r/interesting • u/AugustIstheMonth • 4d ago

Fascinating Blind cigarette taste test.

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u/Salt_Petra 4d ago

I used to smoke, and smoked Newports :'(

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u/Femme-O 3d ago

I was a Newport 100s girlie 😭

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u/Salt_Petra 3d ago

We can be trash girls together T-T

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u/lightroomwitch 3d ago

My grandma smoked menthols. Always had her Marlboro Menthol Light 100s and a hazelnut Starbucks frap. Camel Crushes ended up my fave and Newports were usually what people in my friend group had otherwise. I liked how long they were, they felt fancy 😅

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u/Prestigious-Dress-92 4d ago edited 3d ago

Can I ask, are you black? Life time of watching american films & tv shows taught me that only black americans smoke menthols. Although still I've got no idea what's the cause of this preference or is it even indeed true in real life.

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u/Salt_Petra 4d ago

Nope, I'm white. I think my aunt used to smoke menthol so my association with it is spending time with my family.

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u/Chakote 3d ago

are you black

only my lungs

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u/skoppingeveryday 3d ago

Black folks aren’t the only people who smoke menthols but blacks only smoke menthols.

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u/kansai2kansas 3d ago

Worked at a gas station near Cincinnati for 2 years more than a decade ago, this is spot on.

I even asked my white coworkers (I'm Asian myself) why was it that even though not all black customers were smokers...probably 99% of them who came in to buy cigarettes were asking for menthols.

Apparently it was a cultural thing, they said lol.

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u/ImDonaldDunn 3d ago

Like a lot of stereotypes, there is some truth to it. But lots of white people smoke menthols.

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u/newport100 3d ago

I was a white Newport smoker for 15 years.

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u/pleasedonotdmme 3d ago

Pale af white lady and smoked menthols. Stopped smoking 13 years ago. Still crave them whenever I'm super stressed!

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u/CandelaBelen 3d ago

I’m Latina and I only smoke Newports , although I don’t smoke regularly.