American Spirit Tobacco @ SXSW
Published on March 14, 2008 by spencer · 5 Comments
Among the many freebies at the SXSW Austin Convention Center, there’s one stand that towers over the others in terms of importances: free smokes care of American Spirit. Helping singers attain that delightful rasp and writers calm their fried nerves, American Spirit has been lacing up anyone who ventures onto the 2nd floor smoking patio.
They were certainly one of the highlights of my 2006 SXSW podcasts (available for your listening pleasure at Synthesis Radio. Hi Dain! Sweet plug, eh? Balls!), and are continuing to help me through my nights and make me feel like a coal miner in the morning. (I mean that in a good way.) After last night’s chain smoking mania I’ve switched to their Ultra Lights. Hopefully, less phlegm gems that way.
Did You Know: American Spirits don’t have preservatives, so it’s best to keep them in the fridge after you open a pack. I had no idea. Kinda makes sense, but honestly, I don’t see myself crowding my condiments with cigarette packs.
Did You Know: You shouldn’t pack your pack. They come pre-packed, so by tapping the box it’s actually going to make the stick harder to light. Did not know that, but I suck at packing my smokes anyway. They also have 25% more tobacco than other “king sized cigarettes.”
Did You Know: They are the only American cigarette that has “no chemicals,” as they say. (Fishy. Isn’t nicotine technically a chemical? Any chemists out there please set me straight if I’m wrong on this.)
Did You Know: Smoking is still really shitty for you. No way around that. But at least here at SXSW, that cancer is free and they’ll give you two packs if you talk them up, four if you mention that you’re about to blog about them…
Here’s to slow, delicious suicide:
Tags: american spirit, Bill Hicks, chemicals, free, patio, Smoking, SXSW, tobacco
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American Spirits were tested and found to have 4x the nicotine levels than Marlboro. There will be chemicals. Least know that the tobacco plant has affinity to draw from soil Polonium 210 (killed the Russian spy) and Uranium 235. Combustion of tobacco also creates chemicals. Just take the common carbon monoxide. Nicotine is a stimulant, raises blood pressure, which raises demand for oxygen…the carbon monoxide blocks the body’s ability to absorb oxygen into blood- so STRESS! The sense of “ease” one feels is an illusion in the brain caused by nicotine that temporary causes dopamine to seemed increased. You have heard of “smoke and mirrors”- that’s smoking, and American Spirits creates another illusion of a “safer” product. RJ Reynolds laughs all the way to the bank, while customers crawl to the hospital.
What you say is Bullshit. 4x the levels of tobacco? Did you just make that number up? Show me your data. The link below shows they test with less nicotine by weight than any other brand.
http://tobaccodocuments.org/product_design/512528218-8228.html
Nobody said they are good for you, the argument is whether or not they are better. I don’t think there is any doubt that a cigarette NOT containing any the 599 additives approved for use in American cigarettes would be far less dangerous. That’s like comparing the health effects of a cocoa bean to those of a three musketeers bar. To me, the whole argument hinges on whether the “additive-free” statement is actually true. Are the ciggs tested to ensure they are 100% whole leaf tobacco, or is it just a bullshit marketing scheme? In my research I’ve found nothing.
After reading the long list of chemicals in regular cigs,
I am still impressed with American Spirit cigs.
As for this last guy who replied, I just had to laugh.
There is a joker in every crowd! Don’t worry about his comments. If you are going to smoke anyway, the fewer chemicals you take in, the better off you are.
WOW!!! I’m really impressed with Natural American Spirits Now! You get four times polonium 210 from an American Spirit than a Marlboro? And the urea (urine)they get these “naturalists” to smoke on top of that! Of course they’re laughing all the way to the Bank! Just think of it a bunch of naturist hippie chicks supporting the MAN in his polyester suit who will be outliving the hippie chicks because HE has the sense not to smoke the cigs himself.
Where are they located?