Peter Stuyvesant Filter

Peter Stuyvesant. A name that will forever be etched into my memory. It all started when I moved out of home shortly after I turned 18. I moved into a house with 2 others - both smokers - both smoked Peter Stuyvesant. I'd heard of the brand before, but never considered a purchase, as it was an unusual step away from my standard Philip Morris-owned cigarette brand. Then, one sunny Australian summers day, I ran out and had to get a cigarette from my housemate. That first drag was like a gift from the gods, second only to the next. This is a relationship that has lasted for the past 6 years. Every drag is better than the last. ...

I can still remember the time I smoked my first Peter Stuyvesant. The memory is vivid, because after I had smoked that first pack of twenty I vowed never to smoke that brand again. I had been walking along Parliament Road in Middlesbrough on the way home from work, when I looked in the junk shop window again, as was my habit. When I say looked I really mean peered. The window was grimy to the point of looking like there were nets up in there. Right in the middle of the window was the lamp. Huge, about three feet high, turquoise in colour, and in the shape of a fish rampant, complete with scales embossed into the quality ...