Thread: Picayune and Home Run cigarettes.

Any of you old timers remember Picayune and Home Run cigarettes. I started smoking at an early age and Camels origional non filters was my brand. For a year or two i left Camels and started smoking Picayunes. They were very strong and finally went out of business. They were a popular cigarette in New Orleans and there was a picture of a cotton bowl on the pack and it said, "The Pride of New Orleans".

I recently ask a friend of mine who lived in New Orleans for many years if he remembered any Picayune smokers in the city. He did indeed and sent me a picture of an O scale model train boxcar with Picyune advertising on it. I found one on Ebay and bought it.

When I went to France i found the French cigarette Gauloises which werre very similar to the Picayunes.

When i was a young teenager several of us pooled our money and bought a pack of Home Run cigarettes. They were as strong as the Picayunes and the other guys gave me the rest of the pack.

For many years i carried my daily pack of Picayunes and lit them with a Scripto Vu Lighter that had a pair of dice inside the visible fluid tank.

Thought i was so cool ha!