer REALLY FUCKING SUCKS etc.
just wanted to get that out of the way before someone like mkkmypet strolls in since it happens every fucking time with these topics.
yeah fuck dem people that post in topics, bringing in their own opinions
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if you guys were cool like me you would all smoke rollies because rollies are the coolest. i usually smoke bugler exclusively but if i go to a store that doesnt have it (these exist :( ) then i will get top even though it is shittier and more expensive. people always ask why i smoke rollies and i used to just tell them it was way cheaper (it is - $1.50 - $2.50 for like 30 cigs) but ive been smoking them for so long that filtered cigarettes are just funky to me now. its to the point where if someone offers me a filtered cig i will bite out the filter while leaving the paper which i guess is kinda weird.
i also like to impress people with my rolling skills which are pretty fly. sometimes i can pull off a cigarette that looks just like a lucky strike.
i had smoked occasionally before actually picking it up, but i mostly started at the same time i started really drinking because smoking a cig would get rid of that horrible liquor feeling in my jaw. when i started smoking it was camel wides but i switched to bugler because i didn't want to spend that much money. i used to smoke almost an entire pouch of bugler a day but now i'm down to two or three daily. i was smoking way too much and this was like 6 or 7 months ago because i would just chill with my homies and we would be getting faded and chain smoking the whole time. now i mostly just smoke at work and i like to think that if it wasnt for my job being such hard work/stressful that i wouldnt smoke but i probably would.
also yo marcus i have a pipe too! i usually smoke american spirit pow wow in my pipe but thats only because im too lazy to figure out what is actually goot (pow wow is shit) also i have never had a problem keeping the bowl lit? maybe the pow wow is stupid like that and it is just always on fire or something
i am also a big fan of black and mild/swisher sweet
can we get some blunt love in this topic
B&M REPRESENT
EDIT:
i like smoking and i really like the social aspect of it but beyond hanging out with other people who smoke i think it really isnt worth it. there are just too many people who for good reason dont like smokers which is why i am cutting back
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***THIS IS AWESOME DO THIS AT A PARTY FOR MADD DAPP***
- get a piece of paper
- get a cigarette
- get a lighter - bic style
- collect a tiny pile of flint
- grind the wheel of the lighter a few times back and forth WITHOUT lighting it
- tap the lighter onto the paper to shake out the flint
- do this a few times until you have a good amount
- when you have your pile spread it out just a little bit on the paper
- get your cigarette a LITTLE moist then roll it in the flint
- let it dry
now you have a magic cigarette
it will light up like a little fourth of july sparkler as you smoke it which is very entertaining for the people you're smoking with
i always tell people that i am just very very very good at rolling cigs
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B&M REPRESENT
bullshit Black and Milds are horrible and Swisher Sweets are Al Capones gay little cousin
And I'm gonna try that trick as soon as I get a lighter thats worth a shit
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gay cigarettes
100s
number 9s
anything nat sherman
two for three itt
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Usually just Benson & Hedges, but I prefer Rolled cigarettes AKA Port Royal, nice as taste and feel to those. I would usually only smoke around 3-4 a day though and with the Port Royal about 5-6.
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yeah fuck dem people that post in topics, bringing in their own opinions
except it's off topic, happens every fucking time (see also: topics about drinking, although to a much lesser extent), and everyone knows cigarettes are awful for you at this point so yeah fuck them.
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it's not like some random guy on the internet saying NOOO SMOKINGS BACK FOR YOU!!! when it's been hammered into pretty much everyone's head since grade school is going to do anything anyway.
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Usually just Benson & Hedges, but I prefer Rolled cigarettes AKA Port Royal, nice as taste and feel to those. I would usually only smoke around 3-4 a day though and with the Port Royal about 5-6.
Honestly, I don't know how anyone can stand Benson and Hedges... I get sick off of them. I honestly prefer pot over those, and that's saying something.
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hey hey hey i HIgHLY idsagree with what you are trying to imply there
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***THIS IS AWESOME DO THIS AT A PARTY FOR MADD DAPP***
- get a piece of paper
- get a cigarette
- get a lighter - bic style
- collect a tiny pile of flint
- grind the wheel of the lighter a few times back and forth WITHOUT lighting it
- tap the lighter onto the paper to shake out the flint
- do this a few times until you have a good amount
- when you have your pile spread it out just a little bit on the paper
- get your cigarette a LITTLE moist then roll it in the flint
- let it dry
now you have a magic cigarette
it will light up like a little fourth of july sparkler as you smoke it which is very entertaining for the people you're smoking with
i always tell people that i am just very very very good at rolling cigs
Haha, I've done that one before, it didn't work great but it was noticeable. I wouldn't mind learning it as a party trick but I'm always worried I'll roll one and then go "HEY GUYS CHECK THIS SHIT" before a few piddling sparks come flying out.
Basically I'm trying to quit cigarettes. I'm a bit like Hundley although I still do enjoy them, they're just costing me way too much and the whole death thing doesn't seem too pleasant. I'm actually surprised there's quite a few smokers on here (although I shouldn't be considering how big the drug topic was). But yeah I've tried to quit once before and I went two weeks without one before I went to a party and basically went "aw fuck it" and that was that. I've cut back to 10 a day now which probably doesn't sound great but I was smoking 15-18 a month or so ago, so hopefully I'll get there eventually.
I've been smoking for about three years, I started off smoking Benson and Hedges Smooth, then Dunhill Blues, then Malboro Golds. I've kinda 'moved up' a bit in taste and I can't stand B&H or Dunhills anymore but I really don't stress about too many other brands. Davidoff Classics are definitely my favourite and they're the best in the world in my eyes as far as normal cigarettes go, they're nice and long, rich and have a really good 'hit' to them when you smoke them, it's a nice feeling in the back of your throat. They're a bit expensive (about the same for a 20 pack as your average mid-range 25 pack)
I've been quite into charcoal filtered cigarettes recently also, I mostly smoke Winfield Charcoals which is generally a poor brand (they're kinda like the Malboros of Australia but worse) but they're actually very nice. I smoked Pall Malls for a little while recently but got sick of them fairly fast.
As far as premium cigarettes go Davidoff Virginia is definitely the top pick for me, but they're like 16-20 dollars for a 20 pack so I only get them when I'm feeling crazy rich. I haven't tried a lot of other ones but when I get paid I was planning on going to the tobacconist and trying some Djarums. A lot of my friends and my dad smoke rollies and I'm quite a fan of them too, they seem to last longer and have a pretty good flavour. I'm just awful at rolling.
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16-20 bucks for a pack of smokes holy shit
I thought paying 6.25 for a pack of djarum blacks was ridiculous
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I usually smoke Marlboro 27's. I used to really like Camels until they went to shit. I'll also smoke American Spirits from time to time but it always feels like I ran sand paper through my esophagus after I smoke them. All my friends smoke Marlboro Red's but I think they taste pretty terrible. I don't really want to quit but I'd like to smoke less.
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I usually smoke Marlboro 27's. I used to really like Camels until they went to shit. I'll also smoke American Spirits from time to time but it always feels like I ran sand paper through my esophagus after I smoke them. All my friends smoke Marlboro Red's but I think they taste pretty terrible. I don't really want to quit but I'd like to smoke less.
yeah I really like the flavor of American Spirits but I hate the way they make my throat feel so I rarely if ever buy them for myself.
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Usually Accord, Canadian Classics, Players, Belmonts and Du Maurier. ok scratch that mostly accord and canadian classics because of price. Djarum blacks are nasty and they left this weird taste that didnt go away for weeks. even when i smoked regular cigarettes I could still taste that old musky taste of black peppers.
nowadays I mostly smoke native reserve cigarettes that come in ziplock bags and are even cheaper than the cheapest over the counter pack of cigarettes from your local convenience store. I like marlboros but here in toronto its almost impossible to find retailers selling them. We have these shitty "canadian marlboros" that go under the name of Rooftops. They have a distinct marley taste but nothing beats the original. My friends coming back in a week from colombia and he has promised me real marlboros :D
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iam having nicotine withdrawal and reading this thread reminds me of my withdrawal.
have a big fuck you all of you
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16-20 bucks for a pack of smokes holy shit
I thought paying 6.25 for a pack of djarum blacks was ridiculous
Australian smokes are insanely taxed and overpriced. Virginia's actually cost $25 a packet here but I was trying to round it out to American money.
Considering one of our dollars buys 98 US cents and I pay $11.50 for a twenty pack of Davidoff Classics it's really shit financially to smoke here (but yet I still do it :( )
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holy shit captain mew i remember you :(
i would feel bad if you've been back a long time and i didn't notice because i never come here
but i don't smoke to make this post relevant.
my friends all smoke malboro reds or whatever, though!
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Heh. I don't smoke nothing fancy, just Marlboro golds or Lucky Strikes Silvers and
a good cigar at special occasions.
I used to smoke Gauloises and Davidoff, and from time to time Chesterfield.
I have outgrown them it seems.
It really doesn't matter that much anymore though, seen how we have been cursed
with a smoking ban now (Starting two days ago) and the only thing that has ever stopped
me from quitting was drinking when I went out. (as beer and cigarettes belong together, and
I don't smoke at home)
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it hits me pretty bad when i try to give up.
at work, i tried to give up smoking on one of my shifts and everybody said i'd just turned into a complete asshole. i couldn't concentrate properly, couldn't think straight and i snapped at people for stupid reasons.
the next time i was on shift i was smoking again and it was like the complete opposite. everyone was applauding me for hard work and for being a nice guy, thinking ahead and solving problems easily.
it's why i'm reluctant to give up again until i have a lot of time off to get my head straight and wean myself off them.
as for the brand, anything does me except the really gross cheap shit that literally tastes like chemicals.
I told you not to start!! although i did give you cigarettes... my bad :(
basically, to put it blunt, all form of straight cigarettes are BAD! (this means all pre-made ones)
rolling tobacco is the way forward! + goes better with grass too.
Cutters choice, done deal, golden viginia is rank, as drum, drum gold, old holburn etc etc. Die by Cutters.
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I've never seen cutters choice, golden virginia is pretty much the best tobacco you can get here. I've basically switched to smoking that now since my usual marlboro reds are about £6 a pack and last me just over a day, where 12.5g of tobacco for £3 lasts me almost a week.
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Don't smoke (well other stuff i do hehehe) but the other day my friend gave me a appletini flavored cigarillo to try and it was amazing, the filter was like sugar coated and it tasted like smoking a granny smith apple! it was awesome!
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id like to make a correction:
i've seen AND tried cutter's choice and its the cheapest vilest tobacco i've ever had! it tastes like ash, horrible stuff.
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id like to make a correction:
i've seen AND tried cutter's choice and its the cheapest vilest tobacco i've ever had! it tastes like ash, horrible stuff.
really? i don't smoke roll-ups generally (scottish influence i guess) and when i do, cutter's choice has always been the best i found. but i guess DIFFERENT TASTES and that.
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I tend to alternate between Marlboro and Marlboro Lights... if I'm hurtin' for money I like to buy the buy one get one free specials on Marlboro Mediums if my local store has them.
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I always smoke Pall Mall Reds. When they are out I go for Kent Blue (future) or Malboro Wides. But well, I try to quit smoking, so I guess it doesn't matter anymore after september. Still I like a good smoke on a stressed morning.
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ooh! ooh! a thread for smokers!
NOBODY i know smokes anymore, but i'm still on a pack and a half a day. go figure.
camel lights for me. i'm not particularly exciting. but really, i'll smoke anything but frickin' basics. during my freshman year of college, when i was broke and living on ramen noodles, i bought those for a while. they did a number on my throat and gave me the worst smoker's cough of my life.
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I haven't had a cigarette in two or three days, and before that it had been another two or three days since I had one. At least being broke is good for one thing.
Granted, as soon as I get off my lazy ass and hang out with friends I'll be smoking again but at least for now I'm doing ok I guess.
Also I can't remember if I said this already, but Cloves are the worst, seriously.
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I just bought a 80$ "Butz Choquin" pipe and I'm wondering if its real, because thats alot of money
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Usually I can't stand anything without menthol but I'm really liking Camel Turkish Golds.
Also I can't remember if I said this already, but Cloves are the worst, seriously.
I absolutely despise cloves when I'm sober but for some reason if I'm drunk or high they are amazing.
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this is like 3 or 4 weeks for me without a cigarette! I feel pretty good however I do snack more.
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fatty
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Malboro can cause poison, sleep, blind, confusion, paralysis, and silence... and give Bad Breath.
That's why I stay away...
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jeez guys smoking is bad for you omg why do you smoke.....
I get Canadian Classics, 80 ml can. It's cheap as shit, but is decent enough for my tastes. Although the bottom of the can tastes like I'm smoking solder. Anything for that fix amirite folks
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some girl left a pack of nat shermans at my house
I had never had them before but I find them to be pretty good. I like how theres absolutely no trace of any sort of chemical taste, its like the way pipe tobacco smokes but its a cigarette. I probably would never buy them cause they're real expensive apparently but yeah I'll take a free pack of em any day
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Granted, as soon as I get off my lazy ass and hang out with friends I'll be smoking again but at least for now I'm doing ok I guess.
Socialising is the worst possible thing if you're trying to give up smoking.
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so true :(
luckily im working out of the office on-site and nobody there smokes. at my regular office i always go out on the smoke breaks even when I'm trying to quit, and that gets tough.
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if you guys were cool like me you would all smoke rollies because rollies are the coolest.
This.
I buy cans of american spirit. So I spend say... $20 on cigs every month and a half.
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How do you smokers decide "best cigarette"? Does it have like a flavour or something? X_X
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How do you smokers decide "best cigarette"? Does it have like a flavour or something? X_X
Uh yeah dude. They also vary in strength.
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It's kinda funny how people just think CIGARETTES ARE POISON RARRR. They're horrible for you but they do have flavour/taste and some are definitely better than others.
I'm trying to quit at the moment. I'm going alright at times and not so alright at others. I think I'll eventually get there.
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I think I've finally managed to quit. I've even been hanging out with my friends that smoke again recently and haven't had any urge to join them now too, which is what kept me from quitting the first couple times.
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Uh yeah dude. They also vary in strength.
yeah theres nothing better than the first cigarette from a new pack of reds... however it seems like 75% of the people I know that are smokers find them to be too strong or too harsh for their tastes. I tried rolling joints for some friends with the tobacco from a marlboro (which is excellent btw if you like reds) and they all got pissed and I was just like man you guys are a bunch of fucking girls.
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Reds were pretty much the only thing I smoked before I quit. It's really fucking annoying when all of my friends prefer lights or menthols.
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eww lights and menthols suck.
Everyone says american spirit is too strong but I like it.
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How do you smokers decide "best cigarette"? Does it have like a flavour or something? X_X
I know it sounds really odd to hear but tobacco varies in flavor, aroma, and strength. A first time or secondhand smoker can't really tell but smoke for a while and you can tell the distinct differences between tobacco instantly.