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I "Was" An Excellent Smoker for Your Jack's Full Flavor Made & Manufactured by Your Company.

Abstract

In this entertaining letter, a smoker who works with a band named "Bonfire" writes to her cigarette company say she was dissatisfied because she partially smoked a burnt rubber band found in her cigarette. The letter was mailed to "Forsythe Tobacco Products" in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and was found in the files of the R.J. Reynolds tobacco company. It is unclear if the two companies are one in the same. The brand in question is called "Jack's," an obscure discount brand. A search of the letter author's name found no response to this customer.

This situation raises the question of whether a cigarette consumer has any expectation of purity in the product, whose manufacture is not regulated by any government agency. There seems to be no recourse for consumers if the product is contaminated.

It is also interesting to investigate the world of discount cigarettes, which are sold through outlets that have names like "Barbi's Butts," "Cheap Smokes," "PayLess Cigarettes, "DirtCheapCigs.com" and (my favorite) "Kill Buck Trading Post." There is also world of little-known lesser discount brands with names like "Sincerely Yours," "Skydancer," "Marathon," "Smokin' Joe" and "Main Street." Discount cigarette brand names also seem to heavily invoke a Native American theme, as many brands have names like "Cherokee," "Native," "Wild Horse," "The Brave" and "Seneca."

Fields

Quotes

Two Whom It May Concern,

I "was" a excellent smoker [of] your Jack's full flavor made and manufactured by your company.

On May 26, 1995, I was working with a band "Bonfire" in Indiana, PA at the Holiday Inn. Halfway through the show I lit up a cigarette.

Little to say I have a bad cold and sinusitis (I can't smell, taste or breathe very little). Dan the Roadie said it smelled like burning rubber. I put out the smoke. He found a burnt rubber band compacted in the smoke itself.

I buy at least 3 cartons of Jack's a week so now I watch the tobacco inside of them when lit. I would appreciate this matter to be looked into for I AM A DISSATISFIED CUSTOMER and wonder whether I'll continue to smoke them. I thank you for taking the time to read this letter and expect some type of better products since its been brought to your attention.

Thank you for your concern,

Nancy & Lou Camell

Please end a reply letter because it would be appreciated.

Company

R. J. Reynolds

Author

Camell, L.

Camell, N.

Pa Johnstown

Recipient

RJR

Region

United States

Type

CONSUMER LETTER

HANDWRITTEN

Named Person

Holiday Inn

Dan the Roadie

Subject

contaminants (Unintended foreign additives in cigarettes)

Includes items such as bugs, bug larvae, pesticides or pesticide derivatives, oils, rubber or metal shards from factory machinery belts, perfume, molds, paper clips, blood, etc. that accidentally get into finished product.

discount brand