RIP Marlboro Lights

cyclingwriter · Feb 20, 2010

micropolitan guy said:

I will say this, as a reformed smoker of 30 years:

Few things in life seemed as "cool" at the time as buying a hard box of Marlboro Reds for $.35, packing the hell out of them with two or three good slams against your palm, opening the pack, letting a few loose flecks of tobacco fly away when you pulled off the inside wrapper, and then lighting one up and watching the empty paper at the end of the cigarette burn off before you hit the tobacco.

Man, I absolutely loved Marlboro Reds. Loved them.
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Don't miss them a bit do you?

micropolitan guy · Feb 20, 2010

Not any more. The first two years after quitting were tough, especially when drinking, but I haven't seriously considered lighting up in at least 28 years and can't ever see myself smoking again, or using any tobacco product (I sometimes used Levi Garrett or Red Man for 2-3 years after not smoking).

I still have pretty strong memories, though. Marlboro Reds and redheads are a dangerous combination for me.

hondo · Feb 21, 2010

heyabbott said:

micropolitan guy said:

I will say this, as a reformed smoker of 30 years:

Few things in life seemed as "cool" at the time as buying a hard box of Marlboro Reds for $.35, packing the hell out of them with two or three good slams against your palm, opening the pack, letting a few loose flecks of tobacco fly away when you pulled off the inside wrapper, and then lighting one up and watching the empty paper at the end of the cigarette burn off before you hit the tobacco.

Man, I absolutely loved Marlboro Reds. Loved them.
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Sitting at an outdoor cafe in the morning, drinking a cup of good black coffee, reading The New York Times and smoking a Marlboro. The breakfast of champions
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Until you die.

crusoes · Feb 22, 2010

micropolitan guy said:

Not any more. The first two years after quitting were tough, especially when drinking, but I haven't seriously considered lighting up in at least 28 years and can't ever see myself smoking again, or using any tobacco product (I sometimes used Levi Garrett or Red Man for 2-3 years after not smoking).

I still have pretty strong memories, though. Marlboro Reds and redheads are a dangerous combination for me.
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Redheads are so scary you need something to calm you down, like Marlboro Reds. Or heroin.

didntdoit19 · Feb 23, 2010

micropolitan guy said:

Few things in life seemed as "cool" at the time as buying a hard box of Marlboro Reds for $.35, packing the hell out of them with two or three good slams against your palm, opening the pack, letting a few loose flecks of tobacco fly away when you pulled off the inside wrapper, and then lighting one up and watching the empty paper at the end of the cigarette burn off before you hit the tobacco.
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Sounds like something Jim Leyland would say.

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