The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

MANY BLACK PEOPLE OPEN THEIR CIGARETTE PACKS FROM THE BOTTOM RATHER
THAN THE TOP AS IS USUALLY DONE.THE REASON THIS IS DONE IS TO REMOVE
THE CIGARETTE WITHOUT TOUCHING THE FILTER WITH DIRTY FINGERS.

Submitter comment:

THIS SEEMS TO BE A GOOD IDEA. PEOPLE WHO WORK IN FACTORIES MAY
CONTINUALLY HAVE DIRTY FINGERS, TOUCHING THE FILTER AND THEN
PUTTING THE DIRTY END IN YOUR MOUTH COULD RESULT IN DISEASE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT