Talk:Sobranie

Where to buy?

Is it possible to buy these all over eastern europe? And does one have to go to a tobacconist to find them? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 85.166.235.16 (talk) 22:00, 13 April 2007 (UTC).

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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:45, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Use in the arts - Film

Characters in the 2009 films A Single Man set in 1962 and An Education set in 1961 are seen smoking Sobranie. GFPLUX Luxembourg —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gfplux (talk • contribs) 08:44, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Balkan Sobranie

Balkan Sobranie are not mentioned in the article. This brand of cigarettes used to be on sale but now it seems that pipe tobacco is sold under this brand instead.

Do I imagine it, or have Balkan Sobranie sometimes appeared in fiction as a luxury brand for the discerning gentleman? Perhaps not a rough thug in tuxedo disguise like James Bond, but somebody treacherously epicene like George Saunders wearing a black velvet smoking jacket and silk cravat. O'Dea (talk) 21:57, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

As I remember it, most Sobranie sales in the 60s were to maiden aunts who bought them to offer to their guests, much as they kept a bottle of Johnnie Walker in the sideboard. A great aunt of mine certainly did this. I don't remember anybody normal smoking Sobranies, though that may be because I'm insufficiently posh. --Ef80 (talk) 19:06, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

My boyfriend smoked Balkan Sobranies in the 1960s; he was a poet and lived in northern California. Not "posh" but definitely "Bohemian." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.101.104.17 (talk) 02:26, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

Add the balkans to the market section.

They sell them at every corner store and traffic store. Also unimaginably cheaper than in England etc. 91.187.148.40 (talk) 07:37, 9 November 2022 (UTC)