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Benedict Arnold

What brand of cigarettes did you smoke in highschool?

Posted - January 14, 2017
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  • 3375
    Oh my...anything we could get a hold of.  I think I recall smoking Marlboros until we all went on that silly menthol kick.  Then it was Newports.  

    I no longer smoke, so I can cringe guilt free over those times.


      January 14, 2017 9:25 PM MST
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  • 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
      January 14, 2017 9:34 PM MST
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  • 3375
    I seem to remember Benson and Hedges too.  
      January 14, 2017 9:49 PM MST
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  • Those and Parliament were the worst cigs.
      January 14, 2017 9:50 PM MST
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  • 3375
    This is why I laugh.  We bought whatever we could find in a cigarette machine.  Sometimes the choices weren't the best, but any cig would do.  
      January 14, 2017 9:52 PM MST
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  • 8
    Never had to go to a machine.  Back then, Elmer,  at the Pool Hall would sell them to us teens.  
      January 14, 2017 11:25 PM MST
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  • 2500
    OPB's
      January 14, 2017 9:35 PM MST
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  • 10052
    Virginia Slims at first, then settled on Marlboro Lights. Quit a long time ago, thankfully.

    Of course, they didn't sell my first preference of things to be smoked in stores. : )
      January 14, 2017 9:47 PM MST
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  • Soon I hope.
      January 14, 2017 9:49 PM MST
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  • 10052
    Ditto!
      January 14, 2017 10:07 PM MST
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  • I can't remember the name but they had a picture of a clipper ship on the packet. Fortunately I stopped smoking when I left school. 
      January 14, 2017 10:27 PM MST
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  • 7795
    I didn't smoke then and I don't smoke now. Sorry.:-(
      January 14, 2017 10:37 PM MST
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  • 7683
    I've never smoked;))
      January 14, 2017 10:40 PM MST
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  • KB

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    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 
      January 14, 2017 11:28 PM MST
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  • 34441
    Winston
      January 15, 2017 1:53 AM MST
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  • "Marlboros" ... if I was buying them.
      January 15, 2017 1:58 AM MST
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  • 17260
    I won't tell.
      January 15, 2017 2:35 AM MST
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  • 184
    Camels, a pack under the sleeve of my white "T" shirt.  
      January 15, 2017 4:17 AM MST
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  • 3463
    Winston 100s and my moms Pall Mall Reds.
      January 15, 2017 8:42 AM MST
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  • Those Pall Mall non-filters were a lot of cigarette .
      January 15, 2017 8:47 AM MST
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  • 19937
    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.
      January 15, 2017 10:34 AM MST
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  • 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
      January 15, 2017 10:43 AM MST
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  • 19937
    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!
      January 15, 2017 10:52 AM MST
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  • When they were $.25  wasn't there something about Lucky Strikes being $.23 and machines gave you the two pennies back?
    I've heard this before I think.
      January 15, 2017 10:57 AM MST
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