Cigarettes: Why would anyone want a soft pack instead of a hard pack?

[Ace309]

@Morbo

Yay 10 years smokeless, screw you 2007 Morbo

Yeah! Screw that guy.

(It’s been a few years since I quit, and I’ve never felt better.)

[Jackmannii]

I thought part of the popularity of soft cigarette packs was that they’re easier for smokers to crush and hurl out their car windows.

[MoonMoon]

@Nitsuawc

I just bought a soft pack or marlboro reds for the first time and they do taste different but I can’t tell if it’s better or worse. Also I bought a 16fl Oz can of Dr pepper, a strawberry lemonade calypso and pack of life saver Gummi especially and it came to a total of $7.03. Usually that’s the price of one hard pack of reds so in my area the soft packs r cheaper. Also I just emptied out my soft pack into my hard pack and the top barely doesn’t close all the way so the marlboro red soft pack cigs are a lil longer but for the safety of the cigs it’s a good idea to still keep that extra hard pack laying around… Even if the top doesn’t close all the way it’s still about 90% closed which is more than enough to keep em from falling out.

First, my jaw literally dropped at the impressive level of unhealthiness packed into this convenience store purchase.

Second, I was wondering how many of the 2007 smokers in this thread still smoked. Good for you, Morbo!

[california_jobcase]

I’ll add to those saying the soft and hard pack cigarettes are different. I never liked any of the box brands I liked in the soft pack. The box ones always seemed flavorless and stale compared to the soft packs.

I quit March 3, 2010.

[PoppaSan]

Cigarettes stayed cleaner in a soft pack when working in a dusty environment. Especially if the lighter filled the opening. Also, one smoke comes out of a soft pack single handed. Takes two hands IIRC for the hard pack. Haven’t smoked cigarettes regularly in over 20 years though. Was using a pipe and / or cigars when I quit 16 years ago.

[Morbo]

Thanks guys - it was a long road for sure.

[jtur88]

AS I recall, Canadian cigarettes were nearly all in hard pack,when (early 60s) nearly all American smokes were in a soft pack. Rothmans were in the Marlboro-shaped box, but most (Players, Export-A, etc.) were in a box shaped more like a piece of toast.

[Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus]

I used to wonder about this myself when I was a smoker, mainly because the brand I liked was available only in soft packs.

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