As a smoker, I have come to understand that Cecil was absolutely right and nobody really knows why.
When properly rolled, a doobie should not need to be twisted. It should be indistinguishable from an unfiltered Camel except for the color the contents.
Or, um, so I’m told.
I’m really here so I can say “when I used to smoke.” It’s been two freakin’ years since we “really” quit. I took us five or six years of on/off trying, but it really has been two years—today!
Anyway, I was in the pack them so they light easier camp. That little bit of paper takes to a match or weak lighter very well, something a lot of outdoor smokers need (and now that most/all smoking has moved outdoors, it’s all the more important).
There were new smokers (high school and college kids) who made up silly rituals and justifications (and since so much of smoking is non-addicted physical things, packing just felt right), and there is definitely something to the compaction making the cherry stay on. But for me and my ilk, an easily lit smoke was the goal. When I used to smoke, that is.
I had a friend who used to always pack his cig against his thumbnail before lighting. Like a prick, I took one, emptied it of tobacco, and inserted a rolled piece of paper. He didn’t even notice while packing, and his reaction upon lighting was unforgettable.
Congrats to you and whomever else constitutes “us” !
Thanks–the ‘us’ bit is my wife and I quit together. Rough, but the only way possible, really.
Two years? Two years? I know it’s still the first steps of quitting–lots and lots of people made it two years, so it’s not like we’re safe yet–but damn. Feels good to have made it this far!
I’ve tested this many times. Through delivery, the tobacco gets loose and won’t burn evenly. You can light an unpacked cig and let it burn down and see how the loose tobacco burns faster than the non-loose tobacco. This is also why sometimes you see a cig with a 2 inch ash but still see paper on one side. Another affect is when you tap it, unpacked cigs will have live ashes flying all over the place. Packed cigs will only drop the dead ashes.
Well, that was the least interesting possible answer, but congratulations anyway!
I’ll smack, pack down my unopened pack around 100 hits on my palm. Typically, I get approximately 3/8” of an inch, paper only, on the business end of each smoke.
• Reduces loose cherry
• Get a more intense/concise puff
• The cigarette definitely burns much faster
Regards,
Dave
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Faster? Don’t you mean slower? I mean, okay, it’s been about 15 years since I’ve been a regular smoker, but packed cigarettes always burned slower for me. (Think American Spirits, which are packed tight as shit–those burn sloooooow.) Why would you want a faster burn?
I have never taken a puff of this stuff, and know I never will. But from a close friend that taught me everything one needs to know about smoking weed has let me know that packing does make a noticeable difference. Just a greater dose of that stuff.