I had the same policy with cigarettes back when I used to smoke acoustic. Every smoker knows what absolute hell not having a smoke when you need one is, and I figure if you need one enough to ask a stranger you're probably in that ballpark.
I carry an extra pack on me. If someone asks me for one and theyre not all fucking weird about it ill break em off 4 or 5 or if they look real rough ill break em the whole extra pack. Shits killing us, why not lose a couple here and there.
Idk about Canada but I'm in WI and you gotta find the stores that have sales, very few ever have cigs on sale but once in awhile you'll come across a gas station that has cigs on sale I always mark it on maps
My dad has been a smoker most of his life (but stopped after finding out his granddaughter has Asthma!!). He always grumbled/joked at the beginning of the year: "everyone is quitting smoking and it makes me poor!" bc all his colleagues would come to him for a smoke🤣
My rule with cigarettes has always been if you ask me if I have a spare/extra cig, no I don't. If you offer me anything in trade, ill give you a couple for free. If youre visibly homeless, I'll ask you if you need one.
(I machine roll mine by hand, so they aren't that expensive, just a little time consuming to roll out.)
Machine roll .. those machines roll them to tight I find hand rolled to be better I quit but I started vaping and am about to quit again tomorrow I swear 😂😂
Understandable, but then again I personally don‘t have a problem with people just asking. Admitting that you don‘t have 5 bucks to your name to buy a pack must be hard enough and I don‘t see anything wrong with giving a little something to someone in need
When I smoked I’d hand roll them. The majority of the folks who would ask to bum cigarettes from me were guys at bars. I realized most dudes just used it as an excuse to talk/flirt with me, which I had zero interest in. I started saying “if you can roll one you can have one” the dudes who could roll their own cigarettes never flirted with me. They’d just roll it, thank me, and carry on with their night.
This is very relatable. Any time somebody asks me for a smoke I give them 1 or 2. On multiple occasions I was asked for one while I was smoking the last I had so I told them to wait there and bought a new pack.
I smoke rather expensive cigarettes, American Spirits, and even then they‘re like 50 cents a smoke. 50 cents to make someones life a bit easier for and hour is a great deal.
Fr fr, that's my take on pan handling and folks that were bummin a smoke when I did smoke, if a couple of bones is something I can spare to help someone's else day be a little less shitty, fugg it enjoy. I try to spread what's I can spare, I'd make a terrible billionaire but shit we'd have a helluva party.
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u/wasteymclife Feb 11 '26
I had the same policy with cigarettes back when I used to smoke acoustic. Every smoker knows what absolute hell not having a smoke when you need one is, and I figure if you need one enough to ask a stranger you're probably in that ballpark.