r/Cigarettes

I've been smoking al capone flame cigarillos for about a year now and whenever I do, I feel really woozy and vague for a few minutes. The closest I can explain it as, is that it feels like I just smoked a joint. Is this normal? Just curious :)

I was visiting Canada not too long ago, specifically Richmond BC and then Quebec City and I was shocked to see how many smokers exist there. I thought that I would be shunned for being a smoker in Canada but I was more than welcomed. I even saw people smoking menthols. I'm not sure how they're getting them. I thought menthols were banned. Honestly though, where is the Canadian government getting their numbers from? Who is taking these polls?

PS: Canadian cigarettes are underrated.

For the last 5-ish years Parliaments were sold in my country, Poland, and I got so used to smoking them that when I have a cigarette with a standard filter I feel like my mouth is full of foam. Unfortunately, they recently discontinued Parliaments here and I had to switch to Kents (kinda ok substitution) or Pall Malls (not as good), but I was wondering if there are any other global brands that might offer cigarettes with those indented filters that I'm missing? Obviously, I'd have to do research to figure out their availability in Poland, but I'd appreciate some suggestions.

27M here and I would say the past month or so I started smoking a pack a week, roughly. Besides more phlegm and my teeth having a slight film on them after the day is done I have almost found myself feeling more relaxed.

My parents are both smokers, father (Blue Kools) is a complete chainsmoker and mother (American Spirit Light Green) is 1-2 a day.

Since I was 18 or 19 I would smoke them exclusively when I drank VERY rarely. I remember when I was 18 I smoked two Marlboro Reds after I ate Arby's and threw it up after since I was not used to nicotine at the time.

During high school I would go to hookah bars but never really smoke but just hangout with my friends. Around last year or so when I was 25 I started smoking hookah with my close friend and got really into it (about one a week).

Years later, while I was traveling to different places and working stressful sales jobs I would bum (yes, I was that cheap bastard) and smoke with women at work during breaks or when I was drinking at bars.

I took a trip to Kalamazoo back in April and bought a pack for myself (Camel Blues) - same ones at my last job in mortgages that my coworker let me bum. I smoked in the morning 1-2 for the weekend when I had coffee and loved it. I just tried a new one (Parliaments Blues) which I had two packs so far.

My problem I guess is all of my friends and even parents are looking at me very negatively. I am not coming to this sub for validation but more or less to see if this is common among others?

I had a one friend tell me when I was smoking next to him "just because you picked up a bad habit doesn't mean I need to"

another said "its better if you did Ketamine or Cocaine than cigs:

my mother "you better not be smoking in the house or your car"

I used to really enjoy smoking but here recently it seems like I'm doing it more for the nic than I am the experience itself, I smoke camel reds mainly and here recently the taste really has become unpleasant. Maybe it's time I switch brands? I feel physically fine otherwise it's just the taste no longer is pleasant

In my country, the legal age is 18. While I am aware that I will not be able to buy, could I bring my own pack(s) on the plane or will they confiscate and potentially penalise me?

On a scale from 1-10 with ten being the most what would you say your level of addiction to cigarettes is? Feel free to elaborate!