# I have a question for Smokers. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 10, 2001, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-question-for-smokers/53887 "2001-02-10T05:55:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omega007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9adbd/32.png) [@Omega007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega007)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-question-for-smokers/53887/1 "2001-02-10T05:55:26Z")
To all Smokers: ``` I have seen in a couple of different movies a variety of cigarette that is all black. I have never seen a real black cigarette in life. I was wondering what brand that is and where do you find them? ``` Thanks, Omega007 ---
**Author:** ![Arken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Arken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arken)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-question-for-smokers/53887/2 "2001-02-10T06:00:05Z")
Note before reading: I’m an ex-smoker, so this may have changed. Two possibilities: 1. Nat Sherman has a black brand. Never tried it, but I know some people love it. 2. Sobranie Black Russians. Imported. Not Russian like they sound, but English. They were a black cigarette with gold foil around the filter and back when I smoked, they were about $5.00 a pack (normal cigs then were around $2/pack) but I bought 'em whenever I could afford them because they had the smoothest smoke. You could barely even tell you were smoking (and consequently, you smoked them faster). One day, I was told they stopped importing them to the U.S. I’d probably still be pissed if I hadn’t quit. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-question-for-smokers/53887/3 "2001-02-10T06:02:45Z")
Clove cigarettes are black, they smell kinda like black liquoriche(sp) and are extremely harsh. You can get them at most head shops or tobacco outlets. ---
**Author:** ![Pjen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Pjen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pjen)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-question-for-smokers/53887/4 "2001-02-10T07:42:05Z")
There are black liquorice roll-your own papers available in Britain- meant to give a smoother smoke. Black Sobranie are still, I believe, available in Britain and are still black and gold. Still definitely available in Germany: [http://www.zigarette.de/shop/sobranie\_black\_russian.shtml](http://www.zigarette.de/shop/sobranie_black_russian.shtml) Her’s who makes them: [http://www.gallaher-group.com/annual98/aboutrussia.htm](http://www.gallaher-group.com/annual98/aboutrussia.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Omega007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9adbd/32.png) [@Omega007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega007)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-question-for-smokers/53887/5 "2001-02-10T07:47:31Z")
I’ve seen them in movies too. One movie was called Escape from L. A. and he had a black cigarette that came from a package that loooked like it had an eagel on the front or something. The other is a movie called Cruel Intentions and I didn’t see a package on that one. I don’t know if yall know which brands those would happen to be. Thanks, Omega007 p. s. especially the escape from L. A. brand. I’ve always wanted to know that one. ---
**Author:** ![Hazel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Hazel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazel)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-question-for-smokers/53887/6 "2001-02-10T09:15:25Z")
I suspect the Escape from LA one may have been fiction – they could have designed and had made up a fictional package, and filled it with one of the brands of black cigs mentioned by other posters. Or they could have had some black cigs made to order. If I remember, the movie was set in the future. What better way to create a futuristic scene then to make up new brands of standard products?