I smoke store bought menthols. Tomorrow I'm going to buy a bag Of something organic and papers....thx to this thread. I know how to roll my own. Wink wink nudge nudge :)

Something else about me - I had open heart surgery this past August. I am 49 yrs old. I have smoked since I was 15.

My surgery was due to a bad aortic valve. Bad since birth only it wasn't discovered until a week before surgery. Before surgery they tested my arteries, including the carotid in my neck. All were clear as a bell. I had a lung test where you pant then blow as hard as you can and lungs were clear. I smoke a little over a pack a day, 34 yrs.

Am I just lucky? I won't stay lucky if I keep taking all the medications I'm on now. Blood pressure, cholesterol, synrthroid (they radiated my thyroid last year when they THOUGHT I had Graves Disease!) and Coumadin to name a few. Top that off with some nice carpet glue (news to me!) and I'll be lucky to make it another year! I'm a walking chemical plant!

So...poo poo on the smoking clogs your arteries and please someone recommend a good loose tobacco for a menthol smoker.

Great thread!