"He pushed over a flat white
box of cigarettes and Bond sat down and took a cigarette
and lit it. It was the most wonderful cigarette he had ever
tasted - the mildest and sweetest of Turkish tobacco in
a slim long oval tube with an elegant gold cresent."
One of James Bond's greatest pleasures
is cigarettes and he usually smokes sixty per day of a special
Balkan and Turkish mixture with three gold bands on the
filter. The cigarettes are specially made
for him by Morland's and carried
in a wide, thin cigarette case of black gunmetal with room
for fifty.
Fleming
smoked similar cigarettes, initially with a single gold
band, adding two more when he was promoted to the rank of
Commander in Naval Intelligence - the rank is signified
by three gold stripes on the cuff. Bond also carries a battered
black oxidized Ronson lighter.
Whilst working abroad Bond smokes local brands,
such as Chesterfield king-size in the US, and Royal Blend
in the West Indies.
