Cigarettes

"I'm a Nico-Time man, always will be. Why? They smoke good and don't cost half a damn."

- Albert Milonakis; Nico-Time Customer

Cigarettes are the most common recreational drug item in Rapture. Whenever used, the player loses a bit of Health, yet gains a bit of EVE.

Oxford Club cigarettes are implied to be of higher quality than the Nico-Time brand, which are sarcastically described as being made from "sea shells and fish eggs." The tobacco used in Rapture's cigarettes is most likely grown in Arcadia or smuggled in by Frank Fontaine. Several other brands of smoke-ables existed in Rapture, including Blasich brand cigars, Habana Especial cigars, and "Pipe Weather" brand cigarettes.

Trivia

 * A semi-canon brand of cigarettes that existed in Rapture was Anchor brand cigarettes. These aren't seen anywhere in game but can be seen on the back of the PS3 version of BioShock ' s instruction manual.
 * "Pipe Weather" brand cigarettes are smoked by Brigid Tenenbaum while she is in her safehouse.
 * Nico-Time is a reference to nicotine, the main active component in tobacco.

Cigarettes