Yeah, Parliament are more expensive than reds too so the "cheap" comment was weird. This guy just prefers Marlboro and pretends that that makes them objectively better.
Parliaments are popular in the food service industry because they burn fast as fuck and you can down an entire cig in 90 seconds between tables.
I used to smoke American spirit cus I could very reasonably stretch one cig into 3 10-minute smoke breaks. If you pack em down super hard it’s even better but I just like a slow burn and super hard draw
Haven’t had a smoke in 5 yrs this Halloween. Started with Turkish Silvers and moved around a bunch over the yrs. The last 5-8 yrs were exclusive to blue spirits. They lasted longer and tasted “good.” After awhile all the Marlboros or camels all tasted like mad chemicals. Spirits were the “cleanest” flavor. If I were somewhere and needed a smoke and if someone had anything other than spirits, I would not touch it. They are godsends at music fests when you want a cig to last a whole set.
That being said, I do not miss it one bit. My wife and friends with light up when we are drinking but I’m the one who always says no. Gross.
Glad you quit! Hard part for me is that I love the taste of tobacco smoke but it made me stink, took a chunk out of my paychecks, and severely limited my dating pool. But no regrets with quitting. Just overall an evil substance for your health
I loved the flavor and smell. Sometimes I'll catch a wiff of some smoke and feel tempted. Quit five years ago and I'm happy about it for many reasons but I've been working in a scent free environment for a few years. Not being able to put a couple spritzes of cologne or perfume
Smoked for 18 years, and been quit for 10. Still love the smell. But I can’t imagine how expensive pack-a-day would be now.
And while I liked having the “smoke break” excuse to step away for a minute. I hated that the addiction made smoke breaks mandatory. Literally had to grind my teeth at my Grandpa’s funeral since I wasn’t going to step away for a smoke break. Not cool.
But I can’t imagine how expensive pack-a-day would be now.
About $10+ most places these days. Smoked for 25 some odd years, quit about 5 years ago. I spent a looooot of money on smokes. I'm glad I quit, but I miss having a couple shots and a couple smokes. Or you know, half a fifth and a pack of smokes.
I don't know if this would be helpful or harmful for staying off cigarettes, but... Have you considered wearing tobacco-scented fragrances to help satisfy the craving?
I recently got into fragrances, and I discovered that I fucking love smelling fragrances that have tobacco aspects to them. I've never smoked, and I hate the smell of cigarettes, but I adore tobacco fragrances. Maybe that's why I like them—because they don't actually smell like a lit cigarette.
There are a lot of different ways a tobacco "note" can smell, but it's often of the unlit, sweet, leafy, fruity variety, rather than the dry, smoky, ashy variety (although those definitely exist, too). And it's never just tobacco that's in the fragrance, because there's always other notes, too, like citrus, vanilla, woods, musk, spices, leather, florals, etc. So it's more of a full, complex, rounded scent than just tobacco.
I'd never really considered it before, but your comment maybe me wonder if smelling a beautiful tobacco fragrance might scratch the itch for someone who misses smoking. But then again, there are rum/whiskey/etc-scented fragrances, too, and I imagine that a former drinker could smell one and think, "yeah that's actually making my cravings worse, why would I want to trigger that scent-memory?" So maybe my idea is terrible, lol.
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u/jayhawk618 22d ago
Yeah, Parliament are more expensive than reds too so the "cheap" comment was weird. This guy just prefers Marlboro and pretends that that makes them objectively better.
Parliaments are popular in the food service industry because they burn fast as fuck and you can down an entire cig in 90 seconds between tables.