Cigarette brands I once smoked

What a strange blog posting but I was in a nostalgia mood...



John Player Special
Benson & Hedges
Silk Cut No. 3
Silk Cut Extra Mild
Dorchester Light Superkings
Peter Stuyvesant
Rothman's King size
No. 6
St. Moritz (occasional)
Consulate (occasional)
Cigarillos (occasional)
Marlborough (occasional)
Camel (occasional)
Gauloises (occasional)


In addition I have smoked many other brands on an occasional basis. Each packet type evokes memories of a particular time and place. In some cases these are memories of a lengthy period but some of them are associated with one-off events despite being smoked a lot more frequently. No. 6 - Childwall Library; St. Moritz - College and one of my favourite girls; Marlborough - Silverstone for the Grand Prix; Cigarillos - late nights in a car in a certain lay-by; Gauloises - following meals of cauliflower cheese; Silk Cut No 3 - alone in my student flat; JPS - in a park in York and at a nightclub in Liverpool; Benson & Hedges - at the Fiveways pub. Memories galore....

Bhutan

One of the few television programs that I watch on a regular basis is ‘Eggheads’ – a quiz show on BBC2 at 6pm each week-day evening. Some of the questions are easy (or is it the answers that are easy?) but many are not – to me at any rate. So, as long as one can recall them afterwards, the process is quite educational. I learned yesterday that Bhutan only allowed television into the country in 1999 and that it is a no smoking country – the only one in the world. Not going there then!
Mind you, those who want to kick the habit could find it a better solution than this one from Ubergizmo - the site which gave us the alarm grenade -
http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2007/05/ecigarette_to_help_you_kick_the_habit.html