kretek jane any clove cigarette 030623 ... jane plus the stuff i've been smoking lately 030627 ... unhinged i really want a pack kinda funny that a 'pack' of kretek only has 12 now. did they finally prove they cause cancer faster than cigarettes or something? 160115 ... bird misses sampoerna xtras They're not proper kreteks anymore, the clove bits and eugenol have been reduced and they're marketed like cigarillos now. Part of the crackdown on "flavored" cigarettes vs cigars 160206 ... unhinged i bought sampoerna extras on september 11th for like $3 a pack. it was the only highlight of that day; i still remember that almost 15 years later 160207 ... birdmad They were my brand until Phillip Morris bought them out and stopped importing them. Then Djarum Black became my go-to 160211 ... unhinged i actually started with djarum black and didn't like the xtras but over time and as a poor college student i learned to like whichever brand was cheaper. go figure, an american corporation fucking shit up for the consumer. 160211 ... grendel The regulations that banned import/sale of proper Kreteks and mfg of flavored cocktail cigarettes seems like it was primarily designed to protect menthol sales even though kreteks were never more than 3% of cig sales vs 20% for menthols When business interests write the laws... 160211 what's it to you? who go blather from