Klarinet Archive - Posting 000619.txt from 1997/04

From: Karl Krelove <kkrelove@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Cigarette paper? Was Re: Sticky pads
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 22:45:17 -0400

At 10:20 AM 4/20/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Here in the US, cigarette papers are rarely used for *tobacco* cigarettes,
>if you get my drift! I can remember when I was still a teenager, and my
>teacher suggested getting cigarette papers for the water problem. My mom
>had to buy the papers for me (I don't think they would sell them to a kid)
>and then she got some very funny looks from the salesclerks!

You're right. My students have trouble getting cigarette paper, too. Their
parents usually are willing to buy it for them. In this area, it's actually
getting harder to find it - a lot of stores, in keeping with the move to
discourage smoking, are not carrying it (or cigarettes) anymore. To make
things a little harder, you have to be very careful if you use gummed
papers, or you have to take the added step of cutting the gummed edge off.
I use ungummed papers, but they've become especially hard to find. I can
only get them in some local tobacco shops - none of the variety stores or
pharmacies carry them.

Karl Krelove