CIGARETTES

williamlayton · Sep 13, 2015

This NOT a question of smoking or not---though some will rant on about this----it is about some cigarettes that I got from a friend and I am wondering who makes them.
Mike and his wife went on a cruise last week----Mike bums off me to the point that it has become a running joke---and i asked him to get me some Winston's if he could---you know without duty and taxes--on the cheap, if you get the drift.
Well, he did.
$20 a carton---6 cartons. YEAAAAAAAAAA !
Anywho----they are Winston's I guess.
I have bought Cigs at the duty free shop in airports before----here in Houston all they carry is Marlboro. I did have some experience with some I bought in Europe--think they were eastern European products of Marlboro.
Any way, these are Winston's bought in Mexico and have the term "American Flavor" on them and they are the product of JT International---I am thinking that is Winston's by them in Europe.
Anybody got a clue ?
Blessings

pmosley · Sep 13, 2015

China would me my best guess

rags · Sep 13, 2015

Looks like Japan.

JTI USA

JTI Leaf Services (JTI LS) LLC in Danville, Virginia, was founded as a JTI joint venture for the procurement and processing of U.S. leaf tobacco. Established in 2010, it supplies JTI exclusively with directly contracted U.S. leaf tobacco, renowned globally for its high quality and rich flavor. In 2011, the Company established itself as an industry leader in processing at its state-of-the-art facility.

arjay · Sep 13, 2015

$20 a carton!!
Have you tested them for lead? [emoji15][emoji12]

Arik · Sep 13, 2015

Sometimes the pack will say where they are from. I've bought cigarettes overseas before and occasionally (when I bother to look) it will say in small letters "product or Switzerland"

regalsc · Sep 13, 2015

How do they taste? Usually foreign tobacco tastes a little different. I have been making my own with American tobacco & a top o matic machine for over 9 years & my expense is $10 a carton.

williamlayton · Sep 13, 2015

They don't taste Eastern--I have had them before.
Tested for lead ? HUMMMM--no---I did inhale strongly and hold it--since they were from Mexico-- but that didn't work.
The JTI seems to be a good answer----thanx.
Blessings

Bill Bates · Sep 13, 2015

I was going to go with they are made in same factory where they make the fake Cuban Cigars that get sold to tourist every in the Mexican resort areas.

fixitfred · Sep 13, 2015

arjay said:
$20 a carton!!
Have you tested them for lead? [emoji15][emoji12]

I would test them for all the chemicals they add to American cigs and make sure all the carcinogens and addictive causing chemicals are there to make sure you're getting your moneys worth.

Old TexMex · Sep 13, 2015

Well, do they taste good like a cigarette should?
[ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TE5ntwx-zT4[/ame]

williamlayton · Sep 13, 2015

yes--I like them.
I am a pack a day person--have always been, so, my cost are not quiet as steep as some.
It is a choice.
I quit for 10 years.
Miserable 10 years I might add.
Blessings

jmace57 · Sep 13, 2015

Old TexMex said:
Well, do they taste good like a cigarette should?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TE5ntwx-zT4

Don't you mean "AS a cigarette should?"

rwsmith · Sep 13, 2015

I don't smoke anymore but......

When I did a pack of American cigarettes got you all kinds of favors.

rwsmith · Sep 13, 2015

Is it real or is it Memorex....

Bill Bates said:
I was going to go with they are made in same factory where they make the fake Cuban Cigars that get sold to tourist every in the Mexican resort areas.

I've come to the conclusion that any cigar that doesn't completely kick your *** ain't a Cuban.

Chuck24 · Sep 14, 2015

Old TexMex said:
Well, do they taste good like a cigarette should?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TE5ntwx-zT4

Parody I remember from grammar school in early 60s
Winston tastes bad like the one I just had
No filter, no flavor, and it's made with toilet paper

rwsmith · Sep 15, 2015

Just a silly.....

jmace57 said:
Don't you mean "AS a cigarette should?"

Just a silly millimeter longer, 101s.

It's what's up front that counts.

To a smoker, it's a Kent.

Camels are mild, mild, mild. (Who are they kidding?)

I'd walk a mile for a Camel.

I'm sending Chesterfields to all my friends....Ronald Reagan

Viceroy for the taste that's right.

Newport, refreshes while you smoke.

Us Tareyton smokers would rather fight than switch.

Get lots more from an L&M.

Three, four, maybe five words longer than King Size. (Remember the Indian sending smoke signals to the girl? Benson and Hedges)

Come to where the flavor is. Come to Marlboro Country.

Show me just one filter that won't take away the taste and I'll eat my hat!

Air softens every puff.

Call for Philip Morris!

Would you offer a Tiparello to a violinist? (The violinist that was in the picture, hell yeah!)

Doral (?)

Silva Thins (I tried one of these. It was AWFUL

)

Pall Mall (Why were they pronounced Pell Mell?)

True (had the funny shaped plastic filter that made all the difference in the world.

)

Vantage

You've got your own cigarette now, baby. You've come a long, long way.

Parliament (recessed filter)

Lark (activated coconut charcoal filter. I worked for the company that made the stuff)

Kool ( I called these Kruels because everybody I knew that smoked them coughed up blood)

Chesterfield

Carleton

Basic

Did I mention Lucky Strikes? Belvedere? Raleigh?

Laredo (they gave you components and you rolled it yourself)

There may be a few more of the American brands that were commonly advertised but that's about it for my memory.

nicky4968 · Sep 15, 2015

Sold American!

redlevel · Sep 15, 2015

jmace57 said:
Don't you mean "AS a cigarette should?"

Whadda you want? Good grammar, or good taste?

redlevel · Sep 15, 2015

Pall Mall . . . . you can light either end.
Or, you can break'em in half and smoke'em
from the middle.

Outstanding!
And, they are mild.

chaparrito · Sep 15, 2015

Bill Bates said:
I was going to go with they are made in same factory where they make the fake Cuban Cigars that get sold to tourist every in the Mexican resort areas.

There are real cubanos in Mexico, you just have to know where to look.

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