Marlboro
Reviews and Complaints

The FSC cigarettes are probably worse for us. What exactly have they added to the cigarettes? Some horrible chemical no doubt. I think we have a right to know what the implications of smoking this stuff is. I have found a store that still has the "old" non FSC cigarettes. Once they don't have them anymore I am going to buy Chantix and quit. The tobacco industry has screwed up. Typical Government BS. The Government can't create jobs, fix the housing market problem or Immigration either. What do we expect? Does anyone know if they have changed regular tobacco? I might try rolling my own if they didn't add some nasty chemical to plain old tobacco.

Just recently the taste of Marlboro Lights 100's has left a minty like taste on the roof of my mouth. I purchase my smokes by the carton and the last 2 cartons have left this "taste" in my mouth. I know they came out with a "Special Blend" that has the same effect. I didn't purchase these but sampled one from a friend. What the heck is going on? They mess with the paper now the taste? I'm not a happy camper. Has anyone else experienced this?

I have smoked for over 13 years and I would like to thank you for finally messing up your product to the point that it is too disgusting to continue to use! First of all you shouldn't have done this without ample warning. I actually went to the dr to find out why I was having so many terrible head aches and stayed sick to my stomach. My dr had to tell me about the new FSC crap that was going on. So again thanks for helping me to quit!

I always buy two cartons of marlboro box [reds], per week! This past week they were stale! They would not return them so I a stuck with smokes that are stale! Nee d some kind of re burstment or coupons for a couple cartons and packs! I want to stay wit marlboro but lets see wht happens

I have smoked for 15 years and have rarely been sick. Last February I was visiting family in Kentucky were FSC's were already mandatory. Within 2 days of smoking FSC's I got a violent earache that stayed with me for 17 days. When FSC's came to North Carolina I unknowingly bought a carton of them and again developed a SEVERE EARACHE. I have been unable to find any Non-FSCs since. I have not been able to hear out of my right ear for 9 weeks. During this time I have also experienced DIZZINESS, NAUSEA, BLOOD PRESSURE SPIKES, EXCESSIVE DIAHREA, SHORTNESS OF BREATHE, and SEVERAL MINOR BURNS ON MY HANDS. I have also noticed a change in my vision (probably from looking at the flame more often to relight). FSC's taste incredibly bad and have increased fire starting potential.

I will be finding another cigarette brand to smoke, cause the stuff used to make fire proof cigarettes has made my brand (Marlboro medium 100's) most unenjoyable and very nasty. They also drop off little peices of firey paper, that has not stopped burning when hitting my carpet covered floor. I will roll my own straight from the barn, before I will buy anymore fsc cigarettes. If you think it will make people smoke more or keep smoking, you are wrong! If you think it will keep teenagers from starting, again you are wrong! What it is going to do is ruin the tobacco industry, & put a whole lot of farmers out of the buisness of growing tobacco, and on welfare! I hate them! Fsc are wrong & hurtful! Goodbye to all fsc products.

My first complaint is why can I not find the ingredients of FSC cigarettes on a credible site such as the CDC?

Second... If our government is going to put in place a law that forces individuals to smoke a cigarette that is even more harmful to the body...Why is there not a FREE in therapy (in patient) for people who have an addiction to cigarettes? Seriously all there is out there for people who would like to quit is a prescription and a good luck from the doctor. This addiction should be treated like any other addiction. It is a drug! At the very least the government can pay for the prescription in full on top of paying for cognitive therapy.

Third... When I have tried to smoke FSC cigarettes it causes my throat to feel as if it's on fire!

Fourth... My lungs feel worse then ever before and it only takes smoking two FSC cigarettes. I am not saying two packs I mean two cigarettes!

Fifth... I am losing my breath.

Okay... the simple answer is to quit smoking. Did I mention I have an addiction. Try telling an alcoholic there is a case of beer in the fridge with a little poison in it. I bet nine times out of ten he/she will drink it because they don't know how to beat the addiction!

Sixth... Why did our government pass this law? I was told it was to cut down on house fires.

The answer is simple... Offer FSC cigarettes and regular cigarettes. Offer a cheaper deal on the FSC cigarettes. House insurance can make people pay more if they are a smoker. If someone burns their house down from smoking and they had told the insurance company that they do not smoke then the insurance simply doesn't pay.

There needs to be a credible site that states what type of chemicals are in the cigarette. It also needs to state what each chemical can do to the body. If we want to keep our kids from smoking then we need to educate them and hope for the best. As a child I was only told smoking was bad for me. I was never told why. Yeah yeah I might get cancer. Have pictures of people in the hospital bed, pictures of unhealthy lungs, a video of an individual that has throat cancer and now has a whole in his/her throat. All of this should be on one credible site and easy to find.

Stop forceing people with addictions to inhale even more harmful chemicals!

As a smoker no one asked me my opinion if any changes were a good idea or not. But I can tell you know that if cigerettes were hazordes before there even worse know. the cigerettes are giving me headaches, a consant dry throut and the cherry on the cigerette falls off constantly. I think its great that you inform people that cigerttes are no good for thier health but this isnt going to make me stop.
Because of my complaints, I was notified by a friend on the change in FSC paper on the cigerettes. But certain most people do not know about this. I can see a law suit coming your way. Because of the fire falling off everytime you have to re-light one of these smokes. I understand that warnings that you give the none smokers but what about the ones that do? I have already burned a hole on my bedding, clothes and my bestfriends car. the first time I thought it was just me not payinng attention but know I see its not me and this so called better brand of paper. This is a warning, I for see this being a big issue. Tami Henry. [protected]@yahoo.com

Fire Safe Cigarettes are neither fire safe nor cigarettes. They are terrible and potently more harmful than anything they are trying to prevent . The cigarette companies should have emailed or sent out letters telling us this was coming and letting us get our State Governments on board in killing this crap. It has made me want to run for State Representative on repealing this idiocy. FSC are more dangerous to our health than non FSC cigarettes. They don't make me want to quit, they make me want to fight. More people smoke than all the people who voted for Bush or Obama. It's not a partisan issue it's a smokers rights issue. It's time for ALL Smokers to stand up and fight back.

This is disgusting, paper burning with a brown ring around it, going out 2-3 times a cig? Plus i feel sick from it headache and nausea. What the hell is going on? I have smoke Marlboros for a long time and now i have to switch to what? Any suggestions? I am addicted to nictotine ###'s now changing the cigs to make you sick?

How can they do that and rise the price?

WTF!?!? Recently I noticed that my Marlboro Medium 100's were extinguishing themselves and I had to puff harder on them. I normally purchase only the "box" packs, but my retailer was out and I had to get a "soft" pack instead. The cashier said, "These are the old ones anyway so you won't have to worry about them going out." I was not sure what he meant but did ask and was told about the new "FSC" label and that the cigarettes would go out on their own and didn't taste the same. I HATE this change and wish that PM USA would not mess with a good thing. This may be a subtle change to some, but for me it has nearly made me change brands alltogether. Some notice of this would have at least been helpful.

The new FSC paper on the cigarettes are suppose to be safer but in reality they are more dangerous for the simple fact that when you do have to relight the cigarettes, you end up losing a big chunk of the tobacco because of the fire ball it produces. That fire ball will fall onto you, your clothes and will either burn you or start a fire. I don't know how this so called "New Fire Safe" paper could be anything than more dangerous. You should at the very least give your loyal customers the choise to choose which type of cigarettes they prefer. What happened to freedom of choise? There are alot of dissatified customers that will not buy Marboro cigarettes and if that is not enough you will also have law suits for the danger of fires and people getting burned. Not a wise choise to change the paper and not give your customers a choise. You should reconcider and at least give your customers a choise!

I just want to start by saying that this is NOT a complaint. My boyfriend and I have been smoking Marlboro Mediums 100's for a few years now. We have been trying to switch to different brands for the primary reason of trying to save money. We first noticed the problem of the cigarettes going out with the Camel lights. I personally thought that we bought a bad batch or something. So we finally resorted to returning back to the Marlboro Mediums. After a few weeks I started to notice that the same issue was happening with these too. At first both of us were annoyed at the fact that we were spending all this money on cigaretts that were not staying lit. We were both talking to each other one day trying to figure out if this was a bad thing the tobacco industry was doing or was it reasonable. We came to the conclusion that is was actually nice if you think about it from this perspective that i would like to share with everyone... My boyfriend and I have the tendincey to smoke a cigarette in the bed right before we go to sleep for the night (not the best decision in the world, but hey, nobody is perfect) and sometimes after we both light our cigarette we fall alseep with it still lit sometimes... well if you put two and two together you can realize that sometimes we burn the bedspread. So we came to the conclusion that with the new cigarettes the tobacco companies have made, its less likely to burn and destroy the bed and other items in the house. We both applaude the companies for their idea. We both think it's great. and for all the people who are upset about the money your complaing about wasting on your cigarettes... why don't you just quit or deal with it. they are actually trying to help you people out. so before you start knocking their ideas... put yourself in their shoes... or try to broading your thinking on the actual reason why they are trying new things. Thank you for listings. hope this changes some of your minds or broadens your minds instead of just thinking about yourselves.

I am an african american man who switched from Newport full flavor to Marlboro Light I live in South Carolina, and these things suck it burns more like a joint rather than a cigarette. Switched to back to Newport Light and its burning now! I really did not like the after taste, i agree with saving lives anyway possible how about raising cigarette taxes and lowering prescription and health care cost. I wonder if we are trying to save lives or saving insurance companies cash. Better yet they could be trying to lower the public population. Who knows.

Well, I'm glad to know I'm not the only one having problems keeping my cigarettes lit. Reading these complaints and seeing the dates make me thankful I haven't had this problem sooner. Just got my first carton of these Fire Safe smokes, Marlboro Ultra Light 100's and I'm having a hard time keeping them lit. I've been a loyal Marlboro customer for too many years. As most of you, I have battled with the wife and kids about smoking. Knowing the dangers and health risk I still chose to smoke because I ENJOYED a good smoke. I also use to enjoy a good ole Coke. When they changed the formula, I kicked my Coke habit. Now it's time to kick my smoking habit. Thanks Marlboro for taking the enjoyment out of smoking.

Randy B Me