hehe olefarte, I also smoked a pipe for about 6 months. I got to where I didn't like the taste at all anymore. I do like the smell though. I still can remember the smell when a customer would come in and buy some pipe tobacco I had to pour some out of the glass container and push it out wiht my hand. I would smell like pipe tobacco all day hehe.
I've smoked so many different things it's crazy. Probably 50 different cigars, 20 different kinds of clove cigarettes, 20-30 different brands of cigarettes, canadian cigarettes, french cigarettes, Indian "Bidi's" (rolled in a brown leaf that looks like a joint -- contains some fiberglass I think & I know it contains a small amount of arsenic in each bidi -- good smoke though, but not for everyday smoking), etc...
Those are the benefits of working at a smoke shop. I would NOT recommend trying canadian or french cigarettes. If I remember correctly, canadian cigarettes are VERY nasty because Canada is not allowed to add ANY preservatives to cigarettes or other additives so they are supposedly 100% pure tobacco (supposedly!). French cigarettes are very strong. If you're used to smoking Marlboro Reds or even filterless cigarettes a French cigarette still may knock you on your butt
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I've seen so many different styles of packs of cigarettes it's crazy. Cigarettes in tin packs, packs that open from the side, from the top, from the bottom, etc.
I even smoked Marijuana in college for about 9 months.
If you smoke and you haven't tryed Bidi's I suggest trying them out., but DO NOT buy the flavored Bidi's!!!!!! BAD IDEA!!! Get the regular ones!!! If you buy the flavored Bidi's then I suggest having a barf bag on standby. Or at least a close pin to put on your nose so you can't smell the smoke when your smoking them.