off-brand cigarette

off-brand cigarette

Machine-rolled cigarettes not produced by companies with well-known or reputable brands. He was sentenced to six months in jail for selling cheap, off-brand cigarettes outside a strip mall in north Denver. Studies have shown that off-brand cigarettes can contain nearly twice as many cancer-causing chemicals as those produced by established brands such as Marlboro or Camel.
See also: cigarette
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

off-brand cigarette

n. a marijuana cigarette. (Drugs.) Shorty smokes nothing but those off-brand cigarettes.
See also: cigarette
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • believe (something) of (someone)
  • believe of
  • the oldest trick in the book
  • famous for being famous
  • big juice
  • favorite
  • favorite daughter
  • favourite
  • name to conjure with
  • a name to conjure with
References in periodicals archive
Jay Maguire, who represents three off-brand cigarette companies, was hired in January to represent the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Foundation, and his contract remained in force at its successor charity, the Texas Cancer Coalition, both Maguire and coalition spokesman Marc Palazzo said.
Cancer-Fighting Charity Hired Tobacco Lobbyist
The increase would have been phased in through 2020, and created a 67-cent-per-pack "equity" fee increasing annually for inflation on certain off-brand cigarettes. Voters also turned down Proposition A, which would have gradually hiked the tax by an additional 23 cents per pack by 2021.
Legislative Roundup
Eighteen states have passed laws designed to increase the cost of the off-brand cigarettes and close loopholes in escrow account requirements.
States tackle deep discount cigarettes: cheap cigarettes have undercut the major tobacco companies and their ability to make payments to states under the master tobacco settlement agreement
Another revenue-generating idea: imposing fees on off-brand cigarettes.
The Brief: Jan. 3, 2011