[Misc] Old skool ciggies

[Flounce]

Just remembered, used to nick my parents cocktail cigarettes too - Balkan Sobranie in a variety of colours

 

[Weststander]

My Dad smoked Old Holborn roll ups and Senior Service until about 1974, I remember him smoking eg in the King Alfred cafe at the front after Sunday morning swims. He just decided to give up one day, stuck to it and is still going pretty well at 86.

My wife was into Marlboro Lights, stopping the moment she knew she was expecting.

 

[Exilegull]

Never had a favorite always bought the cheapest. Still smoke and they are all shit

 

[Cotton Socks]

I used to pinch my mum or dads Piccadilly's. I was really ill the 1st time myself and my older neighbour had tried a couple (about aged 8). Being a persistent person I started again when I was about 14 but looked old enough to buy my own so smoked Silk Cut. Upgraded to B&H due to peer pressure for years, with the occasional year off. Downgraded to Silk Cut silver after a year off around 16 years ago and switched to vaping about 12 years ago.
I do occasionally have a 'drag' of someones cigarette, it reminds me that it tastes disgusting. I'd had a few too many to drink a few years ago and as it was raining I said to a couple of friends that they didn't have to go outside to smoke. It seemed like my house stank for a week after (it probably didn't). I can't see myself ever smoking again. I'm just going to be a guinea pig for the vaping industry instead, as I'm kind.

 

[Midget]

Went through a phase of rough rollups for a couple of years.

Samson or Drum - "halfzware shag".

Mostly twigs.

I was 20-40 a day at one point but wow, not for 20 years now.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

You were lucky. 10 No10 and a book of matches used to see us through a night at Easthill yoof club. (Funnily enough in H's manor )

The next 30 years were spent on Marlborough, Gitanes (poseur) Sobranie cocktail (very expensive girlfriend) Marlborough lights, Rothmans and Silk Cut.

Silk Cut. Like having a wank, wearing mittens

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I used to pinch my mum or dads Piccadilly's. I was really ill the 1st time myself and my older neighbour had tried a couple (about aged 8). Being a persistent person I started again when I was about 14 but looked old enough to buy my own so smoked Silk Cut. Upgraded to B&H due to peer pressure for years, with the occasional year off. Downgraded to Silk Cut silver after a year off around 16 years ago and switched to vaping about 12 years ago.
I do occasionally have a 'drag' of someones cigarette, it reminds me that it tastes disgusting. I'd had a few too many to drink a few years ago and as it was raining I said to a couple of friends that they didn't have to go outside to smoke. It seemed like my house stank for a week after (it probably didn't). I can't see myself ever smoking again. I'm just going to be a guinea pig for the vaping industry instead, as I'm kind.

Smoker. Be honest

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I seem to recall going up Easthill park with @monty uk just over 50 years ago to smoke Consulate. Before we discovered Hi Test Sadly not readily available in the suburbs. When we were 14.

Been on licorice roll ups, Drum Gold, homeopathic rations, for 40 years. Pushing the boat out perhaps. But I'm a big fan of titrating misery with pleasure. And in the long run, we are all dead.

 

[pasty]

All this reminds me of the first time I ever smoked in front of my dad. I was 22 and home on leave from RAF, and he was driving us down to The Goldstone for a match.

Both parents knew I smoked but I’d never smoked in front of them.

Dad lit a fag in the car and I plucked up the courage and asked did he mind if I had one. In his typical Yorkshire way he just said “well they’re your bloody lungs, up to you”

I lit up and for the first few drags my hand was shaking, just because I was smoking with my dad

 

[ClemFandango]

Other random ciggie memories:
* Cinemas being divided into smoking and non-smoking sections. With the smoke cloud engulfing the non-smokers after about 10 minutes of the film starting
* Being allowed to smoke in Tube carriages. Even in the 70s you knew that was wrong
* Smoking on planes. Rear seats only of course

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

My father smoked these, he died of Emphysema aged 67

 

[Robinjakarta]

Smoked from age 7 for over 50 years and only aware after stopping that it was an addiction. The feeling of smoking being normal hides that. Long term ones included Players No. 6, Solent (menthol), a diversion to Hamlet cigars and latterly until giving up Marlboro Red.

 

[Boroseagull]

Barons when I was 11 years old (1957) given to me by an 18 year old girl who I suppose I was enthralled by. From then on I pinched the odd Bristol from my dad's packet when his back was turned. It then went to Guards, Nelson and finished in 1981 when Geoffrey Howe announced 12p on to a packet of 20 making them 72p a packet - at that time I was on Marlborough. I listened to the budget speech, swore to myself I would never smoke again and 43 years later am living proof of that.

 

[Robinjakarta]

My father smoked these, he died of Emphysema aged 67

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He did well to reach that age smoking those death warrants. I tried a pack once. Never again.

 

[OzMike]

We used to nip out of school during breaks and cross the Lewes Rd to go to Woolvens.
Old man Woolven used to sell us 5 Park Drive and put them in a small paper bag so it looked like we bought sweets.

 

[peterward]

The first I can remember was woodbines. The village pub had the fag machine in a foyer before entering main pub, a few of us about 13/14, loading coins in the machine to get a pack of 16, with a box of matches someone nicked from home.

At 16 just after school, started on B&H after buying 200 at Gatwick on my first holiday abroad to Gran Canaria with best mate at time, can even remember thinking how cool I'd be smoking , and that was that for over 20 years, what a dickhead..... later on moved to Rothmans, Embassy #1, for a while the ghastly cafe creme short cigars and lastly Marlboro lights.

Gave the buggers up fully about 12 years ago, having tried and failed on a few occasions in the previous 5 years.

 

[Midget]

School trips to Germany were great, the fag machines there used to take Deutschmarks which were exactly the same size as 10p coins

 

[Dr Q]

Never been a real smoker, but used to smoke when I was doing my fieldwork in Southern Italy for my PhD in the early 90's. Used to sit back and contemplate Italian Geology with a ciggie now and then. So for 3 months of the year for 3 years (4 or 5 a day), and never had an issue stopping when I got back. Mainly Marlboro Lights, but Silk Cut if I could get them (purely for their sponsership of the Jaguar sportscar team. Tried some Lucky Strike one time and nearly puked!

 

[Weststander]

Anyone here ever smoked ‘proper’ cigars? Although a lifelong non smoker, I always liked the richer scent of cigars.

 

[clapham_gull]

Gitanes (as smoked by the coolest man on earth, David Bowie)

And a raving predatory "sexualist" who used to drink in our local pub growing up.

I've never been able to break the connection.