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Anyone smoke 'Major'?

Hooked

On me hols at present, auld fella has asked me to pick up 200 cigs for a mate of his, who smokes Major. Not a smoker myself but I'm guessing this is an Irish brand? As they are not available here in Lanzarote.

Anyone care to suggest an alternative cig brand? I look forward to sifting through numerous puns, witty replies and general AH replies - in the hope of fining an actual answer...

Ahhhh... Off to the pool with me

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Arghus

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

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

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

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

kingtiger

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

bmwguy

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

Creepy and unnerving thread.......

pauliebdub

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

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

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

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

endacl wrote: »

Mascot.

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

The Bishop Basher

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Means Of Escape wrote: »

They were called Kingston

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

Reputable Rog

Means Of Escape wrote: »

They were called Kingston

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

K-9

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

Double filter all the way

Pulsating Star

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

Players Navy Cut wipe the floor with Major

dennyire

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

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

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

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

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