Lucky Strikes and Winstons. Then Camel Wides for a few years. Back to Lucky and Winston.
This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at January 14, 2017 9:48 PM MST
Tried to become a smoker in high school. Preferred menthol (Montclair). Tried for six or seven months and decided it wasn't for me. Smelled bad, upset my stomach. tasted like I was licking an ashtray, and cost too much. I think they were about $.79 a pack back then
Viceroy because that's what I could lift from my mom's pack. After that, it was Parliament and then Newport Menthol 100s. Then I quit - 31 years ago. When I last bought a pack, they were $1.25. Now, they're about $10 a pack. I don't know how anyone can afford to smoke these days.
It's tough. I'll give you that. One thing I noticed because of price is older generations would kinda just smoke their cigs carefree and would often just let them burn while taking occasional draws. Even set them down in the ashtray. At $10 a pack you don't do that anymore. You make sure you get it all and save those shorts.
This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at January 15, 2017 11:03 AM MST
That's true. Back in the day, you could smoke anywhere. I used to smoke in the office, leave it burning in the ashtray while I went to take dictation and when I came back, the cig had burned down and I had to light another. That was why I usually bought twice as many cigarettes. When I stopped smoking, I was going through 2 packs a day - that would be $140+ a week these days. Crazy. When I started smoking, a pack was 25 cents!