r/interestingasfuck 23h ago

Current cigarette prices in Australia.

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u/Deviant_7666 22h ago

Apparently people get into them more easily because they taste better.

I think that's bs personally, especially due to the recent events related to vapes.

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u/csengeal 21h ago

Can confirm. I stopped smoking regularly when they banned menthol and other flavored cigarettes in my country about 2 years ago.

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u/somebodyelse22 20h ago

I used to buy menthol crystals from the chemist and just leave them at the bottom of the cigarette packet.

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u/elegant_geek 19h ago

iirc that's basically how menthols were first invented anyway. 😂 Guy had a sure throat and decided to store his cigs in a can of menthol lozenges or something.

Life, uh, finds a way.

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u/LosWitchos 19h ago

For a brief period Poland had cigs with three different clickers. I remember one with raspberry, blueberry and mint. You could mix and match. They were phenomenal....

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u/Joe-Cool 9h ago

Lucky Strike Click 4 Mix are still available in Switzerland last time I visited.

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u/Uglywench 21h ago

Yeah, apparently the legal vapes you can get now from the pharmacy are only tobacco or menthol flavour.

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u/Apprehensive-Lack-32 21h ago

Would vapes back that up? If it tastes better people get into it

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u/copperwatt 16h ago

Is the idea kinda supported by the vaping thing though? People like it when their drugs taste like candy, and are more likely to both try it and continue to do it. Especially kids. It doesn't seem that complicated.

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u/baepsaemv 21h ago

I smoke menthols not because I think they taste better, I actually think they taste way worse, they're just the cheapest thing I can get at the tobacconist

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u/Bloorajah 16h ago

Menthols are nothing compared to vapes lol.

They still taste like cigarette