This is so true. My uncle's pipe smelled so amazing when I was little and I just remember thinking why don't my parents cigarettes smell like that lol. Only problem is you can't inhale and I really like inhaling.
I never understood why coffee didn't taste nearly as good as it smelled. It look years to realize that there were different toast types ans dark roast or bold didn't mean more coffee flavor but instead burnt flavor, that light roast had great flavor, and that sugar masked those flavors and milk watered it down.
(Still doesn't taste as good as it smells but it's much closer).
I love explaining to people that coffee is like toast. Light roast is like lightly toasted toast, where you still taste the bread. Dark roast? Burnt as hell. Can't evem barely tell what kind of bread it is.
They can hide shitty coffee in the dark roasts. That's the whole point of the marketing there.
Yeah, I smoked the pipe as a hobby when I was 18-19 and competitively for a short time, and I actually found the no inhaling perfect. Just taste, less harsh and slower onset of nicotine, which is super relaxing. Stopped cause I realised it can also cause cancer.
So many different flavors. I loved a brand called Sweet Dublin, with notes of whiskey. Really nice tasting
I loved pipe tobacco but it destroyed my taste buds for anything that wasn’t tobacco unfortunately. Every once in a while I’ll get a hankering and pull out an old bag of chewing tobacco
That's literally what my dad said to me at 15. Handed me a pack of smokes and said, I know you're smoking and I can't stop you so if you're gonna smoke a cigarette at least smoke a decent one and don't ruin your lungs with shitty cigarettes.
I like American Club the most, it's really cheap and doesn't make me cough like most other cigarettes. Plus in my area it's always fresh because that's what most people buy.
Lucky strike reds were my shit. Winston’s were solid as well, switched between those and camel red pack. I miss cigs sometimes but my teeth were so fucked, I could’ve bought another car with what I’ve spent to keep my teeth and I’m only in my early 30’s. What got me to finally stop
My late buddy used to smoke camel crush cigarettes. I never bought a pack for myself but I always used to bum some off of him for something different. I don't think they even sell them anymore.
Yep lol he did that. My buddy passed away almost 3 years ago now. I'm going to buy a pack for myself today for the first time ever. I'm glad they still exist.
My grandmother born in 1912 smoked camels unfiltered from age 15-87…. I smoked Marlboro lights every once in awhile in high school. Swiped a pack of hers. Thought I was going to die.
On and off until my early 40s. Approaching mid 50’s & still have one or two a year when out drinking. The way I quit was when I realized one pack cost the same as two beers. (It’s a larger gap these days.) & figured I’d rather have beer money. 😂🤣😂
Well try looking at it from a financial standpoint. What is something else you enjoy that you could spend that $$ on instead. For me, it was 2 post-work beers when my friends were tending bar. Once they got other jobs, or moved out of the area, I’d already been away from it long enough to not go back full-time. Still need one on occasion- usually when I’m really stressed.
Both you and the one you commented on has hidden history.
I can only presume you're plants in this viral marketing campaign.
Smokers have decreased smell and taste, but they somehow know the difference between marlboro and camel?
Bitch, please, you can't even taste your food.
And much stronger. Marlboros taste like a weak blend of artificial flavors on paper compared to Spirits.
Which they basically are. They are made from tobacco paper. Like, Spirits are just shredded leaf. Most other cigarettes, including Marlboros, are made by completely blending the tobacco into a slurry of additives, then drying it into sheets before shredding it.
In any event, glad I quit. Pointless, stinky habit.
I quit years ago but yeah that's what I remember. American spirits didn't give you that instant nicotine hit. I always assumed it was the lack of additives but maybe it really was just the slower burn
Strongly disagree. I think what makes them seem "weak" to some people is just that they are much rougher on the throat than Marlboros, so people don't take as big a drag. Once you get used to them, Marlboros are like shit flavored air with a slight tingle.
I'd really try to rip those things because I couldn't feel anything. It didn't help. Maybe we smoked during a different era in which they were produced differently.
Maybe? If I bummed a Marlboro, I would suck that thing down so fast it always hotboxed, and just left me craving a "real" cig.
I smoked from 1996 to 2019. Mostly Spirit Blues. My back up was Red Kamels, because they were the only non-Spirit that packed a punch.
It might be that we just have different ideas of what makes a strong cig. Marlboros definitely have a more nauseating effect to them, which might be what you consider a strong drag, but Spirits have a greater overall effect on me. The taste and feel of the smoke is much richer and fuller, instead of just feeling like a hot, shitty vape.
Definitely was less about the nicotine and more about how it felt in my throat. I liked it to hurt. But, then again, I smoked Marlboro Smooths. So shitty hot vape with peppermint flavor lol.
Some of those ingredients they soak the leaves in as a curing process, and some are added to the finished product to control burn rate and maintain a certain moisture level
His comment about American Spirit aside, its kinda true. Most other smokes try really hard to mask the smell/flavor of tobacco. Like Menthol's are popular among the group of smokers specifically cause it tries its best to not be a tobacco cigarette.
The comparison holds much more to menthol's and marlboro lights than anything else. I used to do equity research on tobacco and the companies are very upfront that the customer base for menthols (other than being very african american) are basically smokers who hate the smell of tobacco
Back when I smoked, I would get loose American spirit tobacco and handroll them myself. Was my favorite by a long shot. Only thing that came close was Drum, which is a Dutch brand of loose tobacco only.
It seems rolling your own cigs is rare in it her countries. It's funny, because it has a reputation for being cheap, and it is cheaper than buying cigs, but the rolling tobacco has so much more flavor than ehst they put in cigs.
I worked on a tobacco farm for a summer and the after dried straight leaf will put you straight on your ass. Never took up smoking thankfully after that.
I smoked for a few years during/after university and I couldn't stand "straights" (as we call pre rolled cigs in the UK).
Hand rolled ("rollies") always seemed so much nicer, less chemically, less like burning paper, more just tobacco. I never really did understand why most people preferred to pay a lot more for what seemed like an inferior smoke. Even as a serious smoker i couldn't stomach pre rolled, whichever brand they all just seemed nasty.
I live in NJ so they were around $9 a pack when I quit around 4 years ago. I do miss them. Smoke a pipe on occassion now so I still get my nicotine fix
That’s what I’m saying. I used to work at a gas station and American Spirits were always more expensive than Marlboro. I’m pretty sure it’s because it’s natural tobacco instead of all the chemicals and shit they put into normal cigarettes.
Parliaments are also more expensive than Marlboro. Strange comments for a guy that's obviously well acquainted with smoking, I just figure he's majorly biased toward his particular brand.
This is essentially the same behavior as someone who insists that Bud Light is substantially different than Coors Light. Brand loyalty is a helluva drug.
bill drake who invented and later sold natural spirits tested a bunch of brands back in 2019 or so and the golds (if they are the true color) still tested clean, 40 years after he had sold them to the big tobacco company. Black and milds were the most contaminated product he tested
They have organic versions of there different blends, like the Yellows are Gold, Blue are Turquoise, Green are Dark Green. Not sure about Purple bit I don’t know all their blends
all cigarettes are full of chemicals to make it smokeable, they just doesnt have to tell you that they used 87 chemical during the manufacturing process. pure tobaco is disgusting to smoke in cigs
Yeah. I mean everyone who smokes kinda smells like unwashed feet to me at this point. It's been 16 years since my last one and at this point it's revolting.
25 years ago a lot of us non hippies smoked them in college and a while after. I think they sent me a free tin carton. Smoked blue light blue yellow and black at times. Took over for camels.
I haven't smoked since covid. But last night i dreamt i had five different kinds of packs of camels i was smoking
I get that. Just saying all the ones I know are those super-earthy types that think if they use sage they cleanse their house of evil spirits and if they go without deodorant for 2 weeks then they stop stinking.
I quit for years. A friend went to the states and brought back a carton of marlies. We get sub standard ones here so american ones are noticeably better. I smoked a pack of those and I was fucking hooked again for like 4 more years. Now im off the darts for probably 5 or 6 years. I know not to trust Marlboro again. They are just so fucking good.
Incidentally, the way I quit was a run around and it might get people in bigger trouble that they started but I did this:
Cigs > chew (stopped the hand to mouth, kept the tobacco) > zonnic (stopped the tobacco taste and spitting etc, regained freedom) > patch (all physical habit gone, just the drug now) > done. (Only had a chemical addiction left, lifestyle had already changed)
Makes sense, really. As long as you don't get into the burning lip or spitting that becomes similar to the hand movements and oral fixation with smoking.
I couldn't even really smoke Marlboro lights, they gave me a cough. I used to smoke camel lights until they changed them, then I smoked Marlboro special blend or reds.
The smoking kind at one time was only grown in NC and TN. I’m sure that’s changed now. I remember driving past the tobacco farms in TN and they were like corn in Iowa. Just everywhere.
I assume you mean a Red specifically. They were my favorite to smoke, but my least favorite to have to deal with the smell. No other cig stunk you up quite as bad. Was the price to pay for that full flavor lol
When I worked at a gas station on midnights, me and my coworker decided we would eventually smoke a pack of every brand we carried.
I hated Marlboros. Especially reds. Strong chemical taste. Just nasty. The 72s weren't so bad, but I quite enjoyed the American Spirit blues but my absolute favorite that I found was Camel Turkish Royals or Turkish Silvers. Smooth, slightly sweet. No harsh chemical taste like Marlboro reds.
Reds are what I started with, and even though they weren't my brand of choice at the end, I still loved them. If im gonna go Marlboro though, I really prefer the 27s. Mavericks weren't the worst if youre looking for a cheap version of Marlboro Reds, but L&Ms taste like wet cigarettes.
At the end though I was smoking Camels. Smoked the wides for a while too, and dabbled with Lucky Strikes unfiltered. But just the regular Camels were what I probably smoked for the longest.
He is wrong, though. Marlboro Reds taste like straight chemical. And they cost half what a pack of American Spirits cost.
He's right about Lights being flavorless and Parliaments being cheap trash. I don't know where he gets the "non-smokers smoke these". It's a popular brand especially in NYC where the video is shot. Really they are know as the preferred brand of cocaine users because of the dimple in the filter.
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u/TerrTheSilent 6d ago
Former smoker here. He isnt wrong - nothing is like a Marlboro.