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[2 Wheel Wanderer]

Man I remember when smokes were $1.35 a pack and you could smoke on airplanes. Ahh the old days.

I smoked 1+ packs a day from the age of 13 till I was 31. One day that was it, I used the patch for 2 weeks then threw em away. It's been 6 1/2 years since I've had a cig. I cant really stand the smell anymore but when I smoked I loved every minute of  it.

[Fritzkrieg]

I smoke a pack a week, started with Djarum Blacks and Sampoerna X-Tras. (cloves)

Moved on from brand to brand trying everything until I found the best - "The Fiver" by Mashall and McGearty, variety: "The Standard." Other notable smokes are Export A Lights, George Karelias and Sons, American Spirit Perique Blend (the rest are blech), and my staple for when I can't find the others, Parliament Lights.

[ODrides]

... I cant really stand the smell anymore but when I smoked I loved every minute of  it.

I hear that so often from people.  "I know I should quit, but I just LOVE to smoke."  Damn the addiction.

[Howie]

Young whippersnappers

$.27

[ducpainter]

...and high test was $.29 

[DEVO!]

And "ETHYL" was around 25 cents damn i feel old now!

But I do remember a pack was like 45 cents and the only place i could get them was from the strawhat pizza that had a machine!

[Timmy Tucker]

I started at 15, smoking whatever I could steal or bum. Quit at 19. I used to have a HUGE collection of $2 bills and burned up all but 3-4 on cigarettes when they were just under $2/pk. Started again at 26, I averaged anywhere from 1.5-3 packs a day, depending on my mood.

When I was a full time musician, I smoked about .5-1 during the day, but I'd smoke 2-2.5 packs over the course of an evening gig (about 6 hours total). Usually couldn't speak much the next morning.

Now I average about 1 pack every 3-5 days, it mostly depends on my work schedule. I don't smoke any until quitting time on days that I do estimates and meet with clients, cause that's just plain unprofessional, imho.


As far as brands go, I've smoked all your standard gas station fodder over the years and my current smoke is Marlboro Mediums, but they're really starting to get old. I generally tend to stick to some form of Marlboro, but it's time for a change. I might go down to the local smoke shop and see what they have.

On a side note, I've noticed that Marlboros taste slightly different here in TN than they do where I lived in VA. The ones here in TN always seem a tad bitter and stale-ish compared to the ones I got back in my hometown in VA (which happened to be 1.5 hours from the Marlboro plant). I've even brought back TN packs to 2 friends in VA to confirm this and they both agreed. Seems odd to me.

edit- math is hard.