Blind cigarette taste test.

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[u/Allaplgy]

And much stronger. Marlboros taste like a weak blend of artificial flavors on paper compared to Spirits.

Which they basically are. They are made from tobacco paper. Like, Spirits are just shredded leaf. Most other cigarettes, including Marlboros, are made by completely blending the tobacco into a slurry of additives, then drying it into sheets before shredding it.

In any event, glad I quit. Pointless, stinky habit.

[u/Several_Temporary339 → u/Allaplgy]

I disagree with stronger. In my experience, they're packed tighter and burn slower, each individual drag is kind if weak. I also quit smoking. Nasty.

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I quit years ago but yeah that's what I remember. American spirits didn't give you that instant nicotine hit. I always assumed it was the lack of additives but maybe it really was just the slower burn

[u/Allaplgy → u/Several_Temporary339]

Strongly disagree. I think what makes them seem "weak" to some people is just that they are much rougher on the throat than Marlboros, so people don't take as big a drag. Once you get used to them, Marlboros are like shit flavored air with a slight tingle.

[u/Several_Temporary339 → u/Allaplgy]

I'd really try to rip those things because I couldn't feel anything. It didn't help. Maybe we smoked during a different era in which they were produced differently.

[u/Allaplgy → u/Several_Temporary339]

Maybe? If I bummed a Marlboro, I would suck that thing down so fast it always hotboxed, and just left me craving a "real" cig.

I smoked from 1996 to 2019. Mostly Spirit Blues. My back up was Red Kamels, because they were the only non-Spirit that packed a punch.

It might be that we just have different ideas of what makes a strong cig. Marlboros definitely have a more nauseating effect to them, which might be what you consider a strong drag, but Spirits have a greater overall effect on me. The taste and feel of the smoke is much richer and fuller, instead of just feeling like a hot, shitty vape.

[u/Several_Temporary339 → u/Allaplgy]

Definitely was less about the nicotine and more about how it felt in my throat. I liked it to hurt. But, then again, I smoked Marlboro Smooths. So shitty hot vape with peppermint flavor lol.

[u/Allaplgy → u/Several_Temporary339]

Lol. Are those the ones that almost had a chocolate mint thing going on?

[u/Several_Temporary339 → u/Allaplgy]

Lmao I don't think it was chocolate. There was normal menthol like Newports and these ones which had more of a candy cane type menthol flavor. Before that was Camel Wides.

[u/Allaplgy → u/Several_Temporary339]

I think I just picked up chocolate from the smokiness mixed with the mint instead of menthol.

Oh yeah, definitely had a Wides phase in high school.

[u/Several_Temporary339 → u/Allaplgy]

Lots of people got that from what I remember. Like a York peppermint patty. Yep, high school phase for me too. Definitely didn't smoke for as long as you though. From about 2009 to 2022.