i extracted one of these from a cigarette a while ago, and squeezed it a bit too hard and it popped and went into my eyes. it was burning and cooling at the same time, 2/10 do not recommend
That is the “CRUSH” bead inside cigarette filters and DO NOT pop them in your mouth or get any of that shit in your mouth or it goes numb for a while lol
Menthol is a local anesthetic. That's why it's included in cigarettes. Makes it seem like they aren't as harsh as "non-menthol" cigarettes because your throat has been numbed.
Camel Crushes were so fuckin cool at the time. But Turkish Royals were what I was on when the chicks weren’t around lmao. Also fuck smoking, quit today if you still do it.
I smoke roughly half a pack a year when we go on vacation to Las Vegas. We don’t have menthol cigarettes in Canada so I get my fill for that week. I don’t have the urge any other time, but in Vegas I enjoy them.
I’m one of the lucky few that has smoked for 20 years and never smokes more than a pack in a month. I love a cig when I’m drinking with friends but otherwise I have no appetite for it. Wish it wasn’t so all or nothing for most people.
Camel still has something like that--or they did two years ago. I took up smoking again during my internship because everybody else smoked, but I mostly bummed from my office mate who smoked those. I don't like menthol so I wouldn't crush the doohickey, but it was still veeery slightly menthol.
Camel Izmir Stinger (!)* (I can't recall the spelling) circa 2002 were the best, IMHO. No menthol stuff, but the most memorable flavor profile of any cig I ever smoked besides Sweet Dreams vanilla stuff as a teen. They came in a flat tin. So glad to be quit from cigs now tho. But dang, an Izmirs were the best. No crushing the filter either.
I was a routinely a Parliament guy and occasional American Spirits. And when I roomed with Japanese exchange students for a summer, it was Seven Stars.
I was never a fan of menthol cigarettes but I vividly remember Black Devil with chocolate taste that I loved. Switched to vaping later because I obviously enjoyed nice tastes and not cigarette taste, and stopped that as well two years back. Best decision of my life.
They sell these little beads and even a little pocket device that puts them in your filters. I was at a party when a guy busted out a pack of cigarettes and his little tic tac container of green beads and put one in his smoke before lighting it.
We call them camel clickies, I remember getting them in Croatia and they would have two balls in, one menthol and one fruit flavoured and you could mix and match, such fun
Yeah, they were nice and definitely very cool as far as cig gimmicks go, but I could never smoke an entire pack of them before I got bored. In the same with vapes now, needing to have several with different flavours to prevent me from getting bored of them.
Way back when camel crush first came out the first thing I did was rip one open. What do I find? A 1990s ice breakers gel sphere mint! Of course I ate it. Note: do not eat it.
Camel crush coming out as a teenager gave us the same feeling as being kids and the new cool toy just came out lol it was so amazing to us. I didn’t even like menthol cigarettes but would still buy camel crush and never crush the filter just because the pack looked cool to have and girls loved bumming them from you lmao
I got busted with a pack of them when I was 15, the way my dad repeated “Turkish JADES???” made me realized he was more disappointed in my brand preference…
I remember these, my ex gf name is Jade and I remember getting these right after we broke up because they were 50 cents off, my saddest pack of smokes for sure
i quit smoking 2 days ago but god those are so fucking good, i couldn’t smoke regular cigarettes after smoking menthol bc it didn’t give that same throat feeling like menthols do.
Just realized I'm coming up on 5 years myself. Until then, I was smoking half a pack of crushes a day, and was afraid I'd never get myself to actually quit. After that, I occasionally slipped up and smoked when drinking, but always threw the pack away in the morning. Now I haven't touched alcohol or cigarettes since COVID started, and I generally feel sooo much better.
I used to love this option occasionally when I was a smoker. I liked Camels and would smoke the Crush, then moved on to American Spirit when I got up to a pack a day. I took forever to kick the habit and it's been about 6 years. I still want one every single day, just know it won't make me feel good anymore.
Keep it up! I quit for 7 years and started smoking again a year ago. Trying to quit again now but it almost seems harder this time. Those mango-flavored Juuls are what helped me last time but apparently they don’t exist anymore because… kids?
DO NOT pop these outside of the cigarette, They will permanently stain whatever they get on. My old roommate did on our grey granite countertop and that crap stained to top. It seemingly seeped into the stone.. we tried everything to no avail. Anyways smoking is disgusting so don't do that either coming from a Former smoker of Marb Reds
Ahhh Camel Crush Bolds. I don’t smoke anymore but I’d get these all time time. Would change your smoke to menthol at any time, I would do it near the end so I had a minty taste after.
I don’t smoke now but Camel Crush Bold were my jam. I’m still confused why the FDA axed them a few years ago but regular Camel Crush and Crush Lights were allowed to remain.
Back in college, i smoke "menthol cigarettes" for a year without knowing that you have to squeeze it first. Always complain the "menthol" is just a scam. LoL
I started on my 18th birthday and I wish I never had. I only smoke socially (I'll go through a pack over a month or two) but I still feel like I'm violating myself when I do smoke.
I did that two weeks ago. Just got sick of burning out atomizers and buying juice. I’d stopped enjoying it so I was done. Didn’t even have any of those crazy ass nicotine cravings.
These things in my opinion taste horrible! They give a nice crunch when eating your cigarette but as someone who eats a pack a day it gets over bearing.
Very first ciggy I ever smoked was a camel crush and for some reason when I coughed up a lung on the first pull I thought throwing this thing into turbo menthol would help.
It gives that cold feeling in your throat you get when chewing really minty gum. It's not any better for you than regular cigarettes but it feels better on the throat.
That and "lights" is why a lot of people got hooked on them. They assumed it meant like "diet". I think they got sued, because when I worked retail, I saw fine print that said "light refers to taste; it's not safer than regular cigarettes", and I figure they wouldn't volunteer to write that.
I have also heard that with menthol cigarettes since it is smoother you can pull more smoke deeper in your lungs making them a bit worse for you than standard cigarettes. But purely due to how people would smoke menthol cigarettes, nothing in them in itself is worse than a regular cigarette.
Since folks here are talking about smoking and many are talking about quitting, I'm just gonna briefly get on my soapbox and advise folks to chat with their physician and see about starting Chantix and some form of nicotine replacement. Won't make quitting easy but will give you the best chance of success. It's the probably best decision you can make for your health, so getting as much support for it as needed is wise.
Oh to be young again… menthols are either for new smokers or your old grandma smoker. I remember smoking these crushies after class when I was in college. Now if I take even a puff of a cigarette my lungs feel like they’ve been punched for a whole day.
A non smoker here. are the camel's still being sold, or taken off the market. did they smell like any other menthol brand. I read they are the worst too smoke 🚬.
I thought these cigarettes were so cool when they first came out and were the reason I started smoking back when I was 18. The cracking it like a glowstick to wake up the cancer fascinated me lol. Thankfully smoke free for 3 years now.
I don’t smoke cigs anymore but camel crush really We’re convenient when we were broke ass kids and wanted to split a pack with someone who smoked menthol. Oh the days haha
I feel like these shouldn't have been a thing. Maybe they work for the average menthol smoker to feel like they are smoking a regular every so often. But as a (used to be) regular smoker I thought it always had a wee bit of menthol taste to it even if you didn't crush the flavor ball. Also obligatory f*ck cigs, quit in 2017 and never going back. Good luck to any making that attempt it's the hardest thing I ever did.
i ate one once cus i thought it was similar to the listerine shit, bad idea don’t eat them. one they taste like shit, two my entire mouth felt like i just left the dentist.
my buddy popped one of these bad boys open over a bowl and took a rip, got super fucked up and couldn’t speak for a minute he was just sitting there drooling lol
i extracted one of these from a cigarette a while ago, and squeezed it a bit too hard and it popped and went into my eyes. it was burning and cooling at the same time, 2/10 do not recommend
And yet it still got a 2..
Did this when i was a kid with a glowstick. Fucking burned so bad for so long. Feel like ima go blind soon from it
I love icyhot
I use to do that with ice breaker liquid ice capsules. I would purposely pop them into my eyes. I was a special child
There's clear eyes eye drops that do this. It's great
How about with rice?
Wow.. I came here to comment that I did that exact thing.
Some Rhoto V eye drops have menthol for the cooling effect.
That is the “CRUSH” bead inside cigarette filters and DO NOT pop them in your mouth or get any of that shit in your mouth or it goes numb for a while lol
Now I gotta try this
I use to buy them when I couldn’t get any Cloves or Cherry. It was nice to have an option, but I’ve not smoked in over 10 years.
Menthol is a local anesthetic. That's why it's included in cigarettes. Makes it seem like they aren't as harsh as "non-menthol" cigarettes because your throat has been numbed.
I already knew what these looked like after taking adderall and deciding that my curiosity outweighed the pain of losing a cigarette
They literally could've chose any color and nobody would've known, but they still decided to make it look tasty...... I think were supposed to eat it.
Did u figure that out the hard way?
But I won’t die..right?
Now look what you have done. That’s like telling a GenZ not to eat Tide pods. They are all going to try it now lol
Did you put one in a tangerine?
How about popping this into my girlfriend's mouth before a blowjob?
That's how you get to be Throat GOAT.
Thanks for the tip, Jar Jar.
Can I crush it with my penis?
Mmm sounds like something I should burn and inhale into my lungs
Hmmm, yes, try not to put anything cigarette related in your mouth.
Are these what the advil pm gel pills are made of because I chewed one of those once and the same thing happened 💀 (I was curious and bored okay)
Can I put it on my hand? For research purposes...
I had a dream in college where I showed Frank Sinatra how to “crush” a Camel Crush
Did he say anything?
Camel Crushes were so fuckin cool at the time. But Turkish Royals were what I was on when the chicks weren’t around lmao. Also fuck smoking, quit today if you still do it.
Amen. So many awesome cigs back then haha, but I’m so happy I quit 6 years ago.
Oh yeah Turkish Royals. That was it.. hahaha
Best time to quit was before you started. Second best time is today. Smoked for 20 years. 2 packs a day at one point.
This comment hit home. Also quit a few years ago. The smell of a Turkish Royal tho before you light it 🤤
Yo this thread sent me rushing back into the memory bank. Camel crushes were my shit for a minute there lol
I smoke roughly half a pack a year when we go on vacation to Las Vegas. We don’t have menthol cigarettes in Canada so I get my fill for that week. I don’t have the urge any other time, but in Vegas I enjoy them.
I’m one of the lucky few that has smoked for 20 years and never smokes more than a pack in a month. I love a cig when I’m drinking with friends but otherwise I have no appetite for it. Wish it wasn’t so all or nothing for most people.
My wife used to smoke camel crush menthols, they were a menthol cigarette with the crush filter to make it… even more menthol lol.
Yeah man I miss smoking and I'd love a couple right now, but I'm more glad that I stopped lol
3 pack a day smoker, quit for 9 years this year.
Yeah, I stopped smoking those after my shady co-worker told me happily I smelled "just like crack" after i smoked one...uh ok..
Ha I went thought a Turkish Gold phase too! Also liked the Kamel Reds
Camel still has something like that--or they did two years ago. I took up smoking again during my internship because everybody else smoked, but I mostly bummed from my office mate who smoked those. I don't like menthol so I wouldn't crush the doohickey, but it was still veeery slightly menthol.
The Royals were great. And while I'm here, am I the only one that can't find Camel Wides anymore or are they gone?
Camel Izmir Stinger (!)* (I can't recall the spelling) circa 2002 were the best, IMHO. No menthol stuff, but the most memorable flavor profile of any cig I ever smoked besides Sweet Dreams vanilla stuff as a teen. They came in a flat tin. So glad to be quit from cigs now tho. But dang, an Izmirs were the best. No crushing the filter either.
I was a routinely a Parliament guy and occasional American Spirits. And when I roomed with Japanese exchange students for a summer, it was Seven Stars.
I was never a fan of menthol cigarettes but I vividly remember Black Devil with chocolate taste that I loved. Switched to vaping later because I obviously enjoyed nice tastes and not cigarette taste, and stopped that as well two years back. Best decision of my life.
What the hell is it resting on?
Some sticky putty you use to hang posters.
Never seen one uncircumcised before huh?
I was thinking it looks like the driest finger the world has ever seen.
Needs a banana for scale.
Your mom
They sell these little beads and even a little pocket device that puts them in your filters. I was at a party when a guy busted out a pack of cigarettes and his little tic tac container of green beads and put one in his smoke before lighting it.
That is the most hipster thing I’ve ever read.
We used to rip the filters off crushes and then roll joints with the filter to create menthol joints
California just banned flavored Tabacco. The beads might make a comeback…
good old camel crush, I don't think I even smoked half of the one pack I bought like 10 years ago.
We call them camel clickies, I remember getting them in Croatia and they would have two balls in, one menthol and one fruit flavoured and you could mix and match, such fun
Yeah, they were nice and definitely very cool as far as cig gimmicks go, but I could never smoke an entire pack of them before I got bored. In the same with vapes now, needing to have several with different flavours to prevent me from getting bored of them.
Way back when camel crush first came out the first thing I did was rip one open. What do I find? A 1990s ice breakers gel sphere mint! Of course I ate it. Note: do not eat it.
Camel crush coming out as a teenager gave us the same feeling as being kids and the new cool toy just came out lol it was so amazing to us. I didn’t even like menthol cigarettes but would still buy camel crush and never crush the filter just because the pack looked cool to have and girls loved bumming them from you lmao
lmao I imagine your smirk when you saw it.
Anybody else remember Camel Turkish Jades? My college days are calling looking for them.
I got busted with a pack of them when I was 15, the way my dad repeated “Turkish JADES???” made me realized he was more disappointed in my brand preference…
How about the tins of flavored Camels? Chocolate, orange, berry…
I remember these, my ex gf name is Jade and I remember getting these right after we broke up because they were 50 cents off, my saddest pack of smokes for sure
That's what I started smoking, immediately after Djarum Blacks.
First cigarette I ever really inhaled, I loved it... 20 years later and 2 packs a day, I hate it.
Oooo do they still make camel Turkish? I used to smoke the golds and royals for years
I just had a flashback from the taste of Izmir Stingers in the woods back in high school
I’d be tempted to take up smoking again for Turkish Jades. They were that good. Like smoking an Andes mint. So delicately delicious.
Camel twists were my jam. Those were special occasion cigarettes. So good.
Wow, memory unlocked. I used to smoke those occasionally when I had the money for them. Luckily I’m a former smoker now
I remember the neat tin can they came in
High school for the jades for me.
Those were my brand! Tasted like an Andes Mint.
I didnt even like menthol at the time, but these were damn good!
They were always buy one get one free! My first cigarettes.
what do you mean "had"? they're still alive and kicking, no?
Thanks for this comment lol. Everyone talking about them in past tense and I felt like I was going crazy. They’re still sold.
Still have these in Michigan for one.
Flavored cigarettes are banned in the EU, including these.
Why is it being displayed on a flaccid micropenis tip?
Because I couldn't find a prolapsed anus.
i quit smoking 2 days ago but god those are so fucking good, i couldn’t smoke regular cigarettes after smoking menthol bc it didn’t give that same throat feeling like menthols do.
Just realized I'm coming up on 5 years myself. Until then, I was smoking half a pack of crushes a day, and was afraid I'd never get myself to actually quit. After that, I occasionally slipped up and smoked when drinking, but always threw the pack away in the morning. Now I haven't touched alcohol or cigarettes since COVID started, and I generally feel sooo much better.
I hope you continue, good luck !!
Stay strong my friend. You're in the toughest part right now! Your lungs will love you in a week and your wallet will love you ever.
Annnnnnd that’s why they’re going away. Haha
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I used to love this option occasionally when I was a smoker. I liked Camels and would smoke the Crush, then moved on to American Spirit when I got up to a pack a day. I took forever to kick the habit and it's been about 6 years. I still want one every single day, just know it won't make me feel good anymore.
My husband and I just quit menthol cigarettes the other day
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Keep it up! I quit for 7 years and started smoking again a year ago. Trying to quit again now but it almost seems harder this time. Those mango-flavored Juuls are what helped me last time but apparently they don’t exist anymore because… kids?
i did as well, i haven’t had a smoke in almost 2 days now. congratulations on quitting to you and your husband!
How long until you quit real cigarettes now?
DO NOT pop these outside of the cigarette, They will permanently stain whatever they get on. My old roommate did on our grey granite countertop and that crap stained to top. It seemingly seeped into the stone.. we tried everything to no avail. Anyways smoking is disgusting so don't do that either coming from a Former smoker of Marb Reds
Granite is porous, so would have ultimately been stained regardless
Mmmm reds… damn I miss being young.
DO explode one of these and light it on fire and inhale the gasses
They do not taste like Icebreakers Liquid Ice. I know this because of reasons
Best way to consume these is
Hell yeah, that last 92% is a real zinger
Ahhh Camel Crush Bolds. I don’t smoke anymore but I’d get these all time time. Would change your smoke to menthol at any time, I would do it near the end so I had a minty taste after.
I don’t smoke now but Camel Crush Bold were my jam. I’m still confused why the FDA axed them a few years ago but regular Camel Crush and Crush Lights were allowed to remain.
I think ill just encourage people to just chew spearmint gum as an alternate.
My buddy popped one once and violently shook his cigarette for like 10 minutes and it was fawkin INTENSE menthol
They still make those cigarettes. Camel crush is one of them.
Back in college, i smoke "menthol cigarettes" for a year without knowing that you have to squeeze it first. Always complain the "menthol" is just a scam. LoL
Interesting ...
Man I tried some of these when they came out. Or at least when some came out. Early 2000s.
I started on my 18th birthday and I wish I never had. I only smoke socially (I'll go through a pack over a month or two) but I still feel like I'm violating myself when I do smoke.
I don’t “smoke” anymore, but damn were Crushes good. Now I just need to quit vaping…
Same. Crushes were my "treat you self" cigarettes in college right beside Turkish Royals.
I did that two weeks ago. Just got sick of burning out atomizers and buying juice. I’d stopped enjoying it so I was done. Didn’t even have any of those crazy ass nicotine cravings.
I was just wishing my vape had a crushable bead. That was so satisfying. I forgot about it until I saw this.
Camel Crush were my go to when I smoked. 9 years off cigarettes now.
These things in my opinion taste horrible! They give a nice crunch when eating your cigarette but as someone who eats a pack a day it gets over bearing.
Can they sell Camel crush in places that it's illegal to sell menthol cigarettes? Like it's not menthol...yet
camel crush, i tried it.
Very first ciggy I ever smoked was a camel crush and for some reason when I coughed up a lung on the first pull I thought throwing this thing into turbo menthol would help.
I don't smoke anymore but I loved those.
Ohhh yeah used to smoke a ton of camels with these in them.
Ok ELi5 please. I don’t smoke- what does the menthol do? What is it’s purpose with cigarettes?
It gives the smoke an almost “minty” feeling.
It gives that cold feeling in your throat you get when chewing really minty gum. It's not any better for you than regular cigarettes but it feels better on the throat.
I smoked for a bit as a late-teen/young-adult. Because I was an idiot, I thought menthol cigarettes were a lighter, healthier kind of cigarette.
That and "lights" is why a lot of people got hooked on them. They assumed it meant like "diet". I think they got sued, because when I worked retail, I saw fine print that said "light refers to taste; it's not safer than regular cigarettes", and I figure they wouldn't volunteer to write that.
I have also heard that with menthol cigarettes since it is smoother you can pull more smoke deeper in your lungs making them a bit worse for you than standard cigarettes. But purely due to how people would smoke menthol cigarettes, nothing in them in itself is worse than a regular cigarette.
Used to enjoy the crushes, but anyone remember the flavored Camels that came in collectible tins? Those were dope.
Mmmm, cool, minty lung cancer!
can i eat it?
Yes, only once.
You got a weird little blue thing on your ugly lil dick bro
Camel Crush cigarettes. I remember them from when I used to smoke, those and black clove cigarettes. Glad I quit years ago
Oh marlboro green how I miss you…
Squeeze for extra poison.
Jesus Christ is that your thumb
I was going to say something along those terms lol 😂. Like what is that holding the menthol ball up? Looks suspicious lol 😂.
Must be huge, I don't even see the banana.
Now load in a shotgun with a bunch of those and test it.. wonder if it works.. only 1 way to find out..
For what purpose?
My god, it’s the blue pill.
I ate one once thinking it would taste like an Ice Breaker flavor crystal™️.
Good to know!
So that is where ice breaker liquid gels end up now
A friend convinced me to eat this saying it was a mint once. Rip him, he was a funny lad
It a penis! What
I'm non-smoker and I have a colleague who smokes, and he always let me pop it because it is so satisfying.
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Before Reynolds bought and ruined them, Dunhill's were like smoking candy. So good.
Forbidden mint
Had?
Man, I remember smoking the double menthol camel crushes in high school. They were like inhaling a wintogreen lifesaver
Me and my sister picked one out and broke it on a bong bowl when we were younger… disgusting
you win camel, you got a lot of people missing smoking in these comments.
*have. Camel crushes still have them
Hey OP, why is this being presented on the head of your penis?
Since folks here are talking about smoking and many are talking about quitting, I'm just gonna briefly get on my soapbox and advise folks to chat with their physician and see about starting Chantix and some form of nicotine replacement. Won't make quitting easy but will give you the best chance of success. It's the probably best decision you can make for your health, so getting as much support for it as needed is wise.
Oh to be young again… menthols are either for new smokers or your old grandma smoker. I remember smoking these crushies after class when I was in college. Now if I take even a puff of a cigarette my lungs feel like they’ve been punched for a whole day.
A non smoker here. are the camel's still being sold, or taken off the market. did they smell like any other menthol brand. I read they are the worst too smoke 🚬.
I thought these cigarettes were so cool when they first came out and were the reason I started smoking back when I was 18. The cracking it like a glowstick to wake up the cancer fascinated me lol. Thankfully smoke free for 3 years now.
There's no way that shit is good for you. Probably better than the rest of the cigarette, but that's not saying much.
I don’t smoke cigs anymore but camel crush really We’re convenient when we were broke ass kids and wanted to split a pack with someone who smoked menthol. Oh the days haha
I only like a menthol after i smoke weed. Camel crush is my favorite cigarette.
Wtf bro don't put it on your demented dick.
Remember 'Squirt Gum'? It came in your mouth!
I'm convinced these are just those old listerine balls
Camel Crushes!
I feel like these shouldn't have been a thing. Maybe they work for the average menthol smoker to feel like they are smoking a regular every so often. But as a (used to be) regular smoker I thought it always had a wee bit of menthol taste to it even if you didn't crush the flavor ball. Also obligatory f*ck cigs, quit in 2017 and never going back. Good luck to any making that attempt it's the hardest thing I ever did.
They're still sold here in Virginia , Camel Crush
These still exist you know.
Camel Crush use these
Peter Jackson and many other brands still use them in their hybrid cigarettes. At least here in Aus.
These kinda remind me of those “liquid ice” breath mints from the early 2000’s
It's secret lung cancer antidote
We at the Tobacco Industry Institute like you. You’re hired. Our new VP of Communications and Science
One of the most satisfying things in life is cracking those little guys.
Don't pop them in your mouth
"Listen sir, I'm not saying this one will kill you but keep it up and something will eventually"
Was definitely addicted to these little babies in my guilty pleasure camel crush packs.
that glove looks like how imagine mr krabs without his shell looks like
Mmm camel crush menthol… cancer never tasted so smoooth
i ate one once cus i thought it was similar to the listerine shit, bad idea don’t eat them. one they taste like shit, two my entire mouth felt like i just left the dentist.
Camel crush blues were fucking awesome, shame the effect didn't last more than the first half of the cigarette.
It looks like the popping Listerine mint balls...do they still make those?
Camel mental hump crush!
And it’s also poison.
This is not new or news.
Ah ok copy that
Camel crush
I wanna play MYST now.
I want to imagine stuffing these into a nostril and squeezing the nose to pop them.
Fuckin camel crushes man
my buddy popped one of these bad boys open over a bowl and took a rip, got super fucked up and couldn’t speak for a minute he was just sitting there drooling lol