![]() Flooding the market with coupons for free packs and also a free carton occasionally was definitely an incentive as well as I recall. Then again, I've always had a sweet tooth which is probably why I still love my Southern Comfort, but that's whole 'nother trip, folks. About a year later, I think it was RJ Reynolds that came out with a new brand called BRIGHT which were cool and sweet tasting like peppermint candy and I really liked 'em. ![]() After a brief flirtation with Marlboro reds (yawn) and Winston, which by the way would always remain as my once in a blue moon choice of non menthol cigarettes, I fell in love with Kool soft pack and remained faithful until 1982 when I graduated high school and switched to Kool Milds. In fact, I was usually the only one among my circle of friends who always had a cigarette in my hand whenever we were hanging out together. I was an intelligent and somewhat precocious kid and I was well aware of all of the possible health risks even then and I knew what I was doing. All of the adults in my family smoked as well as all of my favorite people in rock and roll like Jerry Garcia, Pigpen, Janis Joplin, Grace Slick and all the rest and I always knew that one day I would probably trade in my chocolate cigarettes for tobacco ones, so there ya go. I simply went out and bought a pack of Salem for $.65 at the corner candy store because I somehow knew I would enjoy the taste of menthol and I figured that since it was already my Dad's brand, why the hell not? No peer pressure or any literal or metaphorical gun was ever held to my head. I started smoking when I was 12 years old in September of 1976. I eventually smoked B&H Menthols for years and that was my last brand before quitting. People say now that smoking isn't sexy, but I contend they never saw her smoking - she looked absolutely great doing it. I had a girlfriend in the '80s who smoked Virginia Slims and Satin (for a while) - she loved the Satins but said she found them hard to find, so she became a devoted VS girl. ![]() Mores were just strange, both in look and in taste, never liked them. Merit 100s were vile-tasting, like they were artificially flavored. I tried Lark 100s a few times but they were sort of blah. I liked them - strong, but smooth and easy to inhale. I smoked Tareyton 100s as my regular brand for a while in the late '70s/early '80s. Anyway, I smoked or at least tried many of these brands. I absolutely loved smoking! If it wasn't so bad for you I would still do it. I don't smoke any more, but I started as a teenager in the 1970s and smoked through the 1980s before quitting in the '90s. Which is why in many states (namely Washington State), there is so little variety.īut for remaining smokers, fire up a menthol and enjoy this stroll down the tobacco aisle of yesteryear. Retail stores get their stock from a state regulated middleman. Today, most brands are available exclusively over the internet. ![]() Today, there's about 10 or even fewer brands in most places. In the old days, you used to have a dizzying variety of cigaretteĬhoices available at your local grocery/convenience store (more thanĥ0!). Screens, I have to admit, they're as pointless as the anti-marijuana PSAs of the '60s to theīesides, NOTHING can convince an innocent kid not to take up smoking moreĮffectively than a kiss from a chain smoking aunt. Though it's nice the smokingĪwareness campaigns have brought the graphic evils of tobacco to dinner hour TV But these days, a cigarette smoker is pretty much considered as Cigarettes have always been gross andĭeadly. (Update 3/30/15: See also Forgotten Cigarette Brands Part II)Ĭigarettes today are not what they used to be. (Update 2/18/14: See also my post on electronic cigarettes.)
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