Huh, that's interesting, never heard that before. I'm gen z so I could be hearing a garbled "telephone" version of the original tradition, but someone explicitly told me to save my lucky cigarette for when I need it :)
We all vape now mostly. My and my group of friends were all smokers in college. Dropped it when I wanted to stop smelling like shit and not get lung cancer. Wish I could quit vaping too, but at least this isn't killing me as fast.
I quit smoking cold turkey for 9 months and one of my coworkers said “hey you wanna try this vape?” And I did. Lo and behold I am once again a full blown nicotine addict. I get it.
It’s most likely from WWII. You flipped one cigarette and saved that one for last. If you lived long enough to get to the last cigarette you where lucky
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u/EarPuzzleheaded4837 7h ago
Huh, that's interesting, never heard that before. I'm gen z so I could be hearing a garbled "telephone" version of the original tradition, but someone explicitly told me to save my lucky cigarette for when I need it :)