Do Cigarettes lose their flavor

[soaps]

If they do, why don't they have a "use by date" on them?

[ummmm]

Because most people who buy them smoke them...if they don't one of their mates will nick them :-)

[AlBags]

Yes .. They lose it to stale-ness.
'smoke-by date' you mean? : )

[bibblebub]

just in case you die before you finish the packet

[society]

Haha BibleB you are so silly. :-)

[bibblebub]

friday night is alcafrolic night

[soaps]

So, would it be OK to smoke one from a pack that I have had for the last 5 years? I just found them tonight while unpacking!

[squarebear]

Jeez! That's desperate...

[ummmm]

Smoke it and see...

[mike11111]

They'll be so dry that you shouldn't be surprised if you have no eyebrows left when you light up.

[JonnyBoy12]

Not a smoker so can not answer this question fully, but have been told they do dry out and get stale, so do not expect them to be their normal flavoursome self.

[hc4361]

If you bought them abroad you'll probably be smoking camel dung and straw.

[soaps]

So they wont kill me then, .............so to speak.............but you think it's OK to smoke them, yeah?

[mike11111]

Yes, but you won't enjoy them!

[tamborine]

they can dry up and make you cough

[soaps]

tamborien, isn't that what cigs are, dried tobacco ?

[heathfield]

Tobacco products are all made with a certain amount of moisture in the tobacco. If it's fully dried out, a tip is to put a slice of raw potato or cucumber in an airtight tub together with the tobacco, making sure they don't touch each other. After a couple of days, the tobacco will have absorbed enough moisture to seem fresh.

[wildwood]

I wonder what it would taste like if you followed heathfield's advice but instead of a cucumber, use a wee drop of the amber liquid!

Gosh, sometimes I regret having given up!

[buildersmate]

Like a gents' toilet? - or was it a different sort of amber liquid you were contemplating?

[daverunt]

No what you are experiencing is the untimely death of your tastebuds.