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[[Image:The_Storm_Cigarettes.jpg|right|thumb|140px|Unbranded cigarette boxes can be found on the ground on [[The Storm]].]]
[[Image:The_Storm_Cigarettes.jpg|right|thumb|140px|Unbranded cigarette boxes can be found on the ground on [[The Storm]].]]
'''Cigarettes''' are a [[tobacco]] product manufactured and "smoked" by [[humans]]. Cigarettes have been around for hundreds of years, as have [[Sweet William Cigars|cigars]].
'''Cigarettes''' are a [[tobacco]] product manufactured and "smoked" by [[humans]]. Cigarettes and [[Sweet William Cigars|cigars]] have been around for centuries.


Cigarettes feature individual waterproof seals that protect them from moisture damage, and they also feature "ignition ends" that light up when they are tapped, negating the need for lighters or other fire-producing ordinance.
Cigarettes are protected from moisture damage by waterproof seals. They may have "ignition ends" which may light the cigarette without the need for external flammable implements. Cigarettes requiring more traditional means of ignition are also available.<ref name="HaloFS_115">''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', page 115: ''They flared like the "strike-anywhere" matches the ODSTs used to light their contraband cigarettes.''</ref>


Some [[ODST|ODSTs]] like to smoke "contraband" cigarettes which do not have ignition ends; instead, they use "strike anywhere" matches issued to them by their commanders.<ref>''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', page 115: ''They flared like the "strike-anywhere" matches the ODSTs used to light their contraband cigarettes.''</ref> This "contraband" moniker may mean that cigarettes have become largely illegal in [[2552]] because of their detrimental effects on health.
There were cigarette consumption ordinances in effect for [[ODST]].<ref name="HaloFS_115"/>


This may not be the case in the civilian population, however, as numerous cigarette butts can be found on the ground alongside piles of trash in [[New Mombasa]] and its [[Turf (Level)|outskirts]]. There are also several "No Smoking" signs on buildings in New Mombasa. It is possible that a certain number of cigarettes can be smoked in an amount of time by a [[marine]] of the [[UNSC]], or that certain kinds of cigarettes are legal to smoke. ODSTs may prefer to use a type of illegal cigarette, one that needs to be manually lit in order to smoke. It is even possible that the UNSC has banned cigarettes. However, this would not explain why [[Captain Keyes]] has had a pipe for decades.
[[Tobacco Gum]] was an alternative product.


The only person so far mentioned as a smoker of these is [[Corporal Harland]], although [[Private Walker]] accepted one Harland offered him.<ref>[[The Fall of Reach]] page 173</ref> The increase in popularity of [[Tobacco Gum]] may have contributed to the decline of smoking. [[John]] also encountered a guard smoking a cigarette while fighting rebels at [[Camp New Hope]] on [[Victoria]]. <ref>[[Ghosts of Onyx]] page 31</ref>
==Known Users==
 
*[[Harland]]
== References ==
*[[Walker]]


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Revision as of 01:36, May 17, 2009

Unbranded cigarette boxes can be found on the ground on The Storm.

Cigarettes are a tobacco product manufactured and "smoked" by humans. Cigarettes and cigars have been around for centuries.

Cigarettes are protected from moisture damage by waterproof seals. They may have "ignition ends" which may light the cigarette without the need for external flammable implements. Cigarettes requiring more traditional means of ignition are also available.[1]

There were cigarette consumption ordinances in effect for ODST.[1]

Tobacco Gum was an alternative product.

Known Users

References

  1. ^ a b Halo: First Strike, page 115: They flared like the "strike-anywhere" matches the ODSTs used to light their contraband cigarettes.
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