Whats difference in all the different cigarettes? Light, 100’s, 99’s, smooth, 120’s, kings?
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I dont think you’re allowed to call them “lights” on US packaging, but here goes.
100s are longer than regulars. Smooths are not as “harsh” on the draw, but just as bad for you. 120s are slightly longer than 100s. Supposedly they all have the same amount of tobacco in them, but I don’t know for sure.
Then there’s menthol versus “crush.” Crush almost always puts menthol in the tobacco, but also includes a little capsule in the filter that you pop with your finger. This makes it feel cold to draw, like a mint. But they taste like ass, especially if you dont pop them.
Otherwise, in terms of “blends,” it just gives the tobacco a different flavor profile and draw. “Flavored” tobacco is pretty much banned in the US, but like whiskey or beer, there are things you can do to the tobacco to affect its flavor.
Reds are by far the most tobacco-y. They have an almost raisin or molasses flavor, if you can taste it past the harsh draw. These are not going to taste anything like raisins or molasses to a non-smoker, like how whiskey tastes of alcoholic sawdust to people who don’t drink whiskey. Reds are for the, shall we say, more experienced smoker, hence the nickname “cowboy killers.”
Everything else is guesswork and branding. Smokers develop preferences for the blend, brand, length, flavor, and type of cigarette.
Until you quit for a while, at which point the second-hand smoke smells good, but the rest of the experience of smoking is unpleasant.
Source: smoked on and off, sometimes heavily, for a few years, especially while deployed or training in the military. Quit cold turkey, only sometimes do I miss the “ritual” of it.
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