I think I'm smoking counterfeit cigarettes - Page 2

kerosene · 05-19-2005, 03:06 PM

You can get some samples of American Spirits: http://www.nascigs.com/Pages/Home.htm

I didn't get mine, because I didn't forward my address from Boulder.

I like their menthols, but I can't seem to find them anywhere.

staceyv · 05-19-2005, 03:08 PM

Thanks for the recommendations...NOT the high school kid one, though!
I was thinking of selling them to the people I work with- Take THAT for calling me too skinny

I switched to Winston a few years ago because they claim they don't have additives.
I am on their "superlights" right now, which supposedly have .4 mg nicotine per cig.

I want to switch to Winston Ones in August, which have .1 mg nicotine per cig.

Do you know of any cheaper cigs that only have .1 mg of nicotine or is Winston the only brand?

And don't give me that shit about light cigs not being light, blah blah blah. I'll get used to them and stop taking triple drags and I WILL get less nicotine, because there are a bunch of holes in the filter- so they WILL help me to gradually reduce my addiction!

staceyv · 05-19-2005, 03:13 PM

OH MY GOD, I thought I invented this neat little plan on reducing the amount of nicotine in my cigarettes. I dreamed it up in January all by myself- and then two seconds ago, I found this website
I have renewed hope that it'll work

wolf · 05-19-2005, 03:54 PM

I bought a book in around 1984/5 or so entitled "How to Keep Smoking and Live".

Their plan was:

1. Buy lights (which had pretty much just come on the market, including the thoroughly tasteless Barclays and Merits)
2. Smoke fewer of them.

Whenever I get into quitting mode I do a step down progression ... Heavies, Mediums, Lights, Ultralights ...

wolf · 05-19-2005, 04:01 PM

I also buy Natural American Spirits when I feel like spending $5.00 or more a pack ... otherwise I get whatever's on special. Camel has been doing a lot of buy one get one free packaging late. Marlboro is usually buy two get one, although they did have Special Blend No. 27s at the Wawa last week on b1/g1. RJ Reynolds and Phillip Morris smokes are often sold at PA State Minimum as well ... $3.50ish?

One of the 7-11s has Natural American Spirits, but it's not a common item to find. The buyer for the store must be some kind of a hippie. Usually they can only be found in specialty tobacco stores, of which there are two in my immediate vicinity.

I never buy cartons. Despite the fact that I would save money, it makes having cigarettes so much more convenient. I don't need them to be convenient.

Troubleshooter · 05-19-2005, 04:07 PM

There's always Nat Sherman cigarettes.

Lady Sidhe · 05-22-2005, 09:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Troubleshooter

There's always Nat Sherman cigarettes.

Nat Shermans are the best cigarettes out there, IMO. They're $5 a pack, but they are SO worth it. They have nothing in them except tobacco, so if you don't keep puffing, they go out. When you relight them, they don't taste stale at all, and if you get the Fantasias, it's like smoking dessert cigarettes....yummy.

Sidhe

wolf · 05-19-2005, 04:16 PM

The only thing I've tried out of their line is "A Touch of Clove" and they are horrid.

Gimme Djarums and bleeding lungs any day ...

Besides ... $7.60 a pack plus shipping? Yeah. Sure.

kerosene · 05-19-2005, 04:20 PM

The Nat Sherman Mints are pretty good...but a little bland if you are use to menthols like me.

Troubleshooter · 05-19-2005, 04:26 PM

I don't smoke so I can be as extravagant as I want to be.

staceyv · 05-19-2005, 04:32 PM

come on guys, aren't you all going to go onto that website, learn the easiest, withdrawal-free way to quit smoking on earth and credit me with saving your lives and your money???
I'm really convinced that this'll work for me. I already emailed my mom and told her about it, too. Next, you will see a print out of that web page on the bulletin board at my job and a copy in my boss's inbox...

It's so simple, yet so amazing to me... I don't know why I didn't just do this years and years ago. Why did I ever try the stupid patch or the gum? They work on the same principle, but leave you deprived and going through withdrawal every step.

.3 mg down at a time, that's the way to go- and now that I think about it, it really wasn't hard for me to switch from lights to superlights- and I consider myself extremely, highly addicted. (1 pack a day for 14 years).

Something good came out of my counterfeit cigarette research

In the process, my desire to quit became stronger, and my faith in myself to actually be able to do it blossomed.

somebody please smack all of this positivity out of me- It just doesn't feel right.

Trilby · 05-19-2005, 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by staceyv

somebody please smack all of this positivity out of me- It just doesn't feel right.

And that is what is so freakin' great about staceyv!

be-bop · 05-19-2005, 05:50 PM

I gave up smoking about 3 years ago and it was the hardest thing I have ever done.did it with nicorette gum..
Chomped on it for a month,then normal chewing gum.
You have really got to be determined to do it..Now cig smoke makes me want to heave.Also miss having a spliff don't want to in case i get back into smoking **sigh**

dar512 · 05-20-2005, 08:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by be-bop

I gave up smoking about 3 years ago and it was the hardest thing I have ever done.did it with nicorette gum..

Congrats be-bop. I'm sure your lungs are thanking you.

Brett's Honey · 05-19-2005, 06:40 PM

I guess that I forget that Indian smokeshops aren't located all over the place like they are here in Oklahoma. $3.50ish a pack is cheap??? When I spent two weeks in Alaska, I wished I'd done more research or asking around before I went. Cigarettes there were $5.00 a pack most everywhere, if I'd known that, I would have taken enough with me to last the two weeks.

05-19-2005, 03:08 PM	#2
staceyv Lecturer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 927	Thanks for the recommendations...NOT the high school kid one, though! I was thinking of selling them to the people I work with- Take THAT for calling me too skinny I switched to Winston a few years ago because they claim they don't have additives. I am on their "superlights" right now, which supposedly have .4 mg nicotine per cig. I want to switch to Winston Ones in August, which have .1 mg nicotine per cig. Do you know of any cheaper cigs that only have .1 mg of nicotine or is Winston the only brand? And don't give me that shit about light cigs not being light, blah blah blah. I'll get used to them and stop taking triple drags and I WILL get less nicotine, because there are a bunch of holes in the filter- so they WILL help me to gradually reduce my addiction! Last edited by staceyv; 05-19-2005 at 03:11 PM.

05-19-2005, 03:54 PM	#4
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I bought a book in around 1984/5 or so entitled "How to Keep Smoking and Live". Their plan was: 1. Buy lights (which had pretty much just come on the market, including the thoroughly tasteless Barclays and Merits) 2. Smoke fewer of them. Whenever I get into quitting mode I do a step down progression ... Heavies, Mediums, Lights, Ultralights ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-19-2005, 04:01 PM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I also buy Natural American Spirits when I feel like spending $5.00 or more a pack ... otherwise I get whatever's on special. Camel has been doing a lot of buy one get one free packaging late. Marlboro is usually buy two get one, although they did have Special Blend No. 27s at the Wawa last week on b1/g1. RJ Reynolds and Phillip Morris smokes are often sold at PA State Minimum as well ... $3.50ish? One of the 7-11s has Natural American Spirits, but it's not a common item to find. The buyer for the store must be some kind of a hippie. Usually they can only be found in specialty tobacco stores, of which there are two in my immediate vicinity. I never buy cartons. Despite the fact that I would save money, it makes having cigarettes so much more convenient. I don't need them to be convenient. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-19-2005, 04:07 PM	#6
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	There's always Nat Sherman cigarettes. __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

05-19-2005, 04:16 PM	#8
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	The only thing I've tried out of their line is "A Touch of Clove" and they are horrid. Gimme Djarums and bleeding lungs any day ... Besides ... $7.60 a pack plus shipping? Yeah. Sure. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-19-2005, 03:06 PM	#1
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	You can get some samples of American Spirits: http://www.nascigs.com/Pages/Home.htm I didn't get mine, because I didn't forward my address from Boulder. I like their menthols, but I can't seem to find them anywhere.

05-19-2005, 03:13 PM	#3
staceyv Lecturer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 927	OH MY GOD, I thought I invented this neat little plan on reducing the amount of nicotine in my cigarettes. I dreamed it up in January all by myself- and then two seconds ago, I found this website I have renewed hope that it'll work

05-19-2005, 04:20 PM	#9
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	The Nat Sherman Mints are pretty good...but a little bland if you are use to menthols like me.

05-19-2005, 04:26 PM	#10
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	I don't smoke so I can be as extravagant as I want to be. __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

05-19-2005, 04:32 PM	#11
staceyv Lecturer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 927	come on guys, aren't you all going to go onto that website, learn the easiest, withdrawal-free way to quit smoking on earth and credit me with saving your lives and your money??? I'm really convinced that this'll work for me. I already emailed my mom and told her about it, too. Next, you will see a print out of that web page on the bulletin board at my job and a copy in my boss's inbox... It's so simple, yet so amazing to me... I don't know why I didn't just do this years and years ago. Why did I ever try the stupid patch or the gum? They work on the same principle, but leave you deprived and going through withdrawal every step. .3 mg down at a time, that's the way to go- and now that I think about it, it really wasn't hard for me to switch from lights to superlights- and I consider myself extremely, highly addicted. (1 pack a day for 14 years). Something good came out of my counterfeit cigarette research In the process, my desire to quit became stronger, and my faith in myself to actually be able to do it blossomed. somebody please smack all of this positivity out of me- It just doesn't feel right.

05-19-2005, 05:50 PM	#13
be-bop Operations Operative Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: scotland/uk Posts: 664	I gave up smoking about 3 years ago and it was the hardest thing I have ever done.did it with nicorette gum.. Chomped on it for a month,then normal chewing gum. You have really got to be determined to do it..Now cig smoke makes me want to heave.Also miss having a spliff don't want to in case i get back into smoking sigh

05-19-2005, 06:40 PM	#15
Brett's Honey whatever Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 308	I guess that I forget that Indian smokeshops aren't located all over the place like they are here in Oklahoma. $3.50ish a pack is cheap??? When I spent two weeks in Alaska, I wished I'd done more research or asking around before I went. Cigarettes there were $5.00 a pack most everywhere, if I'd known that, I would have taken enough with me to last the two weeks.

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