Seriously, I must be getting old??

... do you mean a pack of 20, or were you really that generous?

 

Duty free?

 

Embassy were 5/2d for twenty when I started early 70s.
26p.

 

Are you sure, that wasn't for 5 woodbines was it?

 

5 Woodbines were 10.5d in 1964. You could even buy single cigarettes in some shops.
Cadets were the first cheap mini cigarette 2/10d for 20 I think, soon followed by Players No.6

 

Yeah you used to get the learners, a mouthful of smoke and blowing it straight out.

 

I used to pretend smoke. Light it and usually left it in the ashtray. Even that one puff was addictive and I'm glad I quit. After I quit, I could not believe what nonsense I'd put myself through for years. As child, I used to get feeling pretty carsick. My parents smoked, my friends smoked, etc. I'd feel sick after I drove places. Then I quit. Never got car sick in my own vehicle or any other non smokers again. It was so nice! I thought it was perhaps just me having psychosomatic imaginings but a couple of years back I was in a vehicle for extended periods of time with a chain smoker and non operating windows. I felt sick for days after. And my clothes stunk.

Funny thing is, after I quit, I didn't feel any other big changes in my health. I guess I didn't smoke enough to get the hacking and coughing.

I won't toke. Did it once about 5 years ago when I first bought medical marihuana and I only had two small cautious puffs and lost an entire afternoon in the back yard. Not unpleasant but a waste of time and good weather. So now I only eat special fudge or Christmas cake when aches set in.