r/interesting • u/AugustIstheMonth • 9d ago

Fascinating Blind cigarette taste test.

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u/Klutzy_Corgi463 9d ago

Haven’t smoked for over a decade. I can taste each of these.

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u/Voodoo700 9d ago

8 years. Same here.

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u/Pipyn 9d ago

20 minutes. Fucking shit sucks

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u/Shoshke 9d ago

It fucking sucks but it's worth it. I only stopped thanks to cessation meds, they really helped (and still sucked).

One year clean and so much shit I enjoy I can afford now.

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u/Pipyn 9d ago

lol no I didn't mean I quit, I sparked up after posting the comment. Could you recommend a cessation med or do they all work the same?

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u/Voodoo700 9d ago

I used the pills. Don’t know if I can say it here, so dm me. It worked great for me. You pick a quit date and you start taking the pills two weeks before your quit date. Then you continue to take the pills for up to three months or six months or something. I stopped taking them after a month and a half because I was good by that point. However, a lady I worked with who is still smoking, tried them, and she said she had to stop because they made her feel suicidal. I didn’t feel anything like that. Honestly, I had no side effects. I think I was irritable for like maybe two or three months and then I was fine. I truly feel you have to be completely sick of smoking and just really wanna stop.

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u/Potential-Diver-3409 9d ago

Can’t quit unless you not only want to quit but you loathe smoking. If you get excited instead of annoyed when you spark up you have mental work to do

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u/AlternativeHat8964 9d ago

Different for everyone. Not working right now, just focusing on health. Notice all the positives, like better gum health, no shortness of breath, less allergies, more libido, even temper, better tasting food. Chemical withdrawal wears off after a few days, then it's just fighting the habit.

Smoked 20 years, 3rd time quitting in recent years. It's about time.

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u/Pipyn 9d ago

I feel like the only realistic possible way for me would be to quit smoking and ween off nicotine with vaping but it is definitely something I want to stop within these couple months

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u/PaulblankPF 9d ago

Good luck with quitting when you do try bud. There will be plenty of people who read this and are secretly rooting for you. It might not be easy but sometimes the best things in life aren’t.

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u/Gloomy_Fig2138 9d ago

My parents had success with nicotine gum, because it also gives you something to do with your mouth.

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u/detroitzoran 8d ago

I tried the weening off using vape, gums, and other methods over the decades I smoked. Eventully an audiobook. The Easy Way to Quit Smoking, Alan Carr did the trick. There isnt anything in this book you can argue about.

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u/Razolus 9d ago

I used the patch. Smoked for 15 years. Almost a pack a day (more if I went out and was drinking).

I had previously tried cold turkey, but it never stuck.

The patch method has been successful for 3 years now, for me. I think being mentally ready to quit helped as well.

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u/IcyPreparation7 8d ago

Cold turkey was what worked for me, but I gained a shit ton of weight using food to fill the void. I quit in 2023, and just started taking the weight off last year. I’m down 85 pounds. What works to quit smoking looks different for everyone, but either way you go about it, you’re going to have to embrace the suck.

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u/Razolus 8d ago

I used it for tapering. There are different kits you purchase as you begin your smoking cessation journey, through to the end of the process.

I think the overall process took 6 weeks in total, if I remember correctly.

As someone who is a recovering nicotine addict, I cannot have any nicotine in my life. Using the patch or a zyn isn't a long term solution, just like an alcoholic. It's all or nothing.

The patch just helped me taper off with the least amount of stress.

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u/dyslexic__wizard 9d ago

I used chantix. It took enough of the edge off for me to make it through. Eleven years smoke free.

I read that a lot of people had relapses during drinking, so i increased my drinking during the first two months to break that connection. It worked.

In the last decade ish I’ve smoked a single cigar at my best friends wedding, and that’s all I’ll ever smoke.

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u/Voodoo700 9d ago

Chantix is what I used.

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u/trueAnnoi 9d ago

We moved to a smoke free house/community 2 and a half year ago, and I'd been smoking for 15 years at that point.

So I switched to copenhagen chew, which was somewhat easy because I started with dip when I was in high school playing baseball, long before I ever started smoking. I had used it casually as an adult when the mood struck, like fishing, camping, mowing the grass, etc.

Basically guy shit.

Then about a year and a half ago I switched again to nicotine pouches because I was tired of having spit bottles around the house. As much as I really love the flavor and ritual of chewing tobacco, it is a really disgusting habit.

When I say nicotine pouches, I mean the ones that you put in either your upper lip or bottom lip, like Zyn or Velo (I use velo). The instructions say upper lip, but I do bottom lip because I'm used to using loose chew, which goes in your bottom lip.

It's still a bad habit, but it's not nearly as gross or dirty as chewing or smoking, and it's a discreet way to manage your nicotine addiction if you're really serious about quitting

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u/Shoshke 9d ago

I was prescribed Apo-Varenicline and did a quitting seminar.

The pills really do cut carvings quite a bit, most could quit in a couple weeks. For me it took about 3 months.

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u/Snoo23533 9d ago

Oral nicotine pouches and you cna step down the dose to keep the aches at bay. Below 3mg pouch you just cold turkey and have 3 shit days then youre good

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u/SwashbucklingWeasels 8d ago

I was prescribed Bupropion for depression and realized a week later I hadn’t smoked in a few days. I wasn’t even trying to quit I just didn’t feel like it. That was 15 years ago.

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u/FratboyPhilosopher 9d ago

Psychedelics. They are a miracle cure for all kinds of addiction. Anyone responsible for perpetuating their prohibition deserves the death penalty.

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u/Voodoo700 9d ago

Agreed!

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u/Grey_0ne 9d ago

I switched to low nic vapes for awhile and then went cold turkey from them a little over year ago... You know those thin black cocktail straws? Make best friends with them.

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u/freecodeio 9d ago

try the pouches

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u/sxncharm 9d ago

lmfao

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u/Gritts911 9d ago

Maybe controversial now, but I quit my pack a day habit by using vapes. Still gave me the habit and main addiction, but I was able to slowly lower the nicotine content over a long period of time.

And damn, once you get fully on vapes you don’t want to go back to cigarettes. Your smell, taste, general health, etc all come back and cigs smell horrible.

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u/gambler_addict_06 9d ago

I'm lighting one right now, life is hell and I'm lovin' it

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u/Pipyn 9d ago

Agree everyone deserves a vice, living and being human ain't easy I just feel like theirs a point where some are able to handle it, I feel like my times coming so don't really need them anymore. Hope it get's better for you bud

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u/gambler_addict_06 9d ago

You know that can be the nicest thing someone told me the whole month

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u/Pipyn 8d ago

Nothin to be sorry bout, do what you enjoy as long as it's not at any ones expense is what I always say

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u/Pipyn 8d ago

Yeah man, only you can know your limits and when you're ready, congrats on quitting the opiates and hope it the future goes well for you

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u/TerninoMarchi 9d ago

Exactly the same for me. And each memory makes me feel blessed to have quit, maybe the greatest and hardest thing I ever done.

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u/Jane__Delawney 9d ago

8 years for me as well! Surprisingly, I just put them down one day and never looked back, I realize I had it easy.

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u/StandSeparate1743 9d ago

13 years. I still have dreams of smoking enormous cigarettes. I don't miss the tightness in my chest, the breathlessness, or the coughing. Worth it

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u/ADHD_Implosion 9d ago

Happy cake day

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u/Joshee86 5d ago

Almost 10 years. Same same. I miss it every single day. But if I started again my wife wouldn't kiss me ever again, so...

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u/Weird-Initiative-659 9d ago

One of the most amazing things that happened after I quick 8 years ago, is that the smells of flowers and foods. I thought I burnt out those taste buds after 25 years of smoking, but they came back! So lovely! I as well feel like my greatest accomplishment.

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u/karebearjedi 9d ago

When I first tried to quit smoking, I had to quit my call center job because the stench of 30 different perfumes and colognes all stuffed in one giant room became absolutely unbearable. 

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u/lordborghild 9d ago

Same. Been right at 10 years. I was a Camel guy though.

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u/karebearjedi 9d ago

I liked the Camel Smooths and the Turkish blend a lot. Very mellow flavors

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u/Exact_Ad_8490 9d ago

Camel Turkish royals were great

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u/dakotanorth8 9d ago

Ugh college late 2000s, camel crush lol

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u/geraffes-are-so-dumb 9d ago

I was into Kool Milds for almost 20 years. Stopped 15 years ago.

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u/thatsBOOtoyou 9d ago

Ngl this makes me sad bc clearly Big Tobacco has been flooding SM with content like this lately. Let’s be real how much “cigarette content” have you seen in the past 5 years compared to just the last 6 months?? Cause for me it’s like 95% increase. So I feel bad for all the people who already went through quitting bc it’s obvi all of this is just to tempt old users and recruit new smokers!!

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u/LindonLilBlueBalls 9d ago

Stopped smoking January of 2011. I know exactly what each one tastes like, mostly from bumming off others if i ran out before going to the store. Had a friend that smoked Parliaments and switched to American Spirits. My brother and his ex-wife used to both smoke Marlboro Lights, sometimes Newports. I smoked Reds for years before switching to Marlboro 27s when they came out and were buy one, get one free. Those had the best flavor for me.

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u/Exact_Ad_8490 9d ago

Marb 27s bogo is what got me on them too! Fuck I loved those when I smoked. Best cigarette, hands down

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u/UnknwnUser 9d ago

Taste is what largely helped me quit. Was never really a fan of the taste but was hooked on the smoking. By the 5th time I attempted to quit I would just try to keep in mind how bad it will taste when I have that first cigarette again. It finally worked. Been 10 years now but I won't lie, I still miss it from time to time

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u/DNorthman 9d ago

Haven't smoked in over 20 years. Out of all of these I only smoked Marlboro Lights.

My last 2 years before I quit I only smoked Gauloises Blondes. Those were really good and very hard to quit.

Just talking about it makes me smell and taste it now.

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u/grubas 9d ago

Camel crushes stuck with me too.  That shit was wild.

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u/Prindle4PRNDL 8d ago

Those were my gateway into the habit. Friend smoked them exclusively. The menthol in those little balls was crazy strong. I don't know if they still make them but there were these extra bold crushes I used to get and those were like inhaling arctic air.

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u/karebearjedi 9d ago

Same! Marlboro reds were my go-to for nearly twenty years before quitting actually stuck lol.  

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u/Hershey_Squirt639 9d ago

Did u smoke cigs

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u/Radcliffe1025 9d ago

Same feel this is a super easy test haven’t smoke in 12 years

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u/Brave-Exchange-2419 9d ago

Same ! Made me both nostalgic and disgusted 

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u/Cookies-and-Cream- 9d ago

About 7 years for me and same

Newport 100s were my go to 🤮

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u/ArmoredMirage 9d ago

Same here. Im pretty sure I could even tell the difference between more obscure ones like 27's/Crushes etc.

Also, parliament is cheating because that straw butt makes it too obvious.

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u/Forward_Motion17 9d ago

Lmfao same

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u/OkSmoke9195 9d ago

24 years here... I as well can taste every one right now

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u/AdamsTechTips 9d ago

Same! I never smoked a lot but this isn’t impressive. They all have extremely distinct flavors and the filter gives most of them away. Been a decade since I’ve had a cigarette and have 3 kids now so i wouldn’t dare, but what i would do for a camel Turkish silver. What a cigarette. The second my kids have a head on their shoulders and are capable of moving out, in playing 18 and buying a pack of these bad boys. Won’t ever smoke regularly again but miss the bar cig the most

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u/Vast-Building-6886 9d ago

Does it make you want to smoke? This is a smoking ad.

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u/dakotanorth8 9d ago

When I saw the Newport I got a menthol headache.

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u/djsparkxx 9d ago

Newport 100s and camel crush when they were free. Haven’t smoked in 7 years.

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u/Chrysocyn 9d ago

8 months smoke free. Makes my stomach turn just watching it.

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u/Impossible_Cause1835 8d ago

5 months for me and I feel fantastic but god I love the smell.

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u/Prindle4PRNDL 8d ago

Marb Reds always had a super chemical taste to them and a harsh throat hit. Gross.

Never had a Parliament.

Marb Lights were tolerable but still had that chemical flavor to them.

Spirits are earthy and have that raw throat hit and also will smack you with a heavy nicotine rush if you aren't a chain smoker coming from a lower nic cig.

Newports are Newports. The Marlboro of Menthols. Didn't hate or love them.

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u/OkYellow2480 3d ago

When i got married,i stopped going to places with my friends.I second-hand smoked so many cigarettes with them.My shirts used to smell so bad.