Alright, forget pot, anyone ever smoke Clove cigarettes...

[Longgrain]

The most popular brand being Djarum.

I started smoking them in college, in fact, that's how I started smoking in the first place.

Pretty harsh on the lungs tho...

Anyone else.

[fleabert]

1. yup. rarely these days, too harsh. love the smell though. nt

[Longgrain]

2. Yeah, when I use to smoke them

the thing most people enjoyed was the smell...

But I'm anosmic, so I can't tell you about that.

[KittyWampus]

3. Yes, Jakarta's Specifically. Loved Them. The Taste & The Tingle.\\

[Longgrain]

5. I used to look forward to the sweetened tips...

The taste would stay on my lips for hours...:9

[LeftyMom]

4. I did

Not regularly, but it was nice to have something to do with my hands when I was bored or nervous.

Now I really want one, damn it.

[Longgrain]

8. Sorry I tantalized you...

They are generally unavailable in my area.

Tho I do miss the days when I smoked them regularly.

[warrens]

6. When i was desperate at CBGB's one night

Oh lord, they're deadly.

[Longgrain]

10. For me, it was one of the first things I smoked

long before tabacco or pot...

And yeah, they are dangerous...even if i still enjoy one every now and then. :smoke:

[Nikia]

7. My husband smoked them and became a cigarette addict

He only smoked those kind and couldn't stand regular cigarettes. Luckily, he quit at the end of the year. Good for his health and our bank account. He still has cravings though, even when he is not around anyone smoking. I took a few puffs off of one of his just to see what it was like.

[Longgrain]

11. For me I only switched to tobacco once I left college

And my supply of cloves ran dry.

[PittPoliSci]

9. i sat next to a kid who smoked them all night...

i feel like my lungs are coated in tar. yuck.

[Longgrain]

13. There's a lot of weird shit in those cigarettes

Still the taste takes me back.

[KittyWampus]

12. Here's A Pix Of An Indonesian Smoking A Kretek

couldn't find anyone selling Jarkarta brand on the web though.

[Longgrain]

14. That's one damned big Kretek

I hope half of it is at least a filter.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

15. I did, but didn't inhale (that's not a joke, either). Does that count?

[WindRavenX]

16. What are they?

Do they taste spicy?

[KittyWampus]

17. Taste Like Clove. They Numb Your Mouth A Bit Too. Tingly & Yummy

[Longgrain]

20. They generally numb you mind as well...

And give you a seance of vertigo.

Not entirely unpleasant, if you're up for it.

[bigwillq]

18. I hate Cloves.

Their smell makes me....:puke:

[Longgrain]

22. That's funny, most people I know like the smell...

I myself wouldn't know, since I have no sense of smell of my own.

[Gyre]

19. Good training for smoking crap weed. NT

Any high you get is from the endorphins triggered by the searing pain in your lungs.

[LifeDuringWartime]

33. lol!

and lower supply of oxygen to the brain

[tammywammy]

21. I used to smoke Djarum regularly years ago

They were totally harsh on the lung, but were nice at the same time.

Now, I'm just a Camel Turkish Gold gal. (I'm cutting back on my way to quitting).

[sundog]

23. smell great, horrible to smoke

imho

taste kinda nasty

[Longgrain]

26. Yeah, you really have to have strong lungs to smoke them...

Me personally, I've always loved the taste, so go figure.

[Fenris]

24. Made by child slave labor in India and filled with bugs

No thanks.

[LiberallyInclined]

29. India?

Jakarta's in Indonesia...and i never ever came across a bug in any of them.

[Droopy]

25. I think clove cigarettes are nasty and I hate the smell

And I've been smoking menthol cigarettes for the past 8 years.

[Left Is Write]

27. Yes. It was fashionable in certain crowds to smoke Djarums

when I was in high school.

[Longgrain]

30. For me it was art school

It seemed like that sad, suffering Bohemian thing to do back then.

Looking back, I wish I hadn't started since it lead to tobacco smoking, which I still haven't been able to shake to this day.

[kwassa]

37. I went to a heavy-smoking art school, too; which was yours?

The whole black clothing and death thing was very in.

My 1,000th post, by the way. Now I am 1,000+

[Longgrain]

38. Mass College of Art in Boston...

Tho I was more of a long-haired, hippie wanna-be, loner than I was the the black clad Goth type.

Great to meet ya...:hi:

[kwassa]

39. I went to RISD, not too far away ....

took me ten years after art school to kick smoking.

The black-garbed fellow students were more Warhol/Velvet Underground than Goth.

[Longgrain]

41. Have you ever posted in the Artist Group?

If not, check us out.

We could use a few more artists over there.

[sundog]

31. there ya go

one of my favorite lines from a movie is:

"I never touch American cigarettes... If you're gonna put something in your mouth, might as well make it the best."
-Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)

[LiberallyInclined]

28. Yep- i used to LOVE the djarum no-filters in the orangeish soft-pak...

i gave them up after about a year- i'd smoke about 5 or 6 per day when i did smoke them.
that was the only time in my life that i was a cigarette smoker- it was when i was in college as well- in champaign-urbana at U of I.

i was also, and still am, a chronic pothead.

[tigereye]

32. I loved those! Brings back a lot of memories.

Smoked a lot of them in college and after. Yes they were really strong, but they tasted great and smelled so good. I once was chased down the street in Toronto by someone who wanted to buy some, since apparently they were illegal there. I guit smoking 10 years ago, but the smell of those will make me wish I still smoked!

[Ophelia Rising]

34. Black Djarum's were my faves

However, watching my grandma die of lung cancer kinda gave me a kick in the ass and I now I only smoke them occasionally.....I still go crazy everytime I smell them though, the addiction runs deep!

[djinna]

35. Love them.

I just picked up a pack of Djarum Blacks a couple weeks ago.

Too expensive to smoke regularly, but I'll usually grab a pack when I know I'm going to be around someone who's not bothered by smoke so much as the smell of regular cigarettes. Cloves are a nice compromise.

It's weird, because I feel no effect on my lungs. I smoke Camel Turkish Jades regularly and every once in a while when I'm chainsmoking, my throat will get raw. But I could put back a pack of cloves in a day and still not have my throat bothering me.

[margaritamama]

36. Use to really enjoy them

Gave them up though

[havocmom]

40. Smell like the furniture is all on fire

And I have read they can contain chemicals which cause heart attacks/high blood pressure in some.

Avoid them. PHEW, what a stench!