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despite being slender in the grander scheme of things (such as the whole world population, look you see) there are a surprising number of people who(m) do not wish me ill. certainly some of you reading that will consider them absurd, but still. if anything they wish me a much (more) better health in this life, and would like nothing more than me to abstain from (as in quit) smoking. up to now, alas, i have not really been able to meet this lovely wish. and no, i am not breaking news of me doing so. 

just a reminder, which very much echoes the above, that smoking is quite bad for you. if you do smoke, seek help, guidance and assistance in quitting, even if i do not. also don't start doing it. there, that shall do as some form of disclaimer. 

a "thing" what people do with the coming of a new year is to make resolutions. for some reason the vast, if not overwhelming, majority of people what do so elect to do so for positive reasons. why does no one ever declare a wish to be more harmful, or eviler, for the year ahead? quite a few end up being this, after all. no matter, and in moving on many, of course, go "new year, new me", and decide that this new year is the year in which they shall quit smoking. such is to be applauded and encouraged. 

well, no, i have done no such thing. i cannot recall ever making any resolution, although now i think i did, a couple of years ago, set myself a target of reaching my bestest ever score on River Raid. having managed to do that really early in that year, the remainder of it was a bit of a breeze. 

on something of a whim, though, i have, it would seem, made a slight adjustment to my choice of smoking product. well, sure, still cigarettes, but different. from an independent distributor, with who(m) i believe i have a good working relationship, i have taken quite a shine to some Rothmans cigarettes. not really "regular" ones, but smaller, thinner ones which have one of them "click balls". that last aspect makes them all the more illicit, then, as for some reason flavoured or "menthol" cigarettes are entirely banned, rather than just taxed beyond any rational level. 

these are not the cheapest independently distributed (ahem) cigarettes available. for a price guide these are costing me £6 a pack, which is £1 a pack more than "regular" independently procured ones. in a sense yes i am paying more for less (or "fewer"), but still paying considerably less than "proper" overtly taxed ones from regular shops. which can't sell this type. 

for scale, then, one of these cigarettes next to a tape. yes, if you are saying that's a really, really smart looking tape, i agree. quite likely it would be (much) more better for me to have put a standard cigarette next to this one for a better scale sense, but, well, i didn't.

provenance of these cigarettes? yes, i know they are "fags", but i get into a lot of needless silly bother when i use the proper name, for our friends in America have a different understanding of that word. going on the lettering (or text) on the packets i had a wild guess that they might be off of Russia or Greece, and it turns out i was somewhat close with half of that. some (quite) small print in the lid of the packs has a vague web address. i didn't visit the site but some research suggests these, despite being branded as Rothmans of London (innit), are off of Belarus. oh. not ideal, since that means i am likely and inadvertently funding some Russian concern, but go ahead and take that up with them what put such ridiculous tax and "duty" on similar products here in England. 

review? they are actually a decent, if somewhat lighter than i would usually have, cigarette. no real insane overwhelming sense of chemicals and toxins when you smoke them, which isn't always the case when indulging in other independent cigarettes. on pressing (or "clicking") the red dot on the filter the cigarette flavour changes to an unexpectedly enjoyable cherry like one. 

up to now these are the only cigarettes what i have smoked this year (2025). well, no, not just four packs, these are showcased purely as they have the "least worse" warning images on them. i suspect that i might have some "proper" (albeit independently procured) sized cigarettes soon, but these are pleasant thus far. 

i would be reluctant to deliver any sort of "hope" or positive signs for those that happen to wish i remained a concern and further would (very much) like me to quit smoking, but these ones have got me giving some consideration to trying all that "vape" thing again. right now i am enjoying inhaling and exhaling this cherry flavoured stuff. isn't that what "vaping" amounts to? let me, at the least, give you assurance that i am considering it. now if they came up with a perfect, spot on Marlboro vape, well, all this would be academic and it would be a done deal. 

once again, in closing, a reminder that smoking is quite bad for you, and if you do smoke then please consider quitting. should you not smoke, really, don't start. 

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