Herbal Cigarettes and other tobacco substitutes

[avkid]

they cost 50 pounds, which is more like $90.

My mistake, that's even worse.

[Libby]

I'm mostly just seconding what is above, but Herbal cigarettes are HORRIBLE. But that is all you are allowed to smoke in nyc. As a smoker, the herbals make me cough up a storm. Also, read the ingredients, they have catnip in them! For a recent show the curtain comes up with two actors smoking cigarettes (herbals) and one actor smoking a cigar (real). We never had a show with less than 15 people coughing!

A good trick for non-smokers who have to smoke. With a safety pin, punch 3 holes in a line through the side of the filter (coming out the other side). The actor might have to pull a bit harder, but less smoke goes into the mouth and actors have told me that it's smoother.

[chops]

I don't know how common it is but I have seen more than two herbal shops which offer tobacco substitute smoking substances.  It is basically the herbal smoke mix but can be customized with different flavors and the smoothness is able to be changed also.  One of my friends smoked the stuff on occasion and it didn't even smell like wacky tobacky.  You would have to roll your own smokes but you can buy a roller and blank cig papers with the filters on them for fairly cheep. 

[austingresh]

I am working on a show in Florida where the director would like to use cigarettes.  Florida has a clean indoor air act and I have read court precedence that smoking on stage is still smoking.  The director doesn't like the fake cigarettes that blow powder because it doesn't look right.  He is afraid the the water vapor cigarettes will not have smoke that looks right.  Does anyone have any advice of what we could use or ways to get around it other than just cutting the cigarettes?
Thanks,
Ausitn