Marlboro
Reviews and Complaints

I have been a marlboro reds smoker for years and I cant stand them now in the past few weeks they have started the fire safe cigarette FSC now not only do the smokes go out when you smoke them but they tast really bad and make my lungs hert if they cant give you the option to have a normal cigarette than there going to lose this customer and Ithink many more

Flavor of cigarette not the same. Ash dropping more frequently. Having to re light the cigarette in less than a minute of cigarette not be actively smoked. Headaches, tickling in the throat after smoke resulting in coughing.

Whomever came up with this idea must have been helping the smokers already on the fence to go for their goal of giving up the habit. I know that I plan to. I smoked for the flavor that I enjoyed which is no longer there. So this serves to propel me to quit5

I agree fully, I smoke Blue Ice and there is nothing worse then taking a deep satisfying drag of your smoke and it died and taste like you have indeed pulled your tong through a ashtray. This wont make me stop smoking.. If this is what the government is also aiming at. i will simply also move to something Else, this was the best and most satisfying till now, now it is a pure irritation, even the taste changed, try something Else, surely you can see this is not the way forward. You know word of mouth is not a very polite advert if it is negative!

Ok... I smoke marlboro menthol lights and I have tried other brands... I have always loved marlboro but recently with the fire safe cigarettes I have considered switching to anything but marlboro. I have been burned numerous times due to the embers that come off the cigarettes. My skin, car, clothes and furniture have been burned due to these cigarettes. The fire safe cigarettes are extremely dangerous and nearly caused me to get into a car accident because an ember came off of the cigarette and burned my chest. I think that they should be taken off the market immediately!

I agree with all the folks above.. The Malboro Reds taste like crap with this new FSC paper. Not only that, but this new paper causes the ember to fall off! The are more inclined to start a fire than the old ones. While driving, you have to keep lighting it, you cant flip the ember off and it had burnt a couple of holes in my car seats. They are more of a hazzard.
Is there any email address where we can send these complaints?

Living in Savannah

I read where someone wrote, was this part of the patriot act;Get real. This all started in the flippin year 2000 ( pre-GWB, DUH!) So get your political agenda BS out of here...this hits us all repubs, Conservs, libs, dems what have ya...This started with a case in ( 2000) New york, where a child was burned. No wonder we can never get a thing done is because we pull bullchit crap out of our butts ( no pun intended) and do not know the flippin facts...crap! What makes me so darn mad ( well other than my non-fsc cigs ran out yesterday ) is that marlboro sends coupons all the time but, they never told us, their consumers, that the cigs will be changing...what the heck is that all about? I called them to complain about the FSC cigs a few months ago when our state ( alabama) changed to this crap and I got such BS from Marlboro, they said their is no glue to hold these strips...excuses me, then how do they get the strips to stick to the other paper...flippin magic. The fool also told me that the media has forwarned us about FSC cigs, well I am a avid news watcher and I read one from Sean Hannity on his site ( I am not a huge fan but, his site was the only news station that popped up about FSC cigs) I have never heard one story about this and I had no idea about FSC cigs until last year I went to Utah to take care of my dying mama and I started out with 2 cartons of Alabama ( Pre-FSC) cigs and no problems, then I had to buy Utah cigs after 3 weeks and I thought I was so stressed I forgot to smoke or that maybe it was the altitude that made it flare up or keep going out. A month later at my Mama's wake we were out smoking a cig and I said to my neice " I swear it must be the altitude because I am not able to smoke a cig and she just laughed and said "They're FSC!" and I responded "HUH!", she then explained it too me.
This was the first time I have ever heard of this mess. And yes I get all the same symptoms as most...sore throat, headaches, hacking cough and my chest hurts.
Mind you, things I never experienced pre-FSC cigs. I bought the last of the 3 cartons of basic cigs that were non-FSC, the marlboro had already switched, so I thought, I would rather have basics than that crappy marlboro FSC crap. You have lost a customer and the states will also lose revenue from the outrageous taxes they sucked out of us.
I have no idea whom I'm more upset with, our idiot representatives or this company that I have been loyal to for over 20 years keeping their pie holes shut and not telling us, we will be slowly poisoned by them. Denny Lee, P.C. Alabama

There will be a class action lawsuit on this matter.
When you relight it, the paper flames up and falls off in your lap or god knows where...maybe in the seat of your car...These FSC's are more dangerous that the regular ones!

I have noticed a bad smell to them and taste. I have also been getting dizzy and cant smoke a whole one it makes my chest hurt and its hard to breath after one. 1 pack lasted me over a week. I thought it was a bad habit but I miss my cigs. I also am going to change my brand now been looking and testing already. I am not going to pay for my brand of 20 yrs and roll them to get rid of the paper. Bye Bye Hello another brand or roll my own...I couldnt wait to have a good job so I could buy this brand and look at what you have done. Your going to loose a lot. I know of 12 friends that have quit or changed already.

I have only smoked Reds all my life and now cannot stand them. They taste bad, burn my throat, and give me headaches. How could Phillip Morris cave in to the libs in Washington. The carpet glue they use to make the new wrapps is going to cause lawsuits soon and i will be first in line. They have lost a customer and every time i show the FSC label to friends they get mad and switch, too.

I was thinking this was in my mind until somebody told me last night because I had been smoking Camel Wides until my friend gave me some Marlboro coupons and I started back smoking them. I've smoked Marlboro Reds for 20 years...I got to looking at my camel wides pack and at the bottom where the tax stamps are on the pack I just noticed they printed FSC on the cellophane. That really upsets me that I just spent $9.00 on 2 packs and they are also FSC. I also am having throat problems and I think that these new cigarettes make me want to smoke more. I used to could smoke a cigarette and be done with it and yesterday I smoked one and then wanted to smoke another one right away. This was a Marlboro red. I think whatever they are putting in the paper is making the cigarette more addictive too.

I have burnt myself on a daily basis since smoking these new "safer" versions of my previous favorite cigarette. I also have burnt holes in clothing and carpet because the cherry falls off or enormous amounts of the paper unravels and a huge ash lands on the closest thing it can touch, burn and ignite within seconds. Fire saftey my ###! Where are my rights?! As long as cigareetes are legal and so damn expensive,
I should have a choice whether to go up in flames or simply light my cigarette - inhale, exhale and enjoy. Just another controlling government ploy to force us into submission.

These FSC cigarettes need to be researched by an independent group. They seem to cause more harm than good, more clothing, furniture and car interiors ruined. I was sick for 27 days in bed, I'm never sick! I have lost my taste and smell for over a year. I understand that cigarettes are bad for me, my father and grandfather both died from lung cancer. I don't like the new laws, but I understand that I should respect other people's wishes. Although this is my life and body and I've been smoking 40 years, I'm sure what ever damage is done, is done. But, the fact that they are adding another chemical or whatever pisses me off. There has to be some connection to my loss of taste and smell to these new FSC cigarettes! Does anybody else have this problem? If so how do we make a stand!

Well i was heading to work when i went to take a drag off my marlboro menthol when suddenly it exploded a piece right in my face and a chunk fell burning on my lap as i crashed into a guardrail, im floored at this and my car is busted up now and went a week with a sore back and lost work.Class action lawsuit should begin!

they seem to go out and then you take a drag and it reignites further down the smoke and makes it either burst like a small explosion and red embers burst all over causing burns and of course my accident!

Well i was heading to work when i went to take a drag off my marlboro menthol when suddenly it exploded a piece right in my face and a chunk fell burning on my lap as i crashed into a guardrail, im floored at this and my car is busted up now and went a week with a sore back and lost work.Class action lawsuit should begin!

Well i was driving to work when i went to take a drag off my marlboro menthol it must of started to go out because it re ignited further down from the tip then sparked and a big chunk exploded off and fell onto my lap wich caused me to crash my car into the gaurd rail, i so want to sue for this, a class action law suit is a must!

My sister-in-law and I were talking about the FSC cigarettes today and talking about the headaches that we have had. Her headaches got so bad she was seeing doctor to see if there might possibly be a tumor, which ended up being negative, Thank Goodness. It ends up that of all our smoking friends and family, they all were complaiming of the same headaches, These FSC cigarettes will cause a lot of happily smoking customers to quit. These were a bad idea, The amber/cherry bursts in your face if you inhale right when it goes out if your close to the safety mecanism in your cigarette, which honestly it is just as dangerous. My new car has a cigarette burn in the seat from where the amber bursted. Thanks to the idiot who thought of the bright idea of the FSC cigarettes.

Maybe now people will stop smoking ciggie-butts. Wake up, smokers - cigs are bad for you and most people who do smoke have addicting personalities - they always need a fix from their difficulties. Ashes falling on a seat or someone's lap - hilarious!

your fire safety cigarettes are a joke...i was driving one day and it went out i lit it back and had a big flame on the end of it when that went out the paper landed on the seat of my car and i almost wrecked...I ALSO WORK IN A STORE AND WE SELL CIGARETTES AND OUR SALES ARE DOWN BECAUSE OF THEM...NOBODY WANT'S TO BUY YOUR SO CALLED SAFETY CRAP...BY THE WAY WHY DON'T YOU TELL US WHAT IS IN THEM I HAVE HEARD ALOT OF THINGS...

i'am a smoker and i also work in a store that sell's cigarettes and people are not happy with your fsc they suck...they are not buying them because they have to buy back the clothes that your so called fire safety cigarettes have burnt up...i myself have got burnt with them, the fire falls off, when you light it back up it catches on fire and you have a flame on the end of it...i was driving one day and the cigarette went out, i lit it back up and had a flame on the end of it and almost wrecked over it the flame went out but fell on the seat and burnt the seat ...AND YOU ALL CALL THAT SAFE...WHAT EVER...I CALL IT YOUR FAULT...

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i noticed the same thing at around the same time. i was a huge fan of marlboro light 100s going through a pack a day and then i got a pack and the whole cigarette tasted like filter. i could barely smoke them and thought i got a bad pack, but i still got the same filter taste every drag on my next pack. i switched to camel filters but now am thinking about trying out a marlboro light 100s pack for old times sake. i hope they dont taste as terrible as they did those last two packs, i miss them

call customer service, last time this happened to me, they sent me a coupon for a free carton;
they just ask that you send in the packaging

I am very unhappy with the new fire resistent cigarettes.

I'd like to know who's idea this is ?.

I bet the president doesn't get these. They are just for the public. It isn't fair to do this to people who have smoked your cigarettes and are addicted to them and have no choice but to buy them.

Why would you want to do this to us when we have lined your pockets for centuries?

Martha Hughes

A lot of people would answer your 6th question as population control. You can make your own cigs and/or vape e-cigs as alternatives to the awful FSC cigs. If you'd like to see what works for me (and hubby) it's on my blog at http://greensmokeelectroniccigarettes.blogspot.com . Good luck to you! :-)

Yes the symptoms sound familiar. Sore throat, dry mouth, respiratory infection, chills, fever, body aches, headaches . Most doctors would say you have the flu or maybe strep throat. My doctor doesn't know what I have and I have had these symptoms every since these fsc cigarettes have been on the market. The tobacco companies have a bad reputation with telling the truth in the past. Why should things change now. Maybe when the American people quit buying their products and start growing and selling their own. The multibilion dollar tobacco industry will understand that we don't need them. Even if it means another product gone to the black market. The American smoker will change and get their untampered cigarettes one way or the other. The tobacco companies would be naive to think that smokers would not know the difference in their product. These things are making people sick and should be banned for health purposes. The public should have been informed prior to their poisoning from this tainted merchandise. Any one care to talk about long term effects. Within 4-6 weeks of these fsc's I have had these symptoms develop and I am normally a healthy, active person but these symptoms seem to be lingering. I plan to grow my own tobacco and sell it, whether legal or not. If I am going to [censored] with cigarettes, I want to do it on my own terms

I just experienced the new FSC this past week. Yeah, it distinguishes too quickly, however, my main concern is that its choking me to the point of coughing so violently I have thrown up and have peed my pants on several occasions. I am a 41 year old female that should not have to wear Depends undergarments because of this new cigarette. I called Phillip Morris today as a matter of fact to question this concern, and they told me they have not had ANY complaints of this concern, only the concern of the cigarettes going out too fast. They asked me if there was anything they could do for me, and I told the gentlemen he could send me coupons for Depends. I went and bought a pack of Winston Lt. 100's and smoked them just fine. Is it not bad enough that us smokers are killing our selves in the long run, the government has taxed us up the rear so we will quit smoking and are they now trying to speed up the expiration date of our lives by using this FSC? I think Phillip Morris was blowing smoke up my ### to pacify me in our conversation.

Hopefully someone will get on board to repeal this STUPID issue.
Like the CEO of Phillip Morris!

http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/CommitteesMeetingMaterials/TobaccoProductsScientificAdvisoryCommittee/ucm180906.htm
Contact the agency above who actually regulates Cigarettes in this country

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If, I choose to smoke it is my right. It should be my right not to be made sick with the chemicals they are adding to my brand. Or, all brands.

The issue here is not safety, because you still use FIRE to light up.

Paying $60.00 a carton and being made sick to my stomach, headache, burning sinus and sore throat are just few new bonuses the state of Florida has given me.

I understand that I am being treated like a criminal if I go in public, even outdoors to smoke. I expect that from all the non-smokers or reformed smokers.

But, this is pushing smokers too far. I resent the fact that I had to find out the hard way. IT IS NOT FAIR!

Hopefully someone at Phillip Morris is reading these complaints...These new cigarettes are dreadful, I plan on changing brands after thirty years if they do not address this problem...

Well said! I totally agree. Give us a choice...it's our money!

Obviously you are both too stupid smoke anyway thanks to ###s like you thousands are being poisoned by toxic chemicals added to keep ###s like you from killing yourselves it used to be called natural selection

We Won't Be Your Fools
Host:
STOP FSC Fire-Safety Cigarettes Sells
Network:
Global
Date:
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Time:
7:00am - 10:00pm
Location:
Statehouses in all 50 states

Yes the symptoms sound familiar. Sore throat, dry mouth, respiratory infection, chills, fever, body aches, headaches . Most doctors would say you have the flu or maybe strep throat. My doctor doesn't know what I have and I have had these symptoms every since these fsc cigarettes have been on the market. The tobacco companies have a bad reputation with telling the truth in the past. Why should things change now. Maybe when the American people quit buying their products and start growing and selling their own. The multibilion dollar tobacco industry will understand that we don't need them. Even if it means another product gone to the black market. The American smoker will change and get their untampered cigarettes one way or the other. The tobacco companies would be naive to think that smokers would not know the difference in their product. These things are making people sick and should be banned for health purposes. The public should have been informed prior to their poisoning from this tainted merchandise. Any one care to talk about long term effects. Within 4-6 weeks of these fsc's I have had these symptoms develop and I am normally a healthy, active person but these symptoms seem to be lingering. I plan to grow my own tobacco and sell it, whether legal or not. If I am going to [censored] with cigarettes, I want to do it on my own terms

I agree I have been a Marlboro smoker for 30 yrs and have always enjoyed them, They no longer taste good and I have decided to just quit, why continue to smoke what no longer is enjoyable due to the taste?