Clove Cigarettes

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Clove cigarettes are far from being a fad in Southeast Asia where they are known as "kreteks." They are a cultural icon and export from Indonesia where they have been manufactured and consumed for over 100 years. They have been exported to and consumed in the United States for over 30 years.

Clove cigarettes are not the cigarette pick in the majority of smokers in America. It tends to be the occassional cigarette to many. Even still it does not excuse the amount of underage smokers of the cigarette.

Kretek Cigarettes 

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Kretek () are cigarettes made with a blend of tobacco, cloves and other flavors. The word "kretek" itself is an onomatopoetic term for the crackling sound of burning cloves.

Haji Jamahri, a resident of Kudus, Java, created kreteks in the early 1880s as a means to deliver the eugenol of cloves to the lungs, as it was thought to help asthma. Jamahri believed the eugenol cured his chest pains and he started to market his invention to the village, but he died before he could mass market it. M. Nitisemito took his place and began to commercialize the new cigarettes. Today, kretek manufacturers directly employ over 180,000 people in Indonesia and an additional 10 million indirectly.Hanusz, Mark Smoke; A Century of Kretek pp. 140-143

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Clove Cigarettes 

Clove cigarettes are manufactured in various brands, Black Label being the most common. The cigarette is made of a blend of tobacco, cloves, and a "seasoning."

Although, the cigarette is not solely nicotine, it can still provide a similar affect.

Smoking cloves is till just as addicting as smoking Newports or Kool cigarettes. And, just as unhealthy.

The smoke is very detrimental to one's lungs and body parts. Inhaling the cigarette, depletes many of the beneficial vitamins and minerals in your body.

Although, this is a much higher priced cigarette, it is still craved among certain smoking populations. But, luckily, as it can range from 4-7 dollars a pack, it becomes less wanted, as it is much higher priced.

The clove cigarette should be treated the same as a regular and menthol cigarette.

Clove Cigarette Online Stores 

The Clove Cigarette
Largest online store for Clove cigarettes and products.
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Genuine Indonesian online store for clove cigarettes.
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We sale Indonesian Clove Cigarettes like Djarum, Sampoerna, Gudang Garam, Bentoel and Wismilak.

Health Effects of Clove Cigarettes 

As Kretek cigarettes have an average of 10-12 mg of tar and 1 mg of nicotine, they are just as addictive as other conventional cigarettes. But, one must remember that the average levels of tar and nicotine depend on where the cigarettes where made; it appears that those manufactured in Canada have higher levels of both tar and nicotine versus those manufactured in Europe and South America.

Clove cigarettes can create a similar effect of the carbon monoxide and venous plasma nicotine as conventional cigarettes such as Malboro.

But, at the same time that the cigarette creates a similar feel of a "normal" cigarette, kretek cigarettes do not appear to show any worse health effects than other cigarettes.

So when choosing to smoke kretek cigarettes one must consider the health effects... Those similar to smoking conventional cigarettes.

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