I was sitting in the car at the gas station waiting for my husband to pay for the gas when I saw this guy come out of the store with a pack of cigarettes. He stood next to the trash bin and shook and loudly smacked his pack of cigs over and over...and over. THEN his friend came out of the store and she took the pack of cigarettes and she smacked them a couple more times. Then they got in the car, shut the door and smacked the cigs a few more times before lighting up (they were smacking it so hard you could hear it coming from their car). This whole episode literally took about two minutes-which is kind of a long time just to do all that. So my question is, what does beating on the pack do for the taste of cigs? Of course I've seen other smokers do this, but these two put so much physical effort into it and made such a scene that I got to wondering why people do that. I'm not being sarcastic and I'm not picking on smokers; I'm just curious.
2007-03-26 16:14:07 · 11 answers · asked by Wo 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
once is enough ,to get the tobacco tight in the paper so when it burns the end don't fall off and burn something .
the vacuum inside the plastic wraper creats a gravity type of extra push where one smack is plenty .
your right ! these people are freaks . and i smoke and pack mine too . one time .
2007-03-26 16:24:18 · answer #1 · answered by martinmm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It packs the tobbacco tighter giving you a slower burn. When you smack the pack on the top side you are forcing the tabacco towards the filter leaving a little tobacco-less paper at the end of the cigerette
2007-03-26 23:19:07 · answer #2 · answered by keruptcorruption 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it packs the tobacco into the tube tighter, makes it less likely that the cherry (buring end of the cig) falls out, also burns a bit longer /stronger since there's less airflow throug the cig.
2007-03-26 23:18:02 · answer #3 · answered by malthisar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Packs down the tobacco. Or at least, they think it does. I was a heavy smoker for 42 years. I never did that.
2007-03-26 23:33:53 · answer #4 · answered by kiwi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just answered this, It packs the tobacco tighter, it also makes the smoking last longer
2007-03-26 23:19:03 · answer #5 · answered by Moose 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To pack the freshness, and savors the flavour.
2007-03-26 23:18:26 · answer #6 · answered by Camden K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
doesnt change the taste, but packing the tobacco tighter into the cigarette makes it burn slower...and last longer...
2007-03-26 23:17:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It tamps the tobacco tighter so it burns more evenly.
2007-03-26 23:17:21 · answer #8 · answered by qwiff_hunter 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means they're Freemasons. That's their secret handshake.
2007-03-26 23:22:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
that is really funny...but true
2007-03-26 23:21:30 · answer #10 · answered by BRE 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋