# Cigarettes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cigarettes/20680>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 27, 2000, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cigarettes/20680 "2000-05-27T14:02:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Matteoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@Matteoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matteoz)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2000, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cigarettes/20680/1 "2000-05-27T14:02:52Z")

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IS there any way that i can store cigarettes and prevent them from becoming “old” , as in preventing them from exposure to air ? Does the refrigerator work ?

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**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2000, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cigarettes/20680/2 "2000-05-27T14:33:16Z")

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My sister used to keep her cartons of smokes in the freezer. I don’t know if this helps them, but it didn’t hurt them.

I smoke mine before they get old.

LT

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2000, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cigarettes/20680/3 "2000-05-27T14:36:12Z")

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One word–Tupperware.

Seriously, you can keep cigarettes from becoming stale the same way you keep teabags from getting stale, by sealing them inside something airtight, and rigorously prosecuting people who open it up to get some out and don’t put the lid back on. Tight.

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**Author:** ![J\_String](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@J\_String](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J_String)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cigarettes/20680/4 "2000-05-30T23:51:59Z")

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I suppose a cigar humidor would work.

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2000, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cigarettes/20680/5 "2000-05-31T14:53:04Z")

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Anyone buy them online? I hear they can be real cheap. [cheapsmokes.com](http://cheapsmokes.com) [dirtcheapcigs.com](http://dirtcheapcigs.com) ?