I think it keeps the tobacco from drying up and being too harsh and burning too fast. I know this works with tobacco that’s yet to have been rolled, but I don’t know if the effect changes or is altered with an already rolled or factory made smoke.
My dad used to keep his tobacco and cigarettes in cool damp places for that reason though.
@Symbeline I usually rol my own and sometimes buy American Spirit by the can. Considering that it takes me nearly a month to go through it (or a week to a pouch), I had to learn a little bit about loose tobacco. And after that, I have a hard time with pre-made cigs; they are always too dry, taste different, and burn wrong.
I smoke hopefully not for long and when ever I bought more than a pack the others went in the freezer. I’m not sure if it has any other effect than I liked to have a nice cool smoke. Literally, the first few drags are quite cool and it’s nice a feeling.
I used to smoke enough that that would mean something, but now that I smoke a pack every 2–3 days as oposed to 2–3 packs a day, they wouldn’t be cool by the time I got to them.
I keep my cigarettes in the freezer. I don’t notice any difference in them. That’s just where we have always kept them. We tried making our own with premade tubes and loose tobacco. We put the tobacco in the freezer and it dried it out and made it nearly impossible to pack into the machine. It was such a pain we just quit trying to save money and started buying regular smokes again. i fully realize the way to save money would be to quit smoking all together!