June 2023 - Cigsspot

Who will win the tobacco wars?

The confrontation between tobacco manufacturers and authorities around the world began as soon as these same authorities wished to take tight control of the companies’ revenues. Yes, basically all these confrontations are aimed at the survival of competitors from the market, rather than real concern for our health or the environment. In May 2020, the […]

Comparative tasting of Marlboro cigarettes, 1992 and 2018.

There is an opinion that modern cigarettes are made from “waste,” that they have “only flavorings” and that “there is no tobacco at all now. And also that “back in the 90’s they were cigarettes! And now they’re just slag!” Shall we check it out? Today we are tasting the Marlboro of today, which is […]

A word or two about the cigarette filter

Or rather, not even about the cigarette filter! There are all sorts of things made with a filter these days! There are versions for self-smoking cigarettes, for smoking a pipe, even cigarillos and there are some with a filter. A few facts you may not have known are in this article. The first cigarette filter […]

How many calories are in a cigarette?

Cigarettes are a product that is in your life every day if you are a smoker. If it has become a question of losing weight or gaining weight, how do cigarettes affect that? Do they provide extra calories to your body? In this article, we will look at what the caloric content of cigarettes is […]

The history of tobacco creativity.

Creativity and ingenuity have never been alien to tobacco marketers. Not only that, but tobacco marketers are the only ones who periodically feel the pressure of a whole bunch of different organizations wanting a piece of the “tobacco pie”. In previous reviews I have written about how some brands have marketed by improving tobacco content […]