Marlboro Lights Blue March 11, 2008

I smoke. A lot, I believe. I’m at the point where when I don’t smoke my throat starts acting up. Tsk tsk, bad I know but it’s hard to quit - I know other smokers can relate to this. And to be honest, I’m not yet ready. I don’t want to quit. If I forced myself I’ll just end up smoking more after being deprived of it.

I’ve always smoked Winston Lights - well, for the longest time that is. But I did learn to smoke with Lucky Strikes - thinking about it now, yikes! I can’t imagine how I did that. After that, during highschool, I distinctly remember smoking Marlboro Lights, Reds and then Winston Lights - ahhh that was way better. It was just right for me, it slides down my throat real smooth. I can take Marlboro Reds (really strong for my taste) but I cannot take Menthols! Ugh, I really can’t. I can’t imagine my dad smoking them for 35 years. :X

Anyway, last Friday BF showed me this new cigarettes that Marlboro came up with. The box says Lights but after tasting it, it was like Winston Lights. It was way lighter than Marlboro Lights (Gold). And as you can see, the box is Blue & White - it’s like an “in your face” to Winston, haha. It wasn’t until this morning, before heading home, that I bought my own pack of Marlboro Blue. They don’t sell it as just a pack yet; it still comes in a nice box with a lighter. It’s priced at P38 (about $0.95!) but that’s because there’s still a lighter; but Marlboros have been more expensive than Winstons eversince so I’m assuming that eventually this will be priced at P30 (like other Marlboros). I think I’ll still stick to my Winstons, its cheaper by, at the most, P5.

BF and I have been talking about smoking and he always brings it up that what if we stop. Cold turkey? I don’t think I can. I told him that if I want to do something, I’ll do it on my own because the more you keep on pestering me about something the more I won’t budge. So there, I don’t think I’ll be quitting anytime soon.

Yosi break, anyone?

**Edit: Just a little trivia - I met someone who worked at Philip Morris and she said that with Marlboros (that was her example; don’t know if I can generalize) they all use the same tobacco - it’s made (or rolled?) all together and the difference between the cigs are when it’s Marlboro Reds there are less perforations in the filter as compared to Marlboro Lights while with Menthols the difference is they just spray menthol (or mint something) on the paper to make it, umm, menthol, hehe. On a side note, Philip Morris is the only (??) building in Makati where you can smoke anywhere in their floor. You can smoke while working, during meetings & conferences, etc.. How cool is that? Hehe