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[–] rufuscrispo@hexbear.net 10 points 10 hours ago

man, it’s going to hit so hard when it happens. bullet, heart attack, sleep apnea, I don’t care. lighting em up, pal

[–] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 24 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Alexa how 2 import Chinese cigs

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 30 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Ive got a Mao pack, theyre not hard to get. They are shitty cigarettes though, don't get them for smoking purposes. From what ive heard the communist leader cigsrette packs are often from Singapore and disguised as Chinese cause Singapore smokes are even worse. I learned this from my Chinese co worker who lived in Singapore before coming here. That dude kicked ass. Absolutely amazing at making pizza. He had a technique where he didnt even lay down flower on the counter for lube to get the paddle under it to fire the puzza into the oven, he left the paddle itself in the oven so it got crazy hot and it cooked the dough while you slid it under. It's way too unsafe to have a red hot paddle going back and forth next to people working, but holy fuck it worked amazing. One time e burnt half of two of the same type of pizza cause we were slammed and a two man show, we cut each in half and turned it into one usable pizza. I miss that guy

[–] space_comrade@hexbear.net 10 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

They are shitty cigarettes though

Huh I've heard Chinese cigarettes are actually pretty good, must be a lot of variation in quality.

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 11 points 13 hours ago

I have weird taste in smokes from genersl consensus. Im Canadian and dont like American cigs where others vastly prefer em. Any Chinese ones ive gotten have also been menthol

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 11 points 14 hours ago

You can buy herbal chinese cigs off amazon, for the actual tobacco kind, no clue.

[–] anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml 17 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I'll pick up smoking again just for these

[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 10 points 13 hours ago

All my comrades smoke zhongnanhai

[–] Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 16 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

Why are they so shiny? (the cigs not the pack)

[–] moss_icon@hexbear.net 2 points 4 hours ago

It’s the foil version

[–] 9to5@hexbear.net 25 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 4 points 12 hours ago

Boo I hate excess packaging

[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 11 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

They are individually wrapped.

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 11 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

Christ that's so unnecessary lmao

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 2 points 5 hours ago

The Chinese love good packaging when they can get away with it.

[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I once got a tin of JellyBelly jelly beans and each bean was individually wrapped.

cool-bean

[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

The marketing explanation I've heard is that it's a hygeine, anti-tampering and anti-counterfeitting measure all in one. Giving someone an individually wrapped product may reassure them that it is genuine and unadulterated

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Kinda nonsense (not you) since none of that is really prevented by wrapping them in groups of 20. I think they just don't wanna change the machines.

Honestly individually wrapped cigarettes just sound annoying too, when I was a smoker this would've gotten on my nerves having to unwrap every cigarette individually.

[–] microfiche@hexbear.net 12 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Communists 4 cancers. Alternatively, giving myself cancer to own the capitalists

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 hours ago

Wait til you get old to start. Then there's no problem!

[–] miz@hexbear.net 9 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

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吸烟有害健康

请勿在禁烟场所吸烟

[–] radio_free_asgarthr@hexbear.net 8 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

I need to take up smoking.

[–] Kuori@hexbear.net 17 points 12 hours ago

just set your money on fire and stand downwind. cheaper and better for you

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 13 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Don't it sucks. I started because my ex smoked and I like a dumbass wanted to be cool too. Smoked for like 12-13 years, quit, switched to vapes for 2 years, quit that, now I'm on low dose nic pouches. I figure I'm probably never going to quit while my life sucks, but in the spirit of harm reduction the pouches are the least bad for me.

[–] stink@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I have been similar to you, but was hooked on vaping before cigs. I just hopped off zyn / velo and it was surprisingly the easiest time I've quit.

I went from 2 cans of velo a week to cold turkey much easier than it was to get off vapes. I'm about a week in and it does suck because I'm always thinking about it, but it doesn't ITCH like it did with vapes.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 5 points 12 hours ago

Good to know.

[–] 9to5@hexbear.net 11 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

You might joke, but I almost did it out of boredom at the closed facility I was at. There was little to do besides reading, and people mostly hung around smoking. I was one of the few people allowed to leave the facility since I wasnt an alcoholic, so I went out regular and bought cigarettes for the rest of my group. If I'd stayed much longer, I probably would have started smoking myself. Funny to think about.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 9 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 10 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

No, they appear to be regular tobacco cigarettes. The brand is 牡丹 Mudan 'The Great Peony'

[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 4 points 10 hours ago

Real tobacco cigs named after a herb

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 5 points 13 hours ago

Hell yeah then, real Marx smokes.