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filter butt, it is the preferred cig of music nerd hipsters everywhere. However, the reason they did that is because filters were uncom- mon at the time, so they decided to make their product more appealing to the emerg- ing market by half-assing it, quite literally. They are still made like that to this very day.
Fictional Smokes
Red Apples
These faux smokes are typically found in Tarantino films but also appear in such odd places as Romy and Michele's High School Re- union. The character of Butch, played by Bruce Willis, famously orders a pack by name in Pulp Fiction, and most of the time in Quen- ty's films, if a character is smoking, they're smoking Red Apples. I could find little info on who designed the props, but replicas are readily available, as are signs advertising them.
That's our breakdown on the skinny of to- bacco, in real life and in fiction. Whether you smoke or not, there's a storied history and one that has influenced the entire globe, for better or worse. I don't believe there is any country on Earth where you cannot find a pack of cigarettes if you care to have one. Smoke up, Johnny!
Virginia Slims and Capris
Your grandma smoked these. If she said she didn't, she was lying. The only people who smoke these are grandmas and aging pros- titutes. I hope your grandma wasn't both at once, but we all have a story to tell, I suppose.
Morleys
A stand-in for a real pack of Marlboro reds, Morleys have been used as a prop for over 60 years, originating in Hitchcock's Psycho. They are also famous for being in The Twilight Zone, when actors needed prop cigarettes, and more famous in The X-Files, as they were what the Cigarette-Smoking Man preferred. However, in real life, actor Bill Davis was not a smoker, and when he smoked onscreen (which was, ya know, all the fucking time, or he'd be called the Sometimes-Cigarette- Smoking Man), he smoked herbal cigarettes with no tobacco in them. Morley packs are produced by a prop company called Earl Hayes Press, and many souvenir boxes can be found online if you want your own box in which to stick your cigs or whatever miscel- lany and look like a movie character.
Camel
Camel Wides. They're often hard to find but don't get as stale as their other brands. The opposite of Virginia Slims, for people who like ‘em thicc.
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Enjoy life, and don't chain smoke in the gas station bathroom after taking the key while I'm waiting to chuck a brown trout.
-Wombstretcha
Wombstretcha the Magnificent is a Morley smoker, dubious histori- an, writer, and retired rapper from Portland, OR. He can be found at his website, wombstretcha. com, on Twitter/X/whatever as @ wombstretcha503, and on MeWe and (begrudgingly) Facebook as "Wombstretcha the Magnificent."