Hi again, Nathan! Yes, you're new to it but you are fitting right in. The fact that you can come in here and post, especially asking questions, shows your comfort level. Stay with it. As far as preference for style and/or brand, it's just that--a personal preference. You have demonstrated that this is so by posting that you like to see standard length cigarettes with cork filters. I gather lots of guys do. I know my Marty does, as I've been a Marlboro Red girl since I started smoking in 1963 and started "exciting" him in 1965. My mom still smokes (she's in her seventies) and smokes Mores and Saratogas which I teasingly call "bitch sticks". Marty likes to see her smoke those but says the best is seeing me smoke my reds, especially hands-free. So I guess what I'm saying is be comfortable with what you like to see and don't question it too deeply. Now that I know this, I definitely would have stayed on that bench with you in our previous exchange. You have my e-mail, write if you have time between music gigs.