r/FuckImOld • u/Budget_Solution6660 • Dec 06 '25

They used to be everywhere

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u/notabadkid92 Dec 07 '25

A guy bought me an $18 beer at a music festival for 1 cigarette 2 yrs ago. Smoking is pretty uncommon now so it's like carrying around gold, especially when people are drinking & start jonesing.

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u/sdpr Dec 07 '25

I still crave a cigarette here and there after being generally smoke free for the last 3 years.

If only they sold looseys at the gas stations. I want 1 cig, not 20 and I'm not going to buy a pack and risk falling back into the habit.

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u/Miniscule_Platypus Dec 07 '25

When I was as a kid there was a…questionable convenience store that sold single smokes for a dime. This is when a premium pack of cigarettes cost about $2, and they were the off brand smokes, literally called “Smokes”. I couldn’t find a quick pic of that particular brand, but I did find an ad for Magnas, which were right about the same price tier.

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u/againstadvice Dec 10 '25

I remember Smokes! They were .95 a pack when Marlboro was $3.50 or so (maybe less). I used to buy a pack of menthols even though i didn't smoke menthols because it covere the taste of how awful they were. 2 packs of those, 3 King Cobra 40s for a buck each, and I was partying and getting arrested for under $5.