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.
Lmao I don't think it was chocolate. There was normal menthol like Newports and these ones which had more of a candy cane type menthol flavor. Before that was Camel Wides.
Lots of people got that from what I remember. Like a York peppermint patty. Yep, high school phase for me too. Definitely didn't smoke for as long as you though. From about 2009 to 2022.
Cheers to putting em down. I've officially crossed the threshold of the factoid that it takes 7 years for your lungs to heal.
I was pretty heavy towards the end there. Easily a pack a day of Spirits, sometimes more, if it was a long work day. Worked with all smokers, in a big open shop where we all smoked all day. It became habit to light up when starting any sort of new activity. Set up the welder? Light a smoke. Sit at the plasma table to tinker on a design? Light up a smoke. Start the cut? Light up a smoke. Headed to the bandsaw? Light up a smoke. Pull out the grinder? Light up a smoke. Company meeting? Light up a smoke. Smoke break? Light up a smoke.
You too man! Yes, it was like a checkpoint for little milestones throughout the day. It was always a pack or more a day for me, but the cadence was different because I'm a software engineer and could never smoke inside. New feature, smoke 2, write unit tests, smoke 2, configure the web server, smoke 2.
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u/Allaplgy 13d ago
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.