At 12 years old, when I started smoking...it was whatever I could get my hands on. Most of my friends smoked Newports. My parents smoked Winstons, and I would very rarely gank one of those. I did make my own money, and at that time, a 12 year old could still go to the store that new we bought for mom and dad, and get myself a pack. Eventually I settled on Marlboro red box....cause you had to tell them box. Did the Reds for a couple decades and then I was diagnosed with cancer. Doc says "no smoking 3 weeks before surgery and 8 weeks after" YEAAAAA. He didn't want the carcinogens to create necropathy in my incisions. We went out on the balcony and smoked once or twice a day...changed to Marlboro light,,,tried to get serious about quitting so I went to Marlboro ultra light 72's. The smoking didn't hurt my healing process...but the thought of quitting stick in my brain as something I want to do....then comes e-cig and I jump right in @V4L