Defining a "PAD"?

[Maximum Chips]

I've been reading this forum for a few weeks now (finally decided to register and start posting). I've noticed a lot of people referring to "PAD" which I eventually worked out meant "pack a day" when talking about smoking cigarettes. Just curious... in Australia, a pack of cigarettes can contain anything from 20 to 50 smokes. Is this the same in other parts of the world or do some countries only sell, say, packs of 30 cigarettes?

Just wondering. It would make working out how heavy a smoker somebody was a lot easier. I was a PAD smoker, but the pack contained 40 cigarettes.

 

[TBPlayer2112]

Here in the states a pack is 20 analogs. A carton has 10 packs.

 

[Jimi D.]

PAD= Packs A DAY

 

[Maximum Chips]

Here in the states a pack is 20 analogs. A carton has 10 packs.

Sorry to labour the point... So every pack of cigarettes sold in the U.S. contains 20?

That means I was effectively a 2 PAD smoker.

 

[zuzette]

yes every pack - even imports.

 

[Thrasher]

dont feel too bad I was a 2PAD smoker for 30 years.

 

[Abatman33]

soo many acronyms in here.. thanks for this!

 

[Dbailey]

Some cloves have 12 a pack.

 

[Chris153]

I always understood PAD to mean 20 standard analogs, regardless of the cigs actually being smoked. I wouldn't know any sort of conversion factor between standards and Kings or 100s though.

 

[flintlock62]

It seems we use many acronyms on this forum, and I had to decipher a few myself! That includes giving initials for telling someone to "try AVE juice" What the heck is AVE? I finally figured out it meant alien Visions! Give us noobs a break, PLEASE!

Here in the USA, a pack consists of 20 fags per pack. There was on brand that sold a pack of 25, but that's unusual!

I've been reading this forum for a few weeks now (finally decided to register and start posting). I've noticed a lot of people referring to "PAD" which I eventually worked out meant "pack a day" when talking about smoking cigarettes. Just curious... in Australia, a pack of cigarettes can contain anything from 20 to 50 smokes. Is this the same in other parts of the world or do some countries only sell, say, packs of 30 cigarettes?

Just wondering. It would make working out how heavy a smoker somebody was a lot easier. I was a PAD smoker, but the pack contained 40 cigarettes.

 

[struckus]

lol I thought it was half a pack..cus up here th packs have 2 foil wrapped sides..one has 12 and one has 13..they look like pads so..lol

 

[bb99]

ahhh now I know what PAD stands for.