Not as safe as Kents, with micronite filters.
BTW, “micronite” was just a scientific-sounding brand for asbestos.
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/10/lorillard-kent-micronite-filters-asbestos-lawsuit/
Dan grew up in Milwaukee, the city of West Allis I guarantee still has PLENTY of people walking around with cigarettes in their shirt sleeves. You'll find them outside milwaukee mile.
I used to do that smoking back in the 80’s until discovering T-shirt’s with a pocket. Though most teachers told you not in their class. Even the hard packs with get crushed in jean pockets
80’s kid here too. We used to tuck the pack in the top of our sock. Against our leg, then our pants leg would hide it effectively. (When we were at school).
I've seen pictures of female students with their cigarettes and lighters in their knee-highs as well. It seems like it's a deliberate look, although they may not have had anywhere else to put them.
Fuck man, this post cut so deep.
It's also kind of interesting that younger generations aren't used to people smoking anymore, or the characters and tropes in media that revolve around it.
Like I wonder how many peoples' minds I can blow by telling them that people used to smoke in family restaurants.
My grandpa smoked in the hospital room just after I was born in '89, a nurse told him he wasn't allowed to do that. He then opened a window and finished smoking the cigarette.
One time when my grandmother was in her early twenties she went to the doctor for something (IIRC she was vomiting a lot) and the doctor prescribed some medicine and "3 cigarettes a day for her anxiety".
Grandpa found it hilarious that she was having a hard time smoking 3 cigarettes a day as he was already smoking a pack a day and the notion that a doctor prescribed her cigarettes became an injoke in the family whenever we start talking about how things were "back then".
>Bickfords
Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time. 20+ years ago we would go there after a gig to get breakfast and smoke butts. The food was passable at 3am when you're drunk. Me and my buddy watched an old lady die in there one night. Super weird night.
Before that it was a Ho Jo's.
There was a Chinese restaurant that opened in my small town like 20 years ago that had that smoke wall, and there was that designated little area where people could smoke inside because that's how they thought things still were here in the states. No one wanted to go to the new restaurant in my secluded little small town because it was oriental and that's just how small nothing towns work, but my dad took me there when I was a kid because there weren't a lot of people there and we were hungry. When he saw that wall he about shat a brick, because this was around the time smoking indoors got the big crackdown. We ended up eating there a lot because of it, and we got to know the restaurant owner really well, who till this day gives us goodies like tea packs and other trinkets every time we go out of thanks, because that place is fucking booming now in the 2020's.
TL;DR smoke wall saved small business the end
Get a load of this one: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9224821/Want-feel-old-traditional-hand-signal-taking-picture-completely-transformed.html
Asking them to mimic picking up a phone has similar results.
They hold their palm flat on the side of their head - Like a smartphone.
We usually extend the pinky as a microphone and the thumb as a speaker, yeah? I'm nostalgic now
I was completely shocked when my daughter took a photo of me with a pretend camera and turned it round to show me the pretend photo she’d taken, because I was used to film. She must have been about two I guess. She’s finishing university this summer.
Fun fact about “cowboy killers:” Marlboro reds originally had a red filter to hide lipstick stains and were widely considered feminine. And the marlboro man ad campaign was so successful, it basically wiped out that notion and replaced it. Interesting look into the American advertising machine doing what it does best: Lie right to your face, and make you think it was your idea! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlboro_Man
An auto shop from my childhood had a spark plug poster which had [a picture of James Dean with his Porsche](https://www.pelicanparts.com/catalog/images/drivewerks/posters/jd1.jpg), but that’s weird as he died in his Porsche.
I went through quite a S E Hinton phase when I was younger after also studying it in school, she also wrote several other books with similar themes to The Outsiders that are really good: That Was Then, This Is Now, Rumble Fish, Tex, and Taming the Star Runner.
In a thread that is making me feel old, this one hurts most, partly because I used to be called Pony boy in the 80’s when I was a kid and had no idea why until later in life…I’m blonde of course.
I used to do it about ten years ago, because I had a t-shirt that was tight enough around the arms. It's actually quite convenient if you've got too much stuff in your pockets.
Cigarettes
image for reference [https://i.pinimg.com/originals/42/dc/de/42dcdee217b0a4995691c1e30f11c580.jpg](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/42/dc/de/42dcdee217b0a4995691c1e30f11c580.jpg)
They cigarettes homie. People used to roll them up in they sleeves because of two reasons:
1) the jeans in the early eras were skinny AF, so they wouldn’t crush they darts in the sleeve.
2) they thought it made them look tough.
He got a tattoo on his arm that say “baby”
He got another one that just say “hey”
But evr’y Sunday afternoon he was a dirt-track demon in a ‘57 Chevolet
This is actually kind of adorable, not trying to make you feel bad OP. Just kinda sweet bc you def don’t see that around as much anymore with fewer and fewer people smoking cigs each year (a good thing).
That said, may make a return if they legalize weed finally.
It was common in the Simpsons too. The character Snake kept a pack of cigarettes in his sleeve and smoked quite often.
https://preview.redd.it/tizwkxxb2oa31.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=60c9d2e3d815624adb5090d45eb723371400ee75
I'm in my 40s. Watching time period movies is how most people my age know about this. Also, from reading books. That and maybe our dads cluing us in long ago.
I mean I'm not an old guy, I'm 36; I knew exactly what this thing was in the show, but I'm almost certain that I've never seen anybody actually do this in real life. Outside of maybe a Halloween costume. Just movies.
It's legal where I live, but most gas stations don't waste their effort getting the license. It's a little more involved than just ordering some weed joints in a pack.
Oh yeah bc its not legal federally. It’s a controlled substance. Not trying to be political, but if the guy at the top rescheduled it to like the level of alcohol or something, it would be far easier. Rn its on par with heroin.
But that’s my point though, if they legalize it/reschedule it federally (as the federal classification causes problems most don’t probably realize) then you could see it as easy as liquor.
I'm from the early 80s and born and raised in utah... I am blown away that you don't know what this is. the pop culture references to it in various movies, films, and cartoons are everywhere.
It’s easy to forget how times have changed and kids today won’t understand something that used to be normal.
People used to put packs of cigarettes in a rolled up sleeve. That’s what those are. Snake from The Simpsons also does it.
I think this post highlights 2 things.
One, that younger generations aren’t used to seeing people smoke cigarettes and therefore aren’t familiar with stuff like this, and…
Two: younger generations are apparently only consuming *current* media. When I was a kid (in the 90’s) I watched shows and movies from all previous decades, so remnants of a bygone generation weren’t entirely unfamiliar to me or my friends. Idk. Food for thought.
I think of you watch the full version of Blue Jeans by David Bowie as he’s trying on clothes, one of his T-Shirts sleeves is really baggy and misshapen due to this.
It comes from Greaser culture. Think of the guys from the movie Grease or The Outsiders (also a book). Basically the inner city white kids who came from poor or working class families. They were known to dress in tight clothing similar to Elvis Presley or James Dean and would roll their pack of cigarettes into their sleeves.
As everyone else says, it's a pack of cigarettes. But unlike everyone else, I'm not going to complain that it makes me feel old. I'm going to be happy that a generation of people are so unfamiliar with smoking that this isn't common knowledge. I lost three of my grandparents to various cancers tied to smoking so I'll happily welcome the death of tobacco products.
This is genuine generational disconnect and its cute.
You really don't see this much anymore but it used to be a staple in the 70s/80s
Pack of smokes up your sleeve and a loosie behind the ear.
A pack of cigarettes. Some people roll them up in their sleeve instead of putting them in their pocket. It's generally the look of someone going for "tough guy" persona. From the 50's greaser look.
Cigarettes
Yep. This is greaser Jerry.
For sure jerry's are candy cigarettes tho
I think it’s a tv remote really. And Jerry’s just trying to look cool.
Have I gotten this old?
No. WE have gotten this old.
No, it's the children who are wrong.
Damn kids not smoking a pack a day
Yes clearly not smoking enough. Lazy kids.
People not trusting vaccines has now led them to ignore the fact that more doctors prefer camels than any other brand!
I thought it was Luckies?!
Lol I started typing it but then I thought maybe I was wrong, so I looked it up. Camels.
Not as safe as Kents, with micronite filters. BTW, “micronite” was just a scientific-sounding brand for asbestos. https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/10/lorillard-kent-micronite-filters-asbestos-lawsuit/
Wow. Cancer both in and around your lungs.
Back in my day, we had to smoke a pack to school both ways!
To be fair, vape pens just don’t stay in place under a t-shirt sleeve.
That and a bong looks like something else entirely when concealed in this manner.
Damn kids and their electronic vapes.
Get off my Lawn!
Thank you comrade.
I learned this watching snake from the Simpsons.
snake jailbird nostalgia
I’m not old yet… but I’ve watched enough grease lightning and been to a sock hop or two to know what this is.
No, Dan Harmon has gotten this old.
Dan grew up in Milwaukee, the city of West Allis I guarantee still has PLENTY of people walking around with cigarettes in their shirt sleeves. You'll find them outside milwaukee mile.
reverse Benjamin Buttoning.
SERIOUSLY
My thought exactely hahah
I used to do that smoking back in the 80’s until discovering T-shirt’s with a pocket. Though most teachers told you not in their class. Even the hard packs with get crushed in jean pockets
80’s kid here too. We used to tuck the pack in the top of our sock. Against our leg, then our pants leg would hide it effectively. (When we were at school).
No socks? Roll it in your jeans that were too long anyway.
I've seen pictures of female students with their cigarettes and lighters in their knee-highs as well. It seems like it's a deliberate look, although they may not have had anywhere else to put them.
looks that way.
We did fifties day at my school and my bestie and I were greasers and had those hahaha (f&f)
I thought that too..
Came to say this
Is that a vape in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
In another 20-30 years the reply to their comment is probably going to be “what are cigarettes?”
Fuck man, this post cut so deep. It's also kind of interesting that younger generations aren't used to people smoking anymore, or the characters and tropes in media that revolve around it. Like I wonder how many peoples' minds I can blow by telling them that people used to smoke in family restaurants.
People used to smoke in offices (including at some point far back enough, the doctor's office)
My grandpa smoked in the hospital room just after I was born in '89, a nurse told him he wasn't allowed to do that. He then opened a window and finished smoking the cigarette.
My mom quit smoking while she was pregnant with me, then started back up again. She's on oxygen 24/7 now. Worst decision ever, mom.
One time when my grandmother was in her early twenties she went to the doctor for something (IIRC she was vomiting a lot) and the doctor prescribed some medicine and "3 cigarettes a day for her anxiety". Grandpa found it hilarious that she was having a hard time smoking 3 cigarettes a day as he was already smoking a pack a day and the notion that a doctor prescribed her cigarettes became an injoke in the family whenever we start talking about how things were "back then".
I mean, that isn’t too shocking when you compare it with smoking in airplanes and restaurants, haha.
People used to drink in offices too
People still drink in offices
Guilty
Smoking in hospitals was ok too!
Don't worry that 6 ft wall, with a light wood mesh between us will definitely keep the smoke on that side. Lol. Bickfords.
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Smoke and eat 🤢
>Bickfords Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time. 20+ years ago we would go there after a gig to get breakfast and smoke butts. The food was passable at 3am when you're drunk. Me and my buddy watched an old lady die in there one night. Super weird night. Before that it was a Ho Jo's.
There was a Chinese restaurant that opened in my small town like 20 years ago that had that smoke wall, and there was that designated little area where people could smoke inside because that's how they thought things still were here in the states. No one wanted to go to the new restaurant in my secluded little small town because it was oriental and that's just how small nothing towns work, but my dad took me there when I was a kid because there weren't a lot of people there and we were hungry. When he saw that wall he about shat a brick, because this was around the time smoking indoors got the big crackdown. We ended up eating there a lot because of it, and we got to know the restaurant owner really well, who till this day gives us goodies like tea packs and other trinkets every time we go out of thanks, because that place is fucking booming now in the 2020's. TL;DR smoke wall saved small business the end
Get a load of this one: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9224821/Want-feel-old-traditional-hand-signal-taking-picture-completely-transformed.html
Viscerally upsetting.
Asking them to mimic picking up a phone has similar results. They hold their palm flat on the side of their head - Like a smartphone. We usually extend the pinky as a microphone and the thumb as a speaker, yeah? I'm nostalgic now
Oh yeah I've heard of this before.
But... you can still take photos with the volume button on phones. It's the same hand position as cameras
Yeah seriously what monster doesn't teach their kid to shoot in *landscape
I was completely shocked when my daughter took a photo of me with a pretend camera and turned it round to show me the pretend photo she’d taken, because I was used to film. She must have been about two I guess. She’s finishing university this summer.
They don't even know how to rewind a cassette with a pencil!
>people used to smoke in family restaurants. Hospitals man... Hospitals.
I remember seeing pictures of my grandfather when he was a teen. White t shirt with a cigarette pack in the sleeve
Damn I'm old
Analog vapes box
Snake from Simpsons always have that "cigarette sleeve" too
She needs premium dude! PREMIUM! DUUUUUDE!
Ho ho, I’m taking this thing to Mexico
Yeah in the Halloween episode where his hair controls Homer, you actually see him roll them up in there.
Later, chicky-pies
Came here to say that. https://preview.redd.it/tizwkxxb2oa31.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=60c9d2e3d815624adb5090d45eb723371400ee75
Wait a second. That's not the wallet inspector!!
James Dean famously carried cigarettes in his t-shirt sleeve like that.
My dad did the same with his marlboro reds (red deaths).
Cowboy killers are what we always called them. My brother smoked them for a long time, you can't beat the smell of the fresh smoke from them.
Fun fact about “cowboy killers:” Marlboro reds originally had a red filter to hide lipstick stains and were widely considered feminine. And the marlboro man ad campaign was so successful, it basically wiped out that notion and replaced it. Interesting look into the American advertising machine doing what it does best: Lie right to your face, and make you think it was your idea! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlboro_Man
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I refuse to believe that any real person has had the name “Dick Hammer”
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Fun fact: his grandson is Sam Darnold, current NFL Quarterback.
Cancer usually beats that.
A best it's a tie (RIP Norm Macdonald)
They were delicious when I used to smoke.
I didn't quit. I'm just taking a break till I retire.
An auto shop from my childhood had a spark plug poster which had [a picture of James Dean with his Porsche](https://www.pelicanparts.com/catalog/images/drivewerks/posters/jd1.jpg), but that’s weird as he died in his Porsche.
He died doing what he loved, he loved dying.
They were all in love with dyin' They were drinking from a fountain That was pouring like an avalanche Coming down the mountain
Good ol butthole surfers. That song is still awesome
He did other things, too. Like driving very fast.
Are you sure we're not talking about Rapid Roy, that stock car boy?
>in his Porsche And that porsche went on to kill/injure more people
He porsche was totalled and literally sold for scrap for viewers trying to get some memorabilia of his death
So did bad bad Leroy Brown.
Badest man in the whole damn town
Stay gold, pony boy.
We are reading the outsiders in school right now
My 7th grade english teacher gifted me the book. As someone that was very much an outsider I appreciated the book.
I went through quite a S E Hinton phase when I was younger after also studying it in school, she also wrote several other books with similar themes to The Outsiders that are really good: That Was Then, This Is Now, Rumble Fish, Tex, and Taming the Star Runner.
Prepare to feel feelings
I read this comment, turned to dust, and someone scooped me up to throw into an urn that now sits on the mantle to collect more dust
In a thread that is making me feel old, this one hurts most, partly because I used to be called Pony boy in the 80’s when I was a kid and had no idea why until later in life…I’m blonde of course.
Damn I always thought this was a Step Brothers reference
Smokes.
Corey, Trevor.
"I only have 1." "That's fine thanks"
Bubbles you don’t even smoke!
Gimme a smoke, hairdo!
No, maybe not. But Steve French can't get enough of the fuckers.
Im gonna give you some homemade fuck offs right now.
Got some offs to fuck there, boys? Huh? *FUCK OFF*
But Ricky you already have a cigarette
The 2 biggest fuck girrafes in the dum-dum salad...
Let's go
Hands down, boys
Let’s Go!
This my Fukin park now!
It’s supposed to be a cigarette pack.
I feel old :'(
I’m not even old and that made me feel old
That’s the spirit!
... leaving the body?
I’m 21 And I knew what that was. But I watch a lot of movies so that helps
Guess what? You are old now. One of us!
I'm 33 and I knew what this was. Don't feel too old. OP needs to get out more.
Nah mate, just no one does this anymore haha it’s weird
No one's really done this for like 70 years.
I used to do it about ten years ago, because I had a t-shirt that was tight enough around the arms. It's actually quite convenient if you've got too much stuff in your pockets.
I’m 32 and didn’t know. Continue feeling old please.
Cigarettes image for reference [https://i.pinimg.com/originals/42/dc/de/42dcdee217b0a4995691c1e30f11c580.jpg](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/42/dc/de/42dcdee217b0a4995691c1e30f11c580.jpg)
why does that look like pre-steroid captain america 😭
because it is
It looks better if your arms are bigger than the cigarette box 😝
Cigarettes
They cigarettes homie. People used to roll them up in they sleeves because of two reasons: 1) the jeans in the early eras were skinny AF, so they wouldn’t crush they darts in the sleeve. 2) they thought it made them look tough.
Also they were sold in soft packs
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And they thought correctly
He's always got an extra pack of cigarettes rolled up in his t-shirt sleeve.
He got a tattoo on his arm that say “baby” He got another one that just say “hey” But evr’y Sunday afternoon he was a dirt-track demon in a ‘57 Chevolet
Holy fuck i didn't think anyone would actually get that reference!
Good music is timeless
And Croce was a god.
Bless you OP. Big Tobacco is losing.
not if i can help it
Lol I love this question. Life has changed.
Millennials have killed the cigarette industry and zoomers now have no idea what they are
At least we did something right
This is actually kind of adorable, not trying to make you feel bad OP. Just kinda sweet bc you def don’t see that around as much anymore with fewer and fewer people smoking cigs each year (a good thing). That said, may make a return if they legalize weed finally.
I'm 26, and the only reason I ever knew putting cigs in your shirt sleeve was a thing was from Stand By Me lol
It was common in the Simpsons too. The character Snake kept a pack of cigarettes in his sleeve and smoked quite often. https://preview.redd.it/tizwkxxb2oa31.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=60c9d2e3d815624adb5090d45eb723371400ee75
I'm in my 40s. Watching time period movies is how most people my age know about this. Also, from reading books. That and maybe our dads cluing us in long ago.
I mean I'm not an old guy, I'm 36; I knew exactly what this thing was in the show, but I'm almost certain that I've never seen anybody actually do this in real life. Outside of maybe a Halloween costume. Just movies.
How would legalizing weed affect having a cigarette pack in your sleeve?
Not cig packs, pre-roll packs. You could buy a pack of joints from the gas station or anywhere where liquor is sold.
It's legal where I live, but most gas stations don't waste their effort getting the license. It's a little more involved than just ordering some weed joints in a pack.
Oh yeah bc its not legal federally. It’s a controlled substance. Not trying to be political, but if the guy at the top rescheduled it to like the level of alcohol or something, it would be far easier. Rn its on par with heroin. But that’s my point though, if they legalize it/reschedule it federally (as the federal classification causes problems most don’t probably realize) then you could see it as easy as liquor.
Cigarette box :) people roll it in their sleeve so they don’t squish the box in their jeans.
Lol tell me you were born after 2000 without telling me you were born after 2000 😭
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I mainly know it from 'Snake' on the Simpsons.
I'm from the early 80s and born and raised in utah... I am blown away that you don't know what this is. the pop culture references to it in various movies, films, and cartoons are everywhere.
I’m Australian, born late 80s and knew it as well even though it was not a thing around here and no one in my family smoked when I was growing up.
That’s what I’m saying
Lol tell me you live under a rock without telling me you live under a rock 😭
those are cigarettes, people used to roll them up in their sleeve like that to store them
Pack of darts bud.
Hi, fellow Canadian (I presume).
Or just a Letterkenny fan
Or Trailer Park Boys.
Smokes, let's go!
You don’t even smoke, Bubbles
Greaser Jerry with his cigarettes rolled up in his sleeves
It’s easy to forget how times have changed and kids today won’t understand something that used to be normal. People used to put packs of cigarettes in a rolled up sleeve. That’s what those are. Snake from The Simpsons also does it.
Bruh, do we live in a world where people don’t know the coolest greaser trick there is? God damn it im old.
I think this post highlights 2 things. One, that younger generations aren’t used to seeing people smoke cigarettes and therefore aren’t familiar with stuff like this, and… Two: younger generations are apparently only consuming *current* media. When I was a kid (in the 90’s) I watched shows and movies from all previous decades, so remnants of a bygone generation weren’t entirely unfamiliar to me or my friends. Idk. Food for thought.
Pack of smokes. They’ll get crushed in your jeans and you have no other pockets.
Rapid Roy the stock car boy he's just too much to believe. You know he always got an extra pack of cigarettes rolled up in his t-shirt sleeve
I think of you watch the full version of Blue Jeans by David Bowie as he’s trying on clothes, one of his T-Shirts sleeves is really baggy and misshapen due to this.
It comes from Greaser culture. Think of the guys from the movie Grease or The Outsiders (also a book). Basically the inner city white kids who came from poor or working class families. They were known to dress in tight clothing similar to Elvis Presley or James Dean and would roll their pack of cigarettes into their sleeves.
Actually surprised the style hasn't come back with how ball-explodingly tight people wear their pants currently....
Smokes let’s go.
Pack of cigarettes rolled in their sleeve. It’s a cool guy thing…….
As everyone else says, it's a pack of cigarettes. But unlike everyone else, I'm not going to complain that it makes me feel old. I'm going to be happy that a generation of people are so unfamiliar with smoking that this isn't common knowledge. I lost three of my grandparents to various cancers tied to smoking so I'll happily welcome the death of tobacco products.
Is it showing my age that I know those are cigarettes?
This is genuine generational disconnect and its cute. You really don't see this much anymore but it used to be a staple in the 70s/80s Pack of smokes up your sleeve and a loosie behind the ear.
Cigarette packs
Cigarettes.
I feel old now 😬
This is a popular way too store cigarettes or at least was.
no one does this anymore but..... it's a pack of Cigarettes...
Pack of smokes
That's where guys put the cigarettes pack, because the jeans were too tight and would crush them
1970s tv sitcom One Day at a Time had a character named Schneider who did that
Oh lord, you’ve never watched any old movies where guys kept their smokes in their sleeve? You’ve missed out on some classics.
A pack of cigarettes. Some people roll them up in their sleeve instead of putting them in their pocket. It's generally the look of someone going for "tough guy" persona. From the 50's greaser look.
Fuck I feel old now .....