Yeah, I smoke the Turkish Golds myself, but they are getting hard to find. Anytime I go somewhere that doesn't have them my fall backs are Camel Filters, and Marlboro 72's.
I remember the box change, they did it for gold, silver, and jade. The tobacco in the golds got a little harsher. The old brand tasted like breathing in straight air, with no bitter Domestic tobacco taste. The new Golds after the box change still almost taste like air, but yet almost not quite have that domestic bitterness oh so common in Marlboro and the cheapos like Winston etc.
So yeah, I think they put just a little domestic tobacco in the Turkish to save costs, but it takes away from the smoothness of the almost tasteless Turkish tobacco.
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