What's the most common/popular US slang word for "cigarette"?

Question

Also, what's the US slang expression for "to smoke a cigarette"? Help me find those informal words which are most commonly used.
Thnx!

Answer 1

in Chicago we call one cigarette a square
"gotta square?" or "bum a square?"
to go outside for a smoke
"going for a puff"

Answer 2

One of the most common slang words for cigarette is "Cancer STick." Some people will turn the verb "smoke" into a noun and say,"I've got to have my smokes." This is also a term for cigarettes. These are the two most common terms.

Answer 3

Blackhawk Cigarettes

Answer 4

Slang terms for cigarette

Cigarettes have accumulated a variety of nicknames such as "smokes", "butt", "square" (from the shape of the box), "cigs", "ciggies", "stogs", "stogies", "stokes", "snouts", "tabs" (especially in NE England), "loosey" (a single cigarette), "backwards", "bogeys", "boges", "gorts", "ciggy wiggy dilly's", "darts", "refries" (already used cigarettes being relit and smoked), "straights" (for factory rolled ones), "dugans" (especially in NYC), "hairy rags", "hausersticks", "jacks", "joes" (taken from the "Camel Joe", an old Camel Cigarettes mascot), "grits", "grants" (A common phrase used for asking someone for a cigarette is "Can you grant me a grant?"), "tailies" (short for "tailor made", only in New Zealand) and "fags" (the term "f a g" is used more commonly in the United Kingdom and Australia, whereas in the United States and Canada, it is primarily a derogatory term for a male homosexual). Cigarettes have also attracted somewhat fatalistic nicknames related to their effect on the smoker's health, such as "coffin nails", "cancer sticks", "lung darts", "Sweet cancer", "gaspers" or even "black lungs" in terms of the "smoker". In Australia, cigarettes are sometimes called "Doogans" or "Durries". A relatively new term emerged with the release of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones after Obi-Wan Kenobi was offered a "death stick" in a nightclub, even though the 'death sticks' were some form of glowing liquid rather than anything smokable. Self-rolled cigarettes are called "rollies", in the UK they are called "ronnies", "prison rolls"(which are particularly thin, as tobacco needs to be used sparingly) and "gyppo fags".

Answer 5

i dont know any slang for the act of smoking the cigarette, but around here they call the squares...why i have no idea

Answer 6

Most of my friends say "cig" pronounced "sig" but I've also heard "smoke" a lot.

To smoke a cigarette - either drag or smoke

Answer 7

Smoke.

Answer 8

Hi

You might find that this changes depending which region in the states you are in.

I am originally from the great lakes area and the terms we would use would be

smokes
cancer stick
ciggies

Or to go out to have a cigarette we would say

I am going out for a smoke
I am going out to put another nail in my coffin
I am going out for a breath of fresh air.

Hope that helps.

Answer 9

Smokes, and for "to smoke a cigarette" I usually hear "hit the pipe."

Answer 10

Mostly just 'smokes' or 'cigarettes'. Depends on what part of the country you're in.

Answer 11

Smokes or smokies
I'm going to have a smoke
Where can I have a smoke
Do you have a smoke