Anyone smoke 'Major'?

Arghus · 01-09-2016 04:51PM

Reputable Rog wrote: »

Players No6, JPS were terrible. Regal Kings were God alternative in NI.

As if they didn't have enough stuff to be fighting over up there!

K-9 · 01-09-2016 05:29PM

One_Of_Shanks wrote: »

Major are very strong so I'd guess either Benson & Hedges OR maybe marlboro, probably benson. Marlboro might actually be too strong.

I used to smoke them back in the day. You might get away with Benson as an alternative but not Marlboro Red, the smell from them would put most of.

Major are strong, similar strength to a Benson but a smaller cigarette so more kick out of it.

K-9 · 01-09-2016 05:32PM

Filmer Paradise wrote: »

They tried to get the younger crowd with the Mascot brand in about 1990. A sort of Major-Lite sort of effort.

Carrolls Compass were another 'youth oriented' style of fag from the same era.

Both didn't last long however.

There was a Major king size or something like that as well, tried them a couple of times but they never took on.

Rothmans · 01-09-2016 05:53PM

Rothmans are a pretty good alternative, although I might be somewhat biased.

kingtiger · 01-09-2016 06:00PM

Get him fortuna, a decent Spanish brand and cheaper then the imports

bmwguy · 01-09-2016 06:01PM

I smoked Major for a good few years. I'm dead now though.

Creepy and unnerving thread.......

pauliebdub · 01-09-2016 06:07PM

A couple of lads in school smoked them years ago but generally they are an old man's cigarette and they are very strong. I think the closest to them are Benson and hedges or Marlboro red.

Reputable Rog · 01-09-2016 06:12PM

kingtiger wrote: »

Get him fortuna, a decent Spanish brand and cheaper then the imports

Get him Nobel, they're noble. Fortuna are rank.
Marlboro Intense have some blast as well.

Reputable Rog · 01-09-2016 06:14PM

K-9 wrote: »

There was a Major king size or something like that as well, tried them a couple of times but they never took on.

Double Filter they were crap. Carroll's Kings were nice though.

endacl · 01-09-2016 06:15PM

K-9 wrote: »

There was a Major king size or something like that as well, tried them a couple of times but they never took on.

Mascot.

K-9 · 01-09-2016 06:34PM

endacl wrote: »

Mascot.

Double filter was the one, started around the mid 90's.

The Bishop Basher · 01-09-2016 07:44PM

suicide_circus wrote: »

You can get JPS Blue (John Player Special) but I'm almost certain John Player blue is only in the Irish market.

Honestly, you can.

I gave up last year but before that i always made a point of booking our holiday someplace that i could get John Player Blue..

Used to fill up a couple of suitcases and they'd last me past Christmas..

In recent years i was on the Amber Leaf which was even handier as a few boxes of that would last me right through the year..

Free of the bastards now though thankfully

delta_bravo · 01-09-2016 07:50PM

I worked in a newsagents about ten years ago and there was a man in his 50s that came in every day to get forty major. His hands were yellow and his fingernails dark brown. Unsurprisingly he's now dead.

Filmer Paradise · 01-09-2016 07:58PM

K-9 wrote: »

Major are strong, similar strength to a Benson but a smaller cigarette so more kick out of it.

Erm...not quite. The Major is the same length as the normal pre-King Size fags. However, they were 'fatter' than normal smokes. Hence 'Major Extra Size' is still printed on the boxes. They were unique that way.

Most ciggies are King-Size now. Carrolls went King Size sometime in the '90s.

Reputable Rog · 01-09-2016 08:01PM

uch wrote: »

But can you get No.6 anywhere now ?

They disappeared in the mid 90's but I sunsequently found them again in a filling station in Caherconlish but they had gone king size and were ****e.
Anyone remember Death and Death lights?

Richard Hillman · 01-09-2016 08:03PM

My mother and father smoke major. Used to nick a couple when I was younger. They are strong but ok for a quick hit

Means Of Escape · 01-09-2016 08:04PM

K-9 wrote: »

There was a Major king size or something like that as well, tried them a couple of times but they never took on.

Kingston brand

Filmer Paradise · 01-09-2016 08:11PM

K-9 wrote: »

There was a Major king size or something like that as well, tried them a couple of times but they never took on.

Just remembered them now that you mentioned it.

Brother smoked them about 20 years ago. The box was a darker green than normal & was flip-top, rather than the 'slide box' of the normal Majors.

Means Of Escape · 01-09-2016 08:32PM

Filmer Paradise wrote: »

Just remembered them now that you mentioned it.

Brother smoked them about 20 years ago. The box was a darker green than normal & was flip-top, rather than the 'slide box' of the normal Majors.

They were called Kingston

K-9 · 01-09-2016 08:40PM

Means Of Escape wrote: »

They were called Kingston

Nope, Major Double Filter whenever I bought them. Reputable Rog above refreshed my memory.

Reputable Rog · 01-09-2016 08:43PM

Means Of Escape wrote: »

They were called Kingston

Kingston came in a navy box and were made by Benson & Hedges.

K-9 · 01-09-2016 08:46PM

Reputable Rog wrote: »

Kingston came in a navy box and were made by Benson & Hedges.

Major KS was a dark green normal box as filmer paradise posted.

Reputable Rog · 01-09-2016 08:50PM

Double filter all the way

Pulsating Star · 01-09-2016 10:01PM

kbannon wrote: »

I smoked Major until about two and a half years ago. They were lovely. Great taste and aroma.
Another good thing about them was that scabs would turn them down.
Gave up smoking and have since had a heart attack.
Never had a problem with my ticker while I smoked. Just saying!

I have smoked Major since forever. Gave up smoking , within a few months was in A & E, couldn't Get my breath. They said there was something in my lungs and i was going to die so I went back to the Major and been just grand since.
BlastIng it with nicotine .

SEPT 23 1989 · 01-09-2016 10:08PM

Players Navy Cut wipe the floor with Major

dennyire · 01-09-2016 10:19PM

Reputable Rog wrote: »

Players No6, JPS were terrible. Regal Kings were God alternative in NI.

Our localchinese takeaway years ago used to stock cigs and cans as well.
Went in one day and ordered a chicken curry and 20 no. 6
Came out with my curry and about 10 kilo of fried rice

cml387 · 01-09-2016 10:39PM

Sweet Afton had a little poem on the flap:

Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes,
Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise;

A quote from Robert Burns.

Talk about amazingly useless trivia.

keith16 · 01-09-2016 10:43PM

cml387 wrote: »

Sweet Afton had a little poem on the flap:

Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes,
Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise;

A quote from Robert Burns.

Boooourns

Filmer Paradise · 02-09-2016 12:25AM

cml387 wrote: »

Sweet Afton had a little poem on the flap:

Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes,
Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise;

A quote from Robert Burns.

Talk about amazingly useless trivia.

I think that Major brand are a spin-off of Sweet Afton.

Check this out.

[URL="http:///images/a/a2/Afton_major_01.jpg"][/url]http://http://www.cigarettespedia.com/index.php/File:Afton_major_01.jpg

I think that they went to being called Major when tipped became the norm.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 02-09-2016 01:03AM

Get him Rothmans, they're probably on a par strength wise.

I smoked major for a while years ago but also went thru phases of Carrolls, JPB, Silk Cut purple, Rothmans, Marlboro and of course B&H (who ch was my main smoke) Thankfully I quit 10 years ago, wouldn't smoke now if I was paid to, absolutely detest the smell of them but relish my smoking memories

Anyone smoke 'Major'?

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