Category Archives: Cigarette Facts
Filtered vs. Unfiletered Cigarettes
Before the 1950s, all cigarettes were sold without filters. At the time, no health risks were associated with smoking and cigarettes were not considered dangerous. During the 1950s, however, cigarettes were linked to a greater risk of lung cancer. The filtered cigarette was the industry’s solution to eliminating public concern over cigarette safety. What does the Filter? The purpose of … Continue reading
Cigar Info
There are fewer basic sizes in the world of cigars. The size of a cigar is defined by diameter (ring gauge) and length (in inches). Ring gauge is the diameter measured in 64ths of an inch, so a cigar with a ring gauge of 48 is 48/64ths (or 3/4ths) of an inch. The basic sizes are: Cigarillo Cigars (3″ X … Continue reading
Designer packs being used to lure new generation of smokers
Tobacco companies are designing cigarette packs to resemble bottles of perfume or with lids that flip open like a lighter to lure young people into smoking. Research published yesterday reveals the lengths to which the industry has gone to make its packs attractive to new generations of smokers as opportunities for promoting its products have been progressively reduced. Responding to … Continue reading
How to Identify Fake Cigarettes
Identifying fake or counterfeit cigarettes can be tough to do for the untrained eye, but with a little common sense and awareness, you should be able to spot a fraud with relative ease. Fake cigarettes represent a billion-dollar industry, and with tobacco taxes rising aggressively, they have grown in popularity with cash-strapped smokers. While saving a few dollars on your … Continue reading
Facts about Cigarettes
Cigarettes have been a popular social indulgence since their invention in the 1800s. Although many people smoke regularly, many find it difficult to quit before it begins damaging their health, due to the addictive aspect of cigarettes. The world’s view on smoking cigarettes has changed dramatically over the last century. The habit was once considered to be cool, sexy, good … Continue reading
Top 10 Most Awesome Movies With Cigarette Smoke Or Cigars
Smoking is bad for health, but that does not mean we can not appreciate the beautiful scenes of cigarette or cigar smoke, a top 10 of the best movies in which cigarettes or cigars are elements that contribute to building characters or moments. Who could ever imagine that Edward R. Murrow in Good Night, and Good Luck making their show … Continue reading
Cigars
Cigars come in a variety of shapes and sizes. They also vary by method of manufacture, flavour, strength and country of origin. In Europe, cigars date back to the arrival of Columbus in the West Indies in 1492, where he found people smoking primitive forms of cigar in the shape of rolled leaves made of aromatic herbs. Much of the … Continue reading
Why do people smoke?
The history of tobacco smoking dates back to thousands years B.C. nevertheless, it is actual today, as well. The biggest tobacco manufacturers offers us a wide variety of cigarettes for sale, which are of different shape, length and even have different flavors. While in the very beginning of times, when people just started smoking, this process was a part of … Continue reading
How to Choose a Cigar
Choosing a cigar is an individual thing. It depends on personal taste, availability and budget. When one walks into a well-stocked humidor it is easy to get overwhelmed by the sheer number of different cigar brands and facings that line the walls. If you are fortunate to be in the shop of a reputable retailer then you can count on … Continue reading
What’s inside a cigarette?
Tobacco smoking is a practice which has changed little since American natives first stuffed the tobacco they cultivated in the hills of what is today modern Mexico into hollow reeds. As the practice spread through the Americas, different cultures wrapped their tobacco in vegetable leaves or corn husks, or put it in pipes for smoking. Spanish explorers enjoyed smoking and … Continue reading
