When a pack was opened, the smoker would search the pack to find the "Lucky Strike", then turn it over to save it for last. With regard to the practice of turning over a cigarette in the pack as a "lucky", I was told this came from Lucky Strikes cigarettes as one of the cigarettes in the pack contained a mixture of tobacco and marijuana, thus the "Lucky Strike".
The rumor about marijuana being secreted in packs of Luckies is even said (by some, at least) to have prompted another aspect of cigarette lore, the practice of reversing one cigarette in each newly opened pack and christening it the "luck" or "wish" cigarette, but whether there was any connection between the origins of that practice and the Lucky Strike rumor has not been substantiated:
Some of them happening upon a "lucky strike" of the ganja variety by finding a joint or two among the customary fare.Īs to how often a marijuana cigarette is said to be included with regular Luckies, we've heard it as: "every so often," "1 in every 1000 cartons," "within each carton a single marijuana cigarette," "1 in every 20 in a pack," "contained 1 cannabis joint for every 20 or so packs," and "every 1 in 100 was a spliff." Some further heard that these 'special' cigarettes would be "marked with a stripe or strike mark." The buzz has existed for many years that Lucky Strike smokers were engaged in a form of illegal substance lotto, with One such error-laden hypothesis exists about Lucky Strike, a brand of cigarette popular with American consumers in times past.Īccording to rumor, the brand's name is a reflection of what was supposedly found in some packs or cartons of these cigarettes: marijuana. Origins: At times the names of products prompt legends about their origins, with speculation as to their meanings giving rise to unusual beliefs.
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