The new "fire safe cigarettes" are awful!

[Digit]

Ugh! I had noticed my cigarettes tasted "stale" and they would frequently go out.
Meanwhile, I have been having a sore throat in the evenings, lightheadedness, and frequent headaches. Then I recalled that the PTB were calling for ciggies to be "fire safe cigarettes".

So I checked online and sure enough, more people have the same symptoms and more.

One person said it is a glue in the paper that does it. I don't know what it is, but it tastes awful, and it is true that the sore throat comes only in the evening. Hmmmm
Good reason to quit, I know.

Guess those electronic cigarettes are looking better and better.

Anybody else smoking this crap?

:smoke:

[Drunken Irishman]

1. Quit smoking.

[Digit]

2. I have been concentrating on losing weight

It is difficult to do both at once. You know, raving lunatic stuff...

I have lost 40 lbs so far, so I am not slouching!

[Drunken Irishman]

3. Congrats!

My mom quit smoking about five years ago and gained some weight because of it.

But in the end it was needed.

[Digit]

5. In the end it was needed...

Yes, me too. There and other places.
:P

[greenbriar]

4. yes they are and they burn awful

I do not like them

[Digit]

6. They are supposed to go out when you put them down..

but mine go out all the time even when holding it.

It is the sore throat I hate the worst.

[greenbriar]

7. yup

and sometimes, when you flick the ashes you lose the whole cherry

[raptor_rider]

8. Yes they do suck, however

I do wish that they had come up with this 5 years ago. I lost my grandmother to falling asleep holding a lit cigarette. It dropped into her lap and started a fire. She died burning in flames. Not a great thing to imagine your loved one dying like that.