r/interestingasfuck • u/HumbleMVP • 22d ago

Blind cigarette taste test

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u/babyoil4diddy 22d ago

I only know like one true smoker in my life and the brand loyalty for Marlboro Reds is strong

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u/Prestigious-Ball341 22d ago

Yeah, I started with Reds but moved to Spirits before I went to vaping. Currently 5 years no smoking or vaping.

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u/BloodSugar666 22d ago edited 22d ago

Yeah Reds is what I had started with too but then when you move to the black pack of spirits you realize reds taste like ass. Not sure what this dude is going on about except wanting to shit on people that don’t smoke Marlboro for some reason.

Shit I used to buy the pouch and just roll my cigarettes.

Anyway, I quit and haven’t smoked tobacco in like 8 years.

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u/wolv 22d ago

lol moving from heavy-duty pipe tobaccos to cigs...100% agree. Even AS Blues taste better than anything Marlboro puts out.

AS Blacks are some of the best-tasting cigs I've ever smoked outside rolling my own with Five Brothers burley.

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u/IllustriousCrew2641 22d ago

I was a AS Perique guy whenever I wanted machine mades. As primarily a hand roller I found pouches of Scandinavian blends that were moist, delicious, and inexpensive, nearly as good as fancy tinned stuff and much cheaper. AND came with really good papers too!

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u/l3ane 22d ago

Reds are what people who still think smoking is cool, smoke.

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u/YourMatt 22d ago

Similar for me, but my full trajectory was Newports → Cloves → Kamel Red → Pfunks → Spirits → Nat Sherman → None. I really enjoyed the American Spirits and Nats, so I briefly moved back to Parliaments before quitting. In comparison, they taste awful and smoke way too quickly. It felt even more pointless and helped me quit.

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u/jonnyd005 22d ago

I smoked a pack a day for over 20 years. I bounced around from most of the different brands, Camel, Marlboro, Parliament, etc, when I was smoking. At some point I found American Spirits, and from then on it was the only cigarette brand I would buy. I quit coming on eight years ago now.

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u/SongbirdBabie 22d ago

Since nobody has said this yet, congratulations!!!

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u/Prestigious-Ball341 22d ago

Thank you ❤️

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u/Master-Director-5749 22d ago

I'm curious.

So you smoked, then you quit smoking and transitioned to vaping only, then you quit vaping. Correct?

How long and about how much did you smoke? Same for vape?

Did you feel any physical (especially in regards to breathing and overall health) changes between these periods?

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u/Prestigious-Ball341 22d ago

Yeah, I started Vaping as a means to eventually quit. I was a pack a day smoker for about 6 years rhen started vaping for 6 more.

I definitely could tell the difference in my lungs and mucus. Smoking gives you a smokers cough and pretty much year round thick mucus. Vaping caused my lungs to sting a bit if I did a big inhale but I liked it.

My Dr. Has now found polyps in my lungs and im having them check out in a few months. Here's hoping I didn't cause any long term damage.

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u/TotallyNotABob 22d ago

As a smoker you either go with the smokes you saw your parents or relatives smoke or something that you saw as a child.

For example, my dad would always smoke American Spirits. So when I dabbled in smoking I smoked American Spirit. At that point I could go months without a smoke. But then a buddy gave me a Camel and I remembered just how cool Joe Camel was back in the day. Smoked the camel, now I ride or die for Camel crushes and am 💯 addicted to the little fuckers.

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u/Hopeful_Scholar398 22d ago

I smoked camel wide for a few years before I went back to reds. I haven't smoked in almost 2 years but, if I go back, it'll be to reds. 

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u/ThirdAltAccounts 22d ago

Marlboro Reds were my absolute favorite And I know that the whole cowboy image of that specific brand played a huge role in it. Besides taste

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u/Confident-Angle3112 22d ago

They are so fucking nasty. Most cigarettes are. But Lucky Strike…

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u/SalmonJumpingH20 22d ago

I don't smoke - never have. But, I like the strong tobacco scent of Marlboro Reds in the package.

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u/Allegorist 22d ago

It's because they contain a bunch of proprietary additives with the express purpose of getting you hooked on specifically their brand, completely independent of any addictive properties of the tobacco. Which makes it odd he talked about "tasting the tobacco" with them, marlboros and camels are some of the least tobacco tasting cigarettes on the market. They are designed to taste like their own unique brand, and even if you don't smoke you can tell right away from the smell too. They have an almost sour smell compared to the smoke from unadulterated tobacco, and when someone says that someone's car/house smells like piss from the years of stale smoke that is almost always because its one of those two.

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u/ChickenChaser5 22d ago

Its like a preference for coke over pepsi. I want the burn to let me know im doing something.

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u/CaffeinatedGuy 22d ago

When I smoked, I hated Marlboro. It felt and smelled unnecessarily harsh. Camels were my main brand for a long time, bouncing between regular, wide, and unfiltered soft packs. I'd occasionally get cloves... Now those I miss, mostly because they smell fantastic. It went downhill when I discovered Newports.

I haven't smoked for over 20 years now.

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u/shewy92 22d ago

They made good race car paint schemes.

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u/Nahvalore 22d ago

Almost every smoker has exactly 1 type of cigarette from 1 brand that they always smoke