The taste of fire-safe cigs makes me wanna puke sometimes. A normal cig tastes MUCH betta than fire-safes.
I haven't heard much on the fire-safes being sold in IL during 2007. I guess that means most of the IL smokers in these groups buy their smokes somewhere else...including myself. :)
I notice a Newport pack in Indiana is now $4.69. Hard to believe a pack of my brand was only 3 bucks in Indiana a year ago. Well, even with their price increase, $4.90 is still cheaper than 8 bucks in Chicago...actually 10 BUCKS in Chicago if the proposed fed cig tax increase is approved.
If you expect me to pay 10 freakin bucks for a pack of fire safe cigs in Illinois, you must think you talking to a smoker in his teens. I can get a better deal for smokes in the streets with a 10-buck bill if I went that route.
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You've actually once tried fire-safe cigs before, Jay? If so, that's interesting, since I didn't think you had.
Ironic too you posted this, since I was considering post a topic on the boardhost board Smoking Ladies about this, due to certain allegations I've read online that fire safe cigs actually contain more toxins in them, than non-fire safe cigs(still may post such a thread later, when I have more free time).
On top of this issue, the upcoming statewide ban, and a proposed 90 cent cig tax increase that certain particular idiot IL anti lawmakers keep renewing the final action date of(also called HB 556, which can be seen at http://ilga.gov/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=556&GAID=9&GA=95&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=27612&SessionID=51 ), still wonder anymore why I've often restated my dream of moving away from IL? (not to mention unrelated issues away from smoking that also bother me about IL) Thought not....
I tried a pack of cigs from NY State in 2004. And those Reds/Newports were FSCs indeed.
No, I have not bought a pack of fire-safes in Illinois. And I likely neva will.
OK, I see I was wrong, and that you've had the misfortune of trying them once. It's too bad that all the stuff I've heard about them seems to be true, especially since I used to think(before I started smoking) that there was little difference between fire-safe cigs, and regular cigs.
I think I can safely conclude, as much as I hate to say it, that they are WORSER to smoke than regular cigarettes, due to the fact that one person already complained on the Coalition for Fire-Safe Cigarettes website that he called RJ Reynolds, and a person working for the company told him that a chemical is added to fire-safe cigs, in the production of them. This is also the same company, that recently announced that they will soon be switching to selling exclusively fire-safe cigs(look at the very bottom comment of the 3):
http://nfpa.typepad.com/firesafecigarettes/2007/10/rj-reynolds-say.html#comments
-Allan
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