[capcig]

I have never been a regular cigarette smoker, but have been an occasional social smoker since I was a teenager.

I am now 42 years old, and am experiencing something I have never experienced before. For the past few months, when I smoke a cigarette, I start to feel light-headed. It happens regardless of brand or varietal, including the same red box Marlboros that I have smoked more than any other cigarette for many years.

I’ve heard that cigarettes affect some people this way, but I don’t know why it affects me this way now when it never did before.

Thoughts?

[gatrman56]

It could be the FSC papers that
cigarettes are being made with now..
Thanks to our government.You need to roll your
own and try that,they don't have the chemicals
that are in pre-made smokes.

gatrman56

[motleydan1]

I would agree,most likely the FSC,the only cigs I enjoy now are non filters.Seems like the filtered cigs all give me a headache.The PM brands are the worst.I think Reynolds makes a better FSC.This FSC thing ruined the taste of Marlboro.I still smoke them occasionally but not alot because they will give me a massive migraine.Maybe they are using more reconstituted crap in these new FSC smokes.

[StoneMonkey]

Once you pass 40, your blood pressure can become a little unstable and that could be it. I have severe hypertension ( high blood pressure ) and have never managed to keep it under control since I had a heart attack just after I turned 41, and occasionally when I smoke, I get lightheaded and slightly dizzy. If I take my BP after the light headed feeling, I can easily see that my BP has gone up some 10-20 points very quickly

As the others have said, though, the FSC papers are probably the culprit. I hate them so much and it's ironic that the government came down on the major tobacco companies so hard years ago for the abundance of chemicals they were adding to cigarettes but yet here they are now, forcing them to add even more dangerous chemicals to the papers. If I get lung cancer or COPD, I'll wager it's just as likely to be caused by the FSC papers as the tobacco.