Cigarette-brands (if you happen to still smoke): what you having?

[Redway]

Is smoking the kind of thing you have to do with refined style (Silk Cut) or will Benson and Hedges do you?

[Petershaw1984]

Benson and hedges gold.

An elite ciggie

[Redway]

I forgot to include Silk Cut in the poll but yeah. I did used to smoke a bit of that back when I actually smoked tobacco regularly.

[Crimson Dynamo]

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these were the fags of choice as a kid

[Redway]

Benson and hedges gold.

An elite ciggie

B. & H. is very high-tar but it’s okay. So long as you’re capable of smoking in moderation, which is what you want if you want to relatively preserve your health and lung capacity anyway. The problem is most people get hooked (with nicotine being more addictive than heroin).

[bots]

when i was a smoker, i started on embassy gold that were 20p for 20 :laugh:

I moved on to lambert and butler, Marlboro and Winston, with the occasional gitanes, and finished with silk cut

[Swan]

I've cut right down, but i have around 5 Amber Leaf roll ups a day. I really can't stand manufactured fags. Just 1 gives me a headache.

I put lettuce in my baccy pouch to keep it moist. A 50g pouch lasts me 3 weeks or so.

[Swan]

Mayfair and Sovereign were what we had as kids, and to skin up.

[Cherie]

I used to smoke Silk Cut and Carrolls (Irish brand) back in the day

Not smoked for years, and it makes me feel ill to think of inhaling smoke into my lungs :fist:

[bots]

ex smokers are the worst, i can now smell a cigarette at 100 metres :laugh:

[Crimson Dynamo]

I used to smoke Silk Cut and Carrolls (Irish brand) back in the day

Not smoked for years, and it makes me feel ill to think of inhaling smoke into my lungs :fist:

used to love Gitanes but they were strong

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also

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[Crimson Dynamo]

also
for a bit of style

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[Crimson Dynamo]

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[Crimson Dynamo]

Embassy number 1 was a very good smoke tbh

[Crimson Dynamo]

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[Crimson Dynamo]

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[Crimson Dynamo]

Remember the twin box of 10?

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[Redway]

Bupropion and nortriptyline are two antidepressants that help to moderate the urge to smoke but they’re unlikely to be prescribed just for that (and bupropion’s hard to get in the U.K./under the NHS).

[AnnieK]

I smoked Embassy Number 1

[MTVN]

I used to smoke Camels and was always excited to go abroad because you could get the original yellow ones, for some reason UK shops only seem to do Camel Blue/Light

I often smoked Lucky Strikes at uni as well. Would sometimes get their click and roll ones before they became illegal. Also liked Marlboro Touch as they were cheaper and I often didn't want a full cigarette anyway

Haven't smoked now for over a year though. Never was a prolific smoker, would just have a pack every week or two

[Crimson Dynamo]

I smoked Embassy Number 1

it was a good mid-mild fag - in Scotland most folk smoked no 6, Regal and JPS

[Crimson Dynamo]

10 Kensitus Club was 28p at the Spar when i started smoking. 2p for matches

[Swan]

Embassy really was the best actual fag for sure.

[hijaxers]

used to love Gitanes but they were strong

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Yeah i used to buy occasionally when good tobacconists existed.

[hijaxers]

My mum always had a pack of Sobranie at Chrristmas.

[Crimson Dynamo]

My mum always had a pack of Sobranie at Chrristmas.

they were quality


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[hijaxers]

they were quality


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Yeah she liked the cocktail ones same but multicolour papers.

[Cherie]

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oh you reminded me I used to smoke Rothmans as well

Gitanes were like camel dung :laugh:

[rusticgal]

Used to smoke St Moritz…now the occasional Silk cut purple…

[Redway]

Used to smoke St Moritz…now the occasional Silk cut purple…

It’s good when you can stick to moderate/occasional smoking. And Silk Cut’s always a good choice. It’ll see you through, whether you’re at the pub or trying to get through a 13-hour shift.

[user104658]

I was a Marlboro Reds kid from 15 - 24 (social only, I've only had one cigarette whilst sober in my life and it was horrible). So the most I've ever smoked is about 2 packs/week in particularly-social early Uni days. At 16 we used to get one pack of 20 between 4 or 5 of us on a Friday night, out the cigarette machine at the pub. Remember cigarette machines?? Also remember when pubs didn't give a **** that you were 16 :joker:.

My dad for all of his smoking life smoked B&H so I stole quite a few of those in my teens - but they were dog rough, that was a last resort.

No, I tell a lie.

Last resort was my mate's mum's "Club" that came in a blue pack. Actually disgusting IIRC ... they felt "thick and slimey", like smoking cooking oil?

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Yuck.

[Redway]

I was a Marlboro Reds kid from 15 - 24 (social only, I've only had one cigarette whilst sober in my life and it was horrible). So the most I've ever smoked is about 2 packs/week in particularly-social early Uni days. At 16 we used to get one pack of 20 between 4 or 5 of us on a Friday night, out the cigarette machine at the pub. Remember cigarette machines?? Also remember when pubs didn't give a **** that you were 16 :joker:.

My dad for all of his smoking life smoked B&H so I stole quite a few of those in my teens - but they were dog rough, that was a last resort.

No, I tell a lie.

Last resort was my mate's mum's "Club" that came in a blue pack. Actually disgusting IIRC ... they felt "thick and slimey", like smoking cooking oil?

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Yuck.

Not so sure about Club myself. Sounds truly disgusting.

[rusticgal]

It’s good when you can stick to moderate/occasional smoking. And Silk Cut’s always a good choice. It’ll see you through, whether you’re at the pub or trying to get through a 13-hour shift.


Yes...only crave them if I'm really stressed (which is rare) or have a drink in my hand.
Its ridiculously expensive now too....

[Redway]

Yes...only crave them if I'm really stressed (which is rare) or have a drink in my hand.
Its ridiculously expensive now too....

Same here. When I’m working long hours and I haven’t brought in CBD coffee (my limit otherwise, Costa/Caffe Nero bought or bog-standard coffee, is 2-3 cups a day, stop me feeling anxious/caffeine-overload jittery) I’ll often buy a pack of 20 and just smoke it throughout my shifts so that at least I’ve got a bit of a nicotine rush keeping me pumping along the way. I may or may not excuse myself in the pub to have one or two (and it doesn’t happen very often). Beyond that I hardly ever smoke just for the sake of smoking anymore. Even when I did 15 was my max., and usually more like 5-10 a day. I don’t think I’ve ever been truly addicted to nicotine or tobacco. It’s pretty-much always just been a habit I could take or leave.

[Redway]

And I only vape CBD (I like to do things in a relatively healthy way) so tobacco-vapes are off the table for me. If I want tobacco, I’d be more inclined to smoke actual cigarettes. And a pack of 20 can last me up to 2 weeks now. I don’t smoke enough anymore to be fussy about brands but when I did it tended to be Silk Cut or Lambert. Or the cheap Polish corner-shop kind, which could be anything (sometimes Richmond).

Nowadays I’m a little cautious and hesitant about smoking in public because you never know which gossiping eyes are watching you. I don’t smoke often now so if I’m spotted by someone who recognises me they might assume the wrong thing but at the end of the day everyone’s doing life for themselves first and foremost. It’s not so much about what other people think.

[Cherie]

I think Richmond was my first cigarette, I used to go out of the house, and into a field and light up, thought I was quite the rebel

[Redway]

Still smoking a little, Cherie?

[AnnieK]

I remember being about 13 and writing a note in block capitals that was from my "Grandad" saying he was staying with us as he had broken his leg and could the shopkeeper please sell his granddaughter 20 fags as he was unable to get to the shops. :laugh: It bloody worked too - that note lasted me till I was almost 16 and received my NI Card in the post that most shops took as ID for being 16!!

[Crimson Dynamo]

I remember being about 13 and writing a note in block capitals that was from my "Grandad" saying he was staying with us as he had broken his leg and could the shopkeeper please sell his granddaughter 20 fags as he was unable to get to the shops. :laugh: It bloody worked too - that note lasted me till I was almost 16 and received my NI Card in the post that most shops took as ID for being 16!!

:joker:

[Redway]

I remember being about 13 and writing a note in block capitals that was from my "Grandad" saying he was staying with us as he had broken his leg and could the shopkeeper please sell his granddaughter 20 fags as he was unable to get to the shops. :laugh: It bloody worked too - that note lasted me till I was almost 16 and received my NI Card in the post that most shops took as ID for being 16!!

I think it was three months after the smoking ban that the age for buying cigarettes got raised from 16 to 18 so things were never going to be as strict back in the day about things like that to be fair. I still think it should’ve stayed 16 but that’s a different discussion altogether isn’t it.

[Cherie]

Still smoking a little, Cherie?

No I haven't smoked since my 20s

[Redway]

There was certainly no challenge-25 back then either. Some people take pleasure in asking the same person over and over until the day they turn 26 (you’re only supposed to do it once or until you remember them) but the whole thing’s a bit ridiculous. If you’re old enough to be sixth-form/college age you’re going to get your hands on cigarettes anyway if that’s what you want to do. Just like taxing alcohol now and introducing plain-packet packaging I just see these things as unnecessary.

[AnnieK]

There was a shop near school that sold single cigs and a match for 25p when I was at school. Sold them to us in uniform too

[Crimson Dynamo]

There was a shop near school that sold single cigs and a match for 25p when I was at school. Sold them to us in uniform too
The ice cream van parked at the school gates sold singles for 10p and had a queue every break

[Redway]

I remember buying singles (I feel like the brand was Pall-Mall but I can’t be sure). I would’ve been 15, I can’t lie.

[user104658]

There was a shop near school that sold single cigs and a match for 25p when I was at school. Sold them to us in uniform too

It's not that different now with vapes to be fair, they'll sell those little cheap ones to kids all day long.

[Redway]

It's not that different now with vapes to be fair, they'll sell those little cheap ones to kids all day long.

Remember when e.-cigs were a thang?

[Crimson Dynamo]

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[user104658]

Have to say though - I've never encountered anywhere that sold single cigarettes.

When I was in my mid teens (around 2000) nowhere ID's though. Pubs were happy enough so long as you didn't look like an actual child, and there were multiple small shops that would sell cigarettes and alcohol to basically anyone over about 14.

I think there are probably more "mystery shoppers" around these days or something, I know it's not as easy for the kidz to get their booze these days.

Also everyone I knew had dodgy fake ID's bought for £10 off the internet. COMPLETELY unconvincing but so many places accepted them, even proper bars & clubs in town :joker:.

[Crimson Dynamo]

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and do your ironing

[Cherie]

There was a shop near school that sold single cigs and a match for 25p when I was at school. Sold them to us in uniform too

Oh yeah we had that as well, they would split a pack :laugh: and it was in school lunchtime ...early capitalism

[Redway]

Have to say though - I've never encountered anywhere that sold single cigarettes.

When I was in my mid teens (around 2000) nowhere ID's though. Pubs were happy enough so long as you didn't look like an actual child, and there were multiple small shops that would sell cigarettes and alcohol to basically anyone over about 14.

I think there are probably more "mystery shoppers" around these days or something, I know it's not as easy for the kidz to get their booze these days.

Also everyone I knew had dodgy fake ID's bought for £10 off the internet. COMPLETELY unconvincing but so many places accepted them, even proper bars & clubs in town :joker:.

That principle should apply to the manner in which people behind the till ask people (especially young people who are actually only 18-20) for ID. Unless the person trying to buy is obviously about 12, you ask them for ID, not how old they are. You don’t want to put people off by patronising them or getting overly personal with them.

Back in the day plenty of corner shops would sell singles to young teenagers asking for smokes. That’s how I discreetly got away with it the handful of times I smoked cigarettes as a 15-year-old (I did manage to get a 10-pack of Lambert once at that time though). I’ve always been pretty socially introverted so I was happy to just wait until I was 18 for clubbing (and even then I had to almost be dragged out kicking and screaming). I didn’t get ’round to getting or using fake ID for anything.

[bots]

i was buying fags as a 12 yo and i got absolutely legless at the Swan Inn at 13 :laugh:

[Redway]

Young Gen Zs (let’s say people born from 2003 onwards) don’t go in as deep alcohol and smoking-wise as baby boomers, Gen X, millennials or zillenials to be fair. They’re more distracted by the broadening of the LGBTQ+ category (if they’re about it) and vaping than anything else. A 16-year-old’s birthday party in 2000 or even 2014 would probably have at least some cider or WKD (at the very least someone would’ve snuck one in) but today’s teenagers are okay with soda and tend to just wait till they’re 18 to get litty-lit. Every generation moans about current teenagers but these ones live in a world where it’s not easy to get away with drinking and smoking under 18 anymore and they’ve lost interest by-and-large.

[Alf]

Anyone remember Craven A?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Anyone remember Craven A?

they were on the way out when i was a kid, could see the odd pack on the street

[Redway]

It’s good when you can stick to moderate/occasional smoking. And Silk Cut’s always a good choice. It’ll see you through, whether you’re at the pub or trying to get through a 13-hour shift.

Unless you’re really about the baccie life (more than 10 a day). Probably to them smoking Silk Cut is like breathing in more air than anything but I don’t think it’s too bad. It’s not the illusion of feeling like you’re taking in less tar and nicotine more than it is the aesthetic and mellow nicotine rush. That’s all I want from pure tobacco these days anyway. It’s expensive so even less of a thing for me.

[Crimson Dynamo]

I wish more people smoked pipes, the lovely smell as you passed a man smoking a pipe was a real treat and it was a lovely think for a retired man to take up

[Alf]

I wish more people smoked pipes, the lovely smell as you passed a man smoking a pipe was a real treat and it was a lovely think for a retired man to take upMy Grandad used to smoke a pipe.

Alf Garnett was a pipe smoker.

In their honour I might invest in one. Do regular shops still sell pipe tobacco or would you need to go to a specialist tobacco shop?

[Crimson Dynamo]

My Grandad used to smoke a pipe.

Alf Garnett was a pipe smoker.

In their honour I might invest in one. Do regular shops still sell pipe tobacco or would you need to go to a specialist tobacco shop?

Smoke King is your friend

Family run professional service

https://www.smoke-king.co.uk/

Get yourself a corncob pipe. cheap and effective £7

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[Redway]

No I haven't smoked since my 20s

Ah, right.

[Redway]

Anyone ever been cautioned for spreading second-hand CBD vape?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Just spent an hour in the garden with the blackbirds and st Bruno and classic FM. Bliss