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VirginiaIno
09/08/09

In reply to The War of the Cloves
Really? I smoke cloves, and I'd like to meet the kid that can afford to drop $11.00 bucks a pack to feed his habit. This is actually straight up bullshit. Clove smokers make up about 0.5% of U.S. smokers, and frankly when was the last time you saw a sign or billboard advertising them? Meanwhile, you can't walk through a poor urban area without seeing a billboard or advertisement on every corner for Newports or Kools. Really Obama? Menthol isn't flavored? I defy you to not tell me this isn't some tobacco lobbyists wet dream to increase business revenue by expanding their marketing efforts. In the grand scheme of things, I think my Djarum Lights only do damage to ME, while menthol cigs are most likely part of the reason (besides pollution and poor living conditions) asthma is out of control among African American children around the country.

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thatgirlinnewyork
09/08/09

@VirginiaIno: all hail djarum (but bidis were in my college arsenal when i couldn't find them).

this is big tobacco whining--they had their colorful, innocent characters dissed, now washington wants to take away the smokable equivalent of mike's hard lemonade. sorry, but cloves don't fit the category.

not to worry--hundreds of bodegas and the whole of jackson heights will make sure we still get our jovial clovial fix.
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Noah D
09/08/09

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A thousand frat boys let out pained wails in unison...
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Paul_Is_Drunk
09/08/09

@Noah D: Wait, the government outlawed kegs? I didn't read that in the article...
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SeaPeople
09/08/09

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But what will alternateens and middle-aged Goths smoke now?
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Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
09/08/09

@SeaPeople: And the Philosophy Majors! what of them?
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Botswana Meat Commission FC
09/08/09

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Those cigarettes would go well with this product:

[www.amazon.com]
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Grim Reaper of the Forest
09/08/09

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If I can no longer catch a whiff of clove cigarettes, how else can I trigger memories of freshman year at Brown?
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homoviper
09/08/09

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Hippies smoke cloves? I thought it was the Hot Topic set that loved them so much.
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DahlELama
09/08/09

@homoviper: So did I--the two concerts I've been to which reeked of cloves were The Offspring and Weezer/Blink-182. Also, I had no idea they were illegal; when did that happen?
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homoviper
09/08/09

@DahlELama: September 1 I'm pretty sure
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DahlELama
09/08/09

@homoviper: Phew--the Weezer/Blink show was Aug. 27, so I'm glad to see that no one was breaking any laws!

Seriously though, cloves were such a nice respite for those of us who hate the smell of both cigarettes and pot. What am I supposed to inhale from the sidelines now?
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homoviper
09/08/09

@DahlELama: How about pipe tobacco? I always kind of enjoyed that smell, but nobody smokes a pipe anymore..
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SagarikaLumos
09/08/09

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I'm sorry, but Studebaker Hawk does not sound like the name of an Indonesian from the late 1800s. Further, do you think that Indonesian villagers in the 1880s had sufficient medical care to diagnose lung cancer? That paragraph has Wikipedia vandalism written all over it.

I won't miss the obnoxious burning rubber ham scent of clove cigarettes, though.
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Unsolicited Advice
09/08/09

@SagarikaLumos:

Actually, cancer is extremely easy to diagnose, lung cancer specifically. Untreated it produces lesions, tumors, and growths - terminal, untreated, and late-stage cancer has been identifiable to even amateur doctors since the dark ages.
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Magister
09/08/09

@SagarikaLumos: Just because Mr. Hoch is a Frank Zappa character and a different person is credited within a single click, it doesn't mean that Wikipedia is less than reliable. It simply has a sense of humor.
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ithacabaron
09/08/09

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Cloves: Mildly rebellious.
Cigars: Mildly conformist.

What will disenfranchised theatre kids do?

Besides put weed in their hollowed out clove cigars, I mean.
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lobstr
09/08/09

@ithacabaron:
Cloves: endorsed by Hipster Grifter
Cigars: endorsed by Rush Limbaugh

combining the two would carry so much irony you'd have to award the win more towards the hipsters.
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anonymousryan
09/08/09

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"It cured his chest pains and he started to market his invention to the village, but he died of lung cancer before he could mass market it."

I laughed.
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Aidan_
09/08/09

@anonymousryan: How could you not? How could you not?
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breccia
09/08/09

@Aidan_: Severe bronchial discomfort from smoking too much, perhaps?
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Paul_Is_Drunk
09/08/09

@anonymousryan: I gave more of a snortle.
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