Greg M., keeper of the (now famed) War Zippo of Hanoi, wrote in with pictures of the lighter itself. It’s a good looking bit of kit—too nice to carry around as a daily use piece, although it would be a perfect conversation starter for lady and feller alike.
As promised heres a few pics of the […]

Reader “gergtreble” left this awesome comment in response to our Zippo Tricks post and I wanted to pluck it out and make sure you all saw it. (I tweaked it for spelling because I’m an anus.)
I traveled round the world (twice) with my old brass Marlboro Zippo. Never came close to losing it. I even […]

The number one thing I hear from non-smokers about indoor smoking bans is that non-smokers hate going to a bar and coming home smelling like stale cigarettes. Who can blame them? Even we smokers are impressed by the musty persistence of smoke.
If you’re a smoker you’ve come to terms with smelling bad to non-smokers, even […]

Hookahs—a.ka. “narghile,” “shisha,” and “burblery”—are they invading your midwestern town? Every article I’ve read about the burgeoning trend—in Chicago, for instance—name-checks New York, as if around every corner is a lounge filled with reclining twenty-somethings, puffing lazily from the hoses of an ornate water-pipe. I mean, that is New York, but the hookah is usually […]

There is no good reason to have a Zippo unless you are this guy, capable of doing countless tricks to the beat of crappy techno. Don’t get me wrong—they’re great lighters. But due to the inverse lighter-value-to-loss ratio you’ll always be better off buying a Bic. I forgot that recently and spent $30 on a […]

I’ve almost always smoked outside for a couple of reasons. First, I can’t stand the smell of stale smoke (it’s bad enough on my clothes). Second, if I let myself smoke inside I’d be chain-smoking like crazy. When I was about 21 and living alone in an apartment furnished with just my computer, I let […]

Reader Dave N. writes:
I have been handrolling almost exclusively since my freshman year of college (~8 years). Most important tip for rolling is to spend the most time getting your tobacco right on the paper. The lion’s share of the time it takes to make a cigarette should be spent getting it evenly distributed and […]

There are three predominate types of cigarette rolling machines. I’ve used two of the three and as typical for me on these theme weeks, have just now ordered one that will be delivered after the week is through.

The first are rollers, simple tubes covered in plastic sheets that work moderately well once you get the […]

Thanks a lot, Associated Press, for yapping about home marijuana delivery in New York. What part of “On the lolo” don’t you understand?
Among the legions of home delivery customers is Chris, a 37-year-old salesman in Manhattan. He dials a pager number and gets a return call from a cheery dispatcher who takes his order for […]

I have one simple tool for rolling my own cigarettes: a dollar bill. Here’s how I do it:
• Load the bill with tobacco - Holding the bill so that it has a small depression in the bottom third, place a small amount of tobacco in the bottom—probably less tobacco than you’ll think you need, although […]