the best cigarette

post getting-high, hands down

W bevvie, for me. The more alcoholic the bev, the more enjoyable each drag becomes in relation to the roughness of alcohol.

The post-getting high cig is awesome but also sort of overshadowed by the high and the compulsion, in my experience.

post-getting high cig for me is usually more of an "okay now I gotta make sure I don't smell like weed" obligation than something I really enjoy. it can be nice, though.

when i used to smoke, and i never smoked much, it was really enjoyable smoking while on eccies.

favorite cigarette = at home winding down from a night of drinking before going to sleep

er I should clarify that that's a night of, like, going out and drinking, partying, having fun. not sitting in my room with a bottle of whiskey.

after a big meal > drogas > coffee > drinking > the rest

good poll!

the last cigarette ever was kinda lame, by the time I was halfway down it I was like "I don't need this"

^real talk, so disappointing

It'd almost have to be. That's like how something's always in the last place you look.

When I was 18 I was driving in my beautiful '87 Camry when a drunk dude in a red Mustang ran a red light and totaled my car (though we were both uninjured). After the crash, I got out of the car and went over to ask if he was okay.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine... d'ya have a light?"

Goooood cigarette.

the "cigarette to celebrate having gone a week without a cigarette" is a pretty crappy one, too; you don't really enjoy it as much as you hoped you would, and then afterwards you feel all gross and disappointed.

shouldn't have clicked on this, damn.

there is no such thing as a last cigarette.

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i191/fluxion23/watchmen1.png

holy shit kenan

I literally came here to post that exact panel!

like, I refreshed the page and went "how did my post already get here?!?"

Well, it's in the air lately.

this calls for a cigarette

the "cigarette to celebrate having gone a week without a cigarette" is a pretty crappy one, too; you don't really enjoy it as much as you hoped you would, and then afterwards you feel all gross and disappointed.

True. I am going to L.A. next week and have been contemplating smoking while I'm out there, after having not smoked at all since New Year's Eve. I feel like if I can keep it segregated from my everyday life, i.e. something I only do over there, I won't be tempted to start again in earnest. (To the extent that I'm addicted, it's psychological, not physiological. Very association-based.) But I also feel like I'm probably building it up too much and maybe I should just keep the streak alive.

on the crapper cigarette

jaymc i tried that and...it didn't work. i was like okay, one more after i get off the plane (coming home), one more before i go inside and REALLY resume my life, one before girlfreind comes home, etc. maybe youd be better, but it seems like unnecessary fire-playing. you should just not smoke i think if it's going well.

I gave up 5 years ago, but

The first cigarette of the day

was always the best. That little rush that it gives, every single time, just cannot be replicated with any other drug. God, my mouth is literally watering, just thinking about it.

Jaymc: LA doesn't seem like the city. When in Rome, avoid Phoenician behavior. If you can not smoke in Chicago, you can not smoke anywhere.

I don't smoke at the office, so mine is "the third cigarette of the day, which is at approximately 5:02 pm on the way to the bus stop" which I always love - all the rush of the first of the day, none of the "ugh I smoked too much yesterday and feel gross" feeling which I get as a chain smoker :P

Yesterday night when I was sneaking out for a post-coital cig I remembered how wonderful it was to lay in bed and have that cigarette. Boo to cleaner living!

yeah giving up patio smoke with coffee first thing in the morning would suck. it gives you a chance to kind of compose yourself for the day ahead on top of the rest.

xposts

The after-movie cigarette was always pretty good too.

Without some stimulants to go along with the first cig, it more often than not makes me want to go back to bed. So I'd count that as a "with coffee" cig.

yeah i did too in my breakdown of favorites

Yesterday night when I was sneaking out for a post-coital cig I remembered how wonderful it was to lay in bed and have that cigarette.

Now it's something that only happens in old movies. Like, that's how you know they did it, they're smoking in bed. Sharing a cig means they're in love, each having their own means the relationship is doomed.

oh yeah a post-action cig in bed is pretty much impossible for me now because a) not getting any, b) no smoking inside. the movies probably contribute to the mystique, but goddamn if a cigarette in bed after sex in a cheap motel isn't one of the best things ever.

No hard and fast rule, every situation can facilitate a lovely or a disgusting fag. With drink is the most reliable (and seeing as there's no 'with class A drugs').

especially if it's a sleazy "getting-to-know-you" smoke after hooking up w/ a trucker! lol xpost

They're all pretty great but I think it has to be the first cigarette (with coffee) of the day for me.

I think I'm going to try to quit at the end of this weekend though. I wish I could be a sometimes smoker but it's really all or nothing for me and I'm afraid it's been too long and I should quit while I'm ahead and it hasn't completely killed my health and/or looks.

I think the post-coital cig is way overrated, personally. For one thing, sometimes I'm a bit winded. More importantly, I'm quite sated already and need a moment. Maybe in 20 minutes or so.

Oh yeah though the post-coital in bed smoke was the best. sigh.

What, are you not allowed to smoke IN YOUR OWN BED in the US?

jaymc i tried that and...it didn't work. i was like okay, one more after i get off the plane (coming home), one more before i go inside and REALLY resume my life, one before girlfreind comes home, etc. maybe youd be better, but it seems like unnecessary fire-playing. you should just not smoke i think if it's going well.

Well before I quit altogether, I only smoked when I drank and usually only in social situations where I was likely to have more than a couple drinks. So that's all I was imagining doing out there, too. But you might be right, anyway.

I don't understand the post-coital smoke. It just feels like something to do with your hands at that point, plus I don't want to get up and brush my teeth again after. Practical considerations destroy the mystique, sorry.

post-meal hands down

and seeing as there's no 'with class A drugs'

Actually, "post-getting-high" applies equally to coke. But with coke for me it really IS a compulsion. Like, I need something to do for a few minutes so I don't grit my teeth or get way too drunk too fast.

Maybe I'm not getting good shit. :(

post-coital is great if its a shared smoke, but im going with my heart, post-hiii.

I'd also like to add to the list the "coming out of a job interview / exam / unpleasant appointment" cigarette

would vote for that

yeah it prob sounds pathetic to non-smokers but it's right before the post-big-meal smoke that im like "ahh life is pretty good ya know"
woha xps

Tie between the one before the gig and the one after.

The best cigarette I ever had was on my 19th birthday, November 3, 1992. I had just cast my first presidential vote and was killing time between classes at Memorial Union. I stepped outside and saw it snow for the first time on my birthday, these big potato-chip sized flakes. I stood there under the archway, smoked my Marlboro Medium, and breathed in the moment.

That sounds pretty amazing.

My favorites are the menthol, because they're not full-on kool, it's just a nice hint of mint that still tastes like a cigarette.

Kamels

yeah the sherman menthols are probably the only ones I'd bother with, though no one I know smokes them. I'm sure my lack of appreciation for the subtlety of shermans comes from having smoked lucky non-filters for a year, after smoking full-flavor dunhills and those black clove cigarettes - pack a day.

I am of two minds about Kamels.

Great design:

http://www.incompetech.com/gallimaufry/cigarette/kamel_red.jpg

Piss-poor design:

http://www.dottyparker.com/blog/images/kamel.jpg

Yes, I buy cigarettes for the box. What, you don't ever buy wine for the label?

Did you ever buy those cigarettes - forget the brand - that were rainbow colored? I think they had an attractive box, but I forget what it looked like.

pretty sure nat sherman makes those, can't remember the name atm though

Nat Sherman Fantasia?

https://secure.bogarts.com.au/images/P/Nat%20Sherman%20USA%20Fantasia_2.jpg

yeah, that sounds right

I used to get Nat Sherman MCDs occasionally, just cuz they looked so classy and they were only a little more than the American Spirit blues that I normally smoked. but now I mostly stick to the American Spirits, or Camel Wides if I can't find them.

I roll. Drum or better, usually Drum.

menthol, you guys are mental! i tried. some japanese girl left a pack. ACK! like inhaling healthy air!

nath, that's why the Nat Sherman menthols are pretty good. They don't taste like other menthols at all.

btw, not to alienate anyone, but I really hate American Spirits. The Indian on the box is goofy at best, maybe not borderline offensive, certainly a bit clueless. "Wahey, lookit us! We're all natural and stuff. If you smoke another brand, a single tear rolls down this Indian's cheek."

And they taste like dirt.

ah ok.

i love japanese marlboro lights cause they come in soft packs. only shitty thing is that they are all white, which looks kinda weird.

yes the fantasias!

also re: American Spirits

I'm all for well-cured tobacco with no additives, but not tobacco with the taste and character of Arizona sand. Let's have some terroir up in this bitch.

But back to the thread: I finally voted, for alcoholic beverage. No two vices mix as seamlessly. Second choice: post-prandial.

when summer first kicks in: beer, crisps, cigarette. can't be beat.

A distributor dumped a bunch of American Spirits and Dunhills on me at the Bar & Nightclub Convention - all terrible. I had full-flavor and medium AmSpirits, I can't even imagine what smoking a light is like.

alas, i fell for the american spirit publicity juggernaut years ago. i smoke the red packs now. the organics. they are slightly better/stronger than the blues. BUT NINE DOLLARS A PACK!!! ay yi yi, i might have to dig out my nicotine gum and have another go at the straight and narrow.

also, i totally got used to the slow burn of american spirits. they take forever to smoke, so psychologically i tell myself that i am better off since i only smoke about half the cigarette before putting it out.

um, does anyone here buy cigs on-line? a carton of 555's for 24 bucks seems too good to be true, but i might consider this option before i consider my old nicotine gum:

http://www.smokin4free.com/555.html

Oh man I miss boutique brands. But god almighty, the prices.

That's like a 1990 price on 555's! Good tip. I never thought to buy online.

i just wonder how reliable the sites are. or if i will end up giving my credit card number to the russian mafia...

great thread

xpost Just don't use your "good" credit card, use the one with the $500 limit.

There is no option for "The I Am Having Emotions Cigarette" so I voted near-miss-car-wreck as it was closest.

I don't find the cigarette at times of extreme emotion to be particularly nice. Adrenaline+nicotine isn't a very good combination, it leads to jitteryness. I still have one though.

As a balm for the nerves, nothin' beats that ol' fashioned morphine.

Even before I smoked, I'd reach for one in times of stress. Like before I went in to do an interview, I'd buy some. I still remember doing that before I went to interview Steve Wynn. I once made the horrible mistake of smoking too much before a gig. I got shivers and sweat like hell. I could only stand against the wall.

I interviewed Adam Clayton back when he smoked about 60 a day and kept pace with him for an hour, after which I felt like one of those kids whose dad makes him chainsmoke until he throws up as a deterrent. (Do dads do this anymore?) Nowadays, it's rare you get to smoke at all under those circumstances so my vote would be for the first one I have on the street after a difficult interview. After a long flight is also classic, unless the person you're travelling with doesn't smoke and has to stand there looking impatient and/or disgusted.

"the just-smoked, about-to-go-back-inside-to-the-party, oh-hey-look-there's-a-group-of-friends-I-didn't-know-were-here-coming-outside-for-a-smoke, might-as-well-join-them cigarette" is otm - always terrible

camel filters are close to 4 dollars a pack here now!!! a gentleman in the bar yesterday was loudly blaming obama.

patronizing those places that are frequented by promo giveaway cigarette vendors= never buying a cigarette again if you keep your habit casual

oh jesus not 4 dollars

nothing beats a 'drunk as fckuck at a rooftop barbeque party wit your homies' cigarette

i just wonder how reliable the sites are. or if i will end up giving my credit card number to the russian mafia...

― scott seward, Thursday, 12 March 2009 00:17 (21 hours ago) Permalink

definitely proceed with caution. A couple guys I work with got burned by one of those sites.

aren't there "fake" cigarettes? must be the case. (i think of this cause my best friend bought fake meds for her son. nearly died cause of it. she didn't realize they were fake until the doctor at the hospital told her.)

Well they put in a few orders and eveything was cool until one time they got triple charged and nothing was sent. The place closed up shop and bounced or something.

During NPS in 2005 I chain smoked for like a week and it fucked up some of my later performances

NPS? Non parental sex?

National Poetry Slam

I was in Waikiki a month ago, and a Japanese man traded me one of his cigs for an "American Cigarette", (Jokes on him, I smoke cloves) anyway he gave me this thing called a "Cabin" and it burnt away in about sixty seconds. Apparently there is no time to fuck around smoking a cigarette in Japan.

Oh, and def post-hi, although pre and post-gig are nice too

lol @ japanese cigs being super awesome efficient.

Well, gotta go fast as you can smoke almost nowhere. we were smoking in some high end street and some dude picked up our cigbut (sp?). only later did we realize we weren't allowed to smoke on said street. .roffle

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That's about right, yeah.

after-movie cigarette way underrated, according to these results

the post-semester, still got shit on my mind cigarette

http://beautifulnoise.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/r-1241426-1203121681.jpeg

the jazz cigarette?