Opinions - whats happened to my marlboros?

[alk3chick420]

This last week I've noticed that my cigarettes have not only tasted different, but when I smoke them they burn out and a black film forms around the cherry. One of my friends smokessome other philip morris brand ofcigarettes and she has said the same thing. Does anyone know what the hell is going on?? Did philip morris add some new chemical to their cigarettes?? And if they did...why?? As they say if it aint broke don't fix it!

[str8ballin]

Where I live in Michigan,they just raised the cigerette tax to $2.25 making it the second highest state for tobacco taxes.Alot of pissed off people around here.



Luckily though I don't smoke so it doesn't affect me.I have noticed what you are talking about though with the black film when I see people smoke.I kinda was wondering what the hell that was all about too.

[Psilocybe S.]

I havent heard anything like that. And if they did, trust mewe both would have heard, or it would have been put on the pack.(Well, not unless their FORCED too..heh..) But smoking is bad, why do you smoke? More importantly, why did you start? Can i ask you that alk3chick420?

[sands of time]

I think its cause they are making cigarettes that are less likely to start a fire if dropped.

[alk3chick420]

I started smoking when I was 12 and then smoked moderatley until I was 15 and then I became a heavy smoker smoking at least a pack a day up until the present. ( Im 20 now) Itried to cut back my smoking a couple of months ago and got down to about half a pack or less a day which felt great and then I just kinda fell off. But i honestly do not want to quit,but at the same time i dont want to smoke for the rest of my life. I truly enjoy each cigarette that I smoke. (I hope that i answered your question Psilocybe.) sorry if i ranted a little

[Psilocybe S.]

Yup, I used to smoke myself,but nowI just dont like ciggs..guess im a hipocrit(or w/e lol)..but i'm glad to see you do enjoy them. And you made my name all lovley and blue. thx lol.

[alk3chick420]

anytime my friend!!! and i had heard about this flame retardent chemical in the cigarettes but i wasn't sure if it was true, but i have a question...doesn't it seem a little ridiculous that something that runs on fire (my dear marb lights) has an ingredient that stops a fire from occuring??? If you ask me I think the guys at philip morris were tweaking when they came up with this ingenious idea!Thanks for the responses guys!

[Psilocybe S.]

its probably to keep it from running, like a joint. lol


I'll be damned if im going to lick my finger and stop the run on a cigg. Maybe for Mary Jhane, but Not for that nasty tobacci lol..

hahah, i hear ya psilocybe. I might smoke a cig to increase the high, but that is if im on a very limited amount of weed. But about the flame retardent cigs, i havent heard much, but that is probobly what is new with your cigs, alot of fires come from cigs nowadays.

[Dj_chill]

Ok well I smoke lambert and butler cos they're cheap and better than most uk brands...but hey whats with all the large twiggy pieces of wood...they're wrecking my Js and its getting worse( I demand free smokes haha!)<img border="0" src= "smileys/smiley2.gif">

[markdahman]

Whats up with Cig company's! Becoming to lazy to chop the tobbaco up and making the prices higher?! This is an outrage we should all go on a smoker's strike thats bound to lowers the prices!! [:P]

[manda]

Are generics really floor sweepings? That's what I want to know.

[Psilocybe S.]

Generic ciggs are like Generic Pills = Theressome nicotine, but you never know what the rest could be...lol

[sands of time]

Markdahman, the prices are higher because of constant tax increases to help pay for the amount of money spent to provide medical care for smokers and so on. I think the taxes are more to try to keep people from smoking. Quiting issuch a bitch though, I have been trying for about 3 months to quit but the stress of the work day always seems to bring me back...

[Dj_chill]

Markdahman...you are right..Its a goddam outrage!! lol....work stress always takes me back to cigs too but lets face it, the government here are greedy fucks!! Haha after that rant...I need a cig! x

[P!MPJU!C3]

yo whatsupp dj chill i know man the government is really pretty fuckin sick. I was in Londen in may. 5 or 6 fuckin pounds for a 20 pack. I was about 2 steel them when my aunt told me she would support my habbit well i was stayin with her. Ya get fuckin ripped off in the uk.

[markdahman]

One Word to solve it all! And that word is.... Drum roll..... drrrrrr ANARCHY!!

[Dj_chill]

Too right you get ripped off in the Uk...an uprising sounds good to me lol!

[P!MPJU!C3]

the only problem i got with roll, it taists good and its cheaper but the problem is everybody thinks your a garbageman in Holland

[dwfan]

They changed the paper to a slow burn that will extinguish itself to prevent fires. To tell, look at your pack of Marlboro, If there is a black line above the UPS, then that is what it is.


I get mine from a place in Switzerland for $15 a carton ($17 with the $2 a carton shipping tacked on). Been using them for over a year now and no complaints. Always fresh, and they arrive in about a week. You can try them out at: http://www.yesmoke.cjb.net

[Imperfectcircle25]

My gurlfreind and I had a simialar expereince. I live in a suburb of NYC and my gurl goes to college in Iowa. So a few times she was broke and I sent her some cigs. And she would always tell me they tasted weird and differant than the Marlboros she was buying in Iowa. I thought maybe it was just a stale batch the first time but after the same thing happened three or four seperate times I knew something had to be up. So she did some research onnline and found out that NY has some sort of law that requires a special "saftey" cigarette paper to be used in all cigarettes sold in NY state. Now im not sure if other states have similar laws? But this seems to be the only explanation in the differance between the Marlboros in NY and Iowa.

Here is an interesting paper about the so called "safety" cig. paper. I havent read the whole thing but there are few interesting peices of information i found while skimming through.

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/press/re...cigarettes.pdf

Hey can you edit your posts on this forum so I dont have to keep posting and wasting space?

[I love shrooooms]

I love malboro cigs (Red,Blend28 and the menthols, cant stand the lights really), although my favorite brand is Lucky Strike, hard to find in the UK though, and when i have found them 10 costs over £3!!

[Paracelsus]

imperfectcircle, you will be able to edit your posts when you'll get upgraded to silver member. i see sitbcknchill has merged your posts, but its not that difficult to get silver, just make a couple of good posts, there are silver members with 30 posts around here.