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Originally Posted by crow_daw
I mean I can tell a difference between good cigarettes and bad cigarettes, but I've been smoking for three years, and I don't think I would ever pick up on the types of details that you have. Kudos, I suppose.
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Distinguishing between cigarettes is a bit like wine tasting. As you sample different kinds, you start to learn how to distinguish between one brand and another, or even on type within a brand. I can tell any Canadian name-brand cigarette by taste. I don't know the cheap ones, but they all taste terrible to me anyway, so I don't smoke them.
As has been noted, us smokers tend to be an odd bunch. We all find our brands, which may have more to do with the stuff that people around us smoke than anything else. Once we've chosen one, we're unlikely to switch it up. Those in the business of manufacturing our cancer, then, can feel free to tweak and polish in order to reduce costs with the knowledge that it won't impact their business signifigantly unless they really stuff it up.
Personally I can't stand menthols and we can't get Camels up here anyway, so I have no idea about the specific brand in question. I know my smokes of choice (DuMaurier) went through something of an overhaul about a year and a half ago and haven't quite been the same since. Still, I can't find anything I like better so I stick with it.