regent
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As I remember cigarettes were about 12 to 15 cents a pack, out of the reach of most teens, so "sniping butts" was a way of life for teen smokers. One walked the curbs looking for butts. We had name for the varieties, the biggies and most ;prized were "banker's butts" the small one's "lip burners." Some families used the kids to snipe butts and bring them home, to make full sizers using toiilet paper for wrapping. All my friends were expert rollers including the little guy still close to diapers, if indeed he even wore diapers. Bull Durham and Bugler were five cents a pack. Sniping butts was time consuming and chancy, and being lazy, I didn't pursue the habit. I never smoked thanks to the depression.