What is the difference between soft and hard packs in cigarettes ?

[alfa147x]

What is the difference between soft and hard packs in cigarettes ?
Why would one prefer on over the other?

 

[BlackTigers]

All of mine are in hard packs... Since I am unable to purchase them myself, I have no clue what the hell the difference is..lol.

 

[FoBoT]

hard packs are boxes, like cardboard
soft packs are paper/plastic, so they are softer

 

[Dimmu]

In terms of the actual cigarettes? Nothing. They just came before hard packs, and are being phased out.

 

[CorCentral]

I always thought.....

Box= Harder type cardboard
Soft= Paper thin crap!

 

[Sluggo]

Hard pack ruins the "daddy you're crushing my cigarettes" joke.

 

[bctbct]

hardpacks are for people that dont wear shirts with pockets, they are durable for the front pants pocket.

 

[alfa147x]

lol i understand about the whole its a harder pack
i was just wondering if their is something different in the cigarettes

 

[CorCentral]

Originally posted by: alfa147x
lol i understand about the whole its a harder pack
i was just wondering if their is something different in the cigarettes

Of course not.
No.

That's like saying a Bud Light beer bottle has diff contents than a can.

 

[alfa147x]

Originally posted by: CorCentral

Originally posted by: alfa147x
lol i understand about the whole its a harder pack
i was just wondering if their is something different in the cigarettes

Of course not.
No.

That's like saying a Bud Light beer bottle has diff contents than a can.

why would any one want a soft pack then?

 

[BlackTigers]

Originally posted by: alfa147x

Originally posted by: CorCentral

Originally posted by: alfa147x
lol i understand about the whole its a harder pack
i was just wondering if their is something different in the cigarettes

Of course not.
No.

That's like saying a Bud Light beer bottle has diff contents than a can.

why would any one want a soft pack then?

They fit in pockets better.

 

[CorCentral]

Originally posted by: alfa147x

Originally posted by: CorCentral

Originally posted by: alfa147x
lol i understand about the whole its a harder pack
i was just wondering if their is something different in the cigarettes

Of course not.
No.

That's like saying a Bud Light beer bottle has diff contents than a can.

why would any one want a soft pack then?

Same Thought/Different question......... Do both cost the same?

 

[Nitemare]

you can "pack" hard packs alot easier than soft packs.

It's quicker to get a cig out of a soft pack

 

[Cdubneeddeal]

Another difference which looks like it wasn't noted yet is that soft pack cigs are longer than hard pack (Nasty Marlboro's and Camels). Not sure how in the hell that happened..

 

[Mahaguru]

Originally posted by: BlackTigers91
All of mine are in hard packs... Since I am unable to purchase them myself, I have no clue what the hell the difference is..lol.

Probation office doesn't let you?

 

[Canai]

Originally posted by: Cdubneeddeal
Another difference which looks like it wasn't noted yet is that soft pack cigs are longer than hard pack (Nasty Marlboro's and Camels). Not sure how in the hell that happened..

I don't think they are. You can get 100's, which are longer, but the cigs in soft and hard packs are the exact same.

Originally posted by: Mahaguru

Originally posted by: BlackTigers91
All of mine are in hard packs... Since I am unable to purchase them myself, I have no clue what the hell the difference is..lol.

Probation office doesn't let you?

underage b&

 

[BigJ]

You ever try to smuggle hard packs into prison? That's why we have soft packs.

 

[Canai]

Originally posted by: BigJ
You ever try to smuggle hard packs into prison? That's why we have soft packs.

eww.

 

[sash1]

Originally posted by: alfa147x

Originally posted by: CorCentral

Originally posted by: alfa147x
lol i understand about the whole its a harder pack
i was just wondering if their is something different in the cigarettes

Of course not.
No.

That's like saying a Bud Light beer bottle has diff contents than a can.

why would any one want a soft pack then?

there's no reason

 

[Dr. Detroit]

No matter how many cigs are left in a hard pack, the box is exactly the same size.

With a soft pack, the pack becomes smaller as there become less cigs. Soft packs are usually preferable for women smokers who use a purse as they take up less space.

I do not think you can get Camel non-filters in anything but a soft-pack.

 

[Cdubneeddeal]

Originally posted by: Canai

Originally posted by: Cdubneeddeal
Another difference which looks like it wasn't noted yet is that soft pack cigs are longer than hard pack (Nasty Marlboro's and Camels). Not sure how in the hell that happened..

I don't think they are. You can get 100's, which are longer, but the cigs in soft and hard packs are the exact same.

Nope. Different sizes. When I smoked the cheap shit, Marlboros and Camels, I would buy a soft pack because that's all the store would have at the time, then buy a hard pack. When I tried to put soft pack cigs in a hard pack they wouldn't fit.

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: Canai

Originally posted by: Cdubneeddeal
Another difference which looks like it wasn't noted yet is that soft pack cigs are longer than hard pack (Nasty Marlboro's and Camels). Not sure how in the hell that happened..

I don't think they are. You can get 100's, which are longer, but the cigs in soft and hard packs are the exact same.

Surprisingly, no. The soft pack smokes are a tiny bit longer than the boxed smokes. Not a noticable amount...until you try to put the ones from a soft back into a box...they don't quite fit. Must be 1-2 mm difference in length.
(unless they've changed that over the past couple of years)

 

[magicrat03]

Man I thought I was the only idiot who tried to put my extra soft pack smokes into the box, and no they still wont fit.

 

[Bill Brasky]

Originally posted by: magicrat03
Man I thought I was the only idiot who tried to put my extra soft pack smokes into the box, and no they still wont fit.

You came out of hibernation to post about cigs?

The only time I ever bought a soft pack was when I got some camels. Holy balls they were unfiltered and awful.

 

[Colt45]

way way back everything was soft pack. Then (marlboro, i think?) came out with hardpacks... in north america at least.

I think some of the french as well as east-euro smokes have come in hardpacks since the dawn of time, but they're a different style package. not "flip-top box".