Update: My company banned all smoking on campus, even in one's own car. I don't smoke, but I thought I would have a little fun with it and saw the CEO talking to a Director in his cube. I walked past, puffing a little, the Director nearly fell off his chair, but the CEO was cool as a cucumber. I stopped and laughed and asked him why he didn't seem surprised, and he said that it didn't stink like a cigarette, so he knew right off it was a joke. The look on the Director's face was priceless, though.

I originally bought these as a joke, since the smokers in the company regularly take smoke breaks throughout the day, a cube neighbor and I decided we deserved "smoke breaks," too!  These were very inexpensive but got a lot of laughs at the office. I walked past the CEO of our (sort of small company) and did a little puff. He didn't raise an eyebrow, but the guy he was talking to had a huge look of surprise. I started laughing and showed it to them. The only thing it lacks is the smell of cigarettes. My elementary age kids thought they were teriffic and it entertained them for more than an hour. Two days later, they are still playign with them occasionally. We took photos and uploaded them to Facebook. Nothing funnier than seeing a 7 yo try to look tough but totally failing because they are laughing too hard. Plus, they have no idea how to hold the thing in their mouths. These have little tiny pieces of red glitter at the tip that pick up the light and appear to be glowing ash from as close as 1 - 2 feet away. You have to study it closely while holding it still to tell that it's very tiny glitter, and not glowing ash. Of all of the stagecraft cigarettes, these are the ones that are the best value for your money.