Sunday, November 27, 2011

American Spirit



Truly the cigarette of America's rebellious youth. This cigarette is for that kid who's to cool not to smoke- but to modern not smoke organically. Smoking a Spirit makes you go "hey, I'm cool, I damage my lungs and appropriate Native American culture ironically". This may be partially due to many pop culture references to the cigarette, including those seen on Weeds or in Kill Bill

The brand is so stereotyped to hipsters that there are even multiple "hipster trap" photographs to be found, with a bear traps filled with items hipsters could not resist.


American Spirit logos have also been incorporated into the hipster-sweater meme in which teenagers (usually on Tumblr) photo shop ironic images (like that of wolves and Kurt Cobain) unto the a sweater.
 Anyway, enough with the criticism, my mother smokes these, and it is nice that they come in organic, I suppose. The cigarettes are manufactured by Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, which was founded in 1982. 
Spirits are marketed as "100% Additive Free", and while this is true, the smoke is still laden with toxic chemicals and the product is no less addictive.
Packs of Spirits can be identified as follows:
Blue = Full Bodied
Balanced = Sage
Mellow = Yellow
Smooth Mellow = Orange
Non Filter = Brown
Organic Full-Bodied = Maroon
Organic Mellow =  Gold
Perique Rich Robust =  Black
Perique Rich = Gray
US Grown Full-Bodied = Dark Blue
US Grown Mellow  = Tan
Menthol Full-Bodied = Dark Green
Menthol Mellow = Green

There are also roll-your-own varieties, but you'll rarely see those out on the street, so I won't both giving you the color codes.

American Spirits are the first tobacco company to promise not to test on animals.

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