Type of cigs you USED to smoke

[plantlvr]

The reason I'm asking is when I quit smoking I didn't have what a lot of you have stated, the coughing gone, better sense of smell and taste, etc.
I smoked a expensive brand [60 bux a carton8-o] a week.
Now that I'm smoke free for 80 days today I DO feel better, breath better, but never had a cough and food tastes the same.
Just curious about the el cheapo brands vs the expensive cigs.Is there a difference in the amount of crap they put in different cigs?
All I'm sure of is that I love vaping my VK WAY more than I ever did smoking!

 

[SmilingSlasher]

I smoked Marlboro Reds and Newports (depending if I wanted Menthol or not) for 17+ years.......and I notice a huge difference in my breathing. I no longer have "my" hacking cough, as my Dad put it.......and EVERYTHING tastes sooooooooooo much better.

 

[pianoguy]

I smoked Marlboro Mediums for the past 12 years - they had gotten plenty expensive here at around $55 a carton. Every once in a while Marlboro would have a special 3-pack for the price of 2, and they'd send me some coupons for a couple bucks off a carton once in a blue moon. Early on, I started with regular Marlboros, then switched to Kent III's and Carltons back in the '80s to try something lighter. I remember when I first started smoking, cigs were about .30 a pack from a cigarette machine, and a little cheaper at the store. Of course, I couldn't buy them at the store, what with being 13 years old and all.

I've noticed my taste has sharpened quite a bit since I started vaping, and my sense of smell is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better.

 

[Mary Kay]

I smoked menthol, mostly Misty for the last few years. I did smoke Virgina slims before that..didn't see a big difference except in price.
I just started coughing and feeling tired all the time a couple of years ago..could have been the switch?

 

[sawlight]

Now, to Malboro reds, to mediums, to lights, back to reds. Winston for a bit, back to reds, then Camel wide lights, Kamel reds, Benson and Hedges when I could find them, then to Pall Mall reds when the tax hit!
Then I went to MYO, I bought two crank machines, tried many types of tobbaco's (like a lot of them) before settling on a decent smoke that I could put two cartons together for around $25.

 

[corybrown40]

I smoked Basic's. I always used to joke that they would basically kill me or give me basic cancer. Ya I am a nerd I know. they were a mid cost cig but liked them over anything else. to be quite honest I liked smoking more than vaping but hey vaping won't kill ya. so I will stick with my VK. Been smoke free for 3 months

 

[VictoryNotVengence]

I smoked marlboro medium 100,s and sometimes newport mediums if i wanted menthol. When they went FSC i went PV! I have 9 cartons of non FSC sitting in the closet but since day 11 of vaping I havn't lit an analog. Why would i drag on that nasty thing when i can have banana, toffee, frenchtoast etc...

Its funny that my marlboro juice tastes better than a marlboro now.

 

[Hellen A. Handbasket]

There at the end, (especially when the new taxes hit) I'd buy what ever the least expensive carton there was available. Nasty... Usually smoked a pack and a half a day.

Maybe the cheapo cigs were part of the reason I was really glad to give them up when I found e-cigs!! My taste improved (I couldn't stand salt on food for months!) and my cough went away completely. My last cold didn't turn in to bronchitis (always did before) and went away completely in just a week or two.

I think the changes you'll notice depend on how long you smoked and how much.

 

[dgriego]

American Spirits

And they taste awful now, I had one and it was nasty.....cannot believe I loved them so much

 

[Thyestean]

The reason I'm asking is when I quit smoking I didn't have what a lot of you have stated, the coughing gone, better sense of smell and taste, etc.
I smoked a expensive brand [60 bux a carton8-o] a week.
Now that I'm smoke free for 80 days today I DO feel better, breath better, but never had a cough and food tastes the same.
Just curious about the el cheapo brands vs the expensive cigs.Is there a difference in the amount of crap they put in different cigs?
All I'm sure of is that I love vaping my VK WAY more than I ever did smoking!

you never named what it was you smoked.

I'd be curious what an "expensive brand" is since I smoked Marlboros and was paying $70 a carton at the end.

 

[Viv Savage]

My smoke of choice was always Camel Lights... although, and I see I'm not alone here, the last several months I started resorting to whatever I could get a deal on (2 pack promo of Marlboro Mediums, Pall Mall blues on sale, etc). Anyway, I was "only" about a half pack a day smoker during my most recent go around (~2005-2009), but I have definitely seen my smoker's cough (a gross hacking morning cough, if you know what I mean) virtually disappear since I quit 3 months ago.

 

[Adrenalynn]

Virgina Slims Luxury Lights 120 Menthol. 3/4 - 1pk/day. $70/carton would be pretty close - I only bought packs.

 

[crashtestjeep]

Marlboro Light Menthol

 

[cassavetes]

Marlboro Lights. Delicious, spectacular, Marlboro Lights.

 

[RatRacer]

Marlboro Reds for 30yrs, no matter the cost. Couldn't stand the taste of anything else.
Two months vaping now, no more cough. AND, sneezing is no longer considered target practice.

 

[Sheryl]

Kool 100's

 

[DopeyZx6r]

I usually had my brands on rotation: Marlboro Reds & Mediums, Turkish Gold, Camel Filters.

But my "go to" stogs were Mild Seven Originals and Seven Star (both Japanese brands).

 

[angjen0816]

I started on Reds, in 93. then i switched to marlboro lights 100's, from 97 till january of this year when they hit 7 bucks a pack. it was costing me roughly 10 bucks a day to kill myself! I switched to pall mall lights until i got my 510. within the first week, i was hacking all the crap out but since then my smokers cough is mostly gone, although my lungs still hurt sometimes in the morning.

 

[leeshor]

For the last 23 years, Now Menthol 100s, for the previous 25 years, dozens of brands including Belair Menthol

 

[noderat]

Am I the only one who smoked wides? I used to smoke Camel Filters, then changed to Camel Light Wides for the last three months before getting my 510.