I started out smoking Pall Mall unfiltered at 14. My cologne would get on the cig and make it taste funny, so I switched to Parliment. When the recessed filter wouldn't flush and I would get caught smoking because of it I switched to Winston. They were what my dad smoked & it was easy to steal his. When I left home at 19, I switched to Kool, because I thought I was (so cool). When I met my (first) husband I switched to Marlboro Red because that's what he smoked and he didn't like my "stinky" menthols. When I left my (first) husband I switched back to Kools again (because I had regained my independence) When I met my (2nd) husband I switched to Marlboro Light because he smoked Marlboro Red... (let's be close but not exactly the same?)
What this made me think of is the fact that I can identify the brands I smoked, the reason I smoked them, how each of them made me feel, what brand switch marked what milestone of my life. How scary is that???