Cigarettes

For the cigarettes in Columbia, see Cigarettes (Columbia).

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

― Albert Milonakis

Cigarettes are the most common recreational drug item in Rapture, after alcohol. Whenever used, the player loses a bit of Health, but 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 are likely grown in forested areas like Arcadia or smuggled in by Frank Fontaine. Retailers that sold tobacco products include: Le Marquis D'Epoque, New Worlde Smoker and Robertson's Tobaccoria.

Brands of Cigarettes

• Anchor (semi-canon)
• Nico-Time
• Oxford Club
• Pipe Weather
• Three Stars

Brands of Cigars

• Blasich
• Camellia
• Habana Especial

Help Caption

“	A pack of cigarettes will give you a very small boost of EVE. WARNING: May cause health complications. They are consumed immediately when picked up.	”

Gallery

Pipe Weather: Fine Tobacco.

It's Nico Time: Tee off for flavor!

For Discriminating Tastes: Oxford Club.

Oxford Club: No Compromises.

Nico Time Cigarettes: The Taste You Crave!

Blasich brand cigars.

Habana Especial cigars.

Camellia cigars.

An ad for the semi-canon brand, Anchor Cigarettes.

The cigar smoked by Buck Raleigh.

The cigarette holder used by Mlle Blanche de Glace.

Nico Time ad for pregnant women in Burial at Sea - Episode 1.

"Three Stars" brand cigarettes found in Burial at Sea.

Some Rapture citizen smoking cigarettes.

A Ryan Security agent smoking a cigarette.

Behind the Scenes

• Pipe Weather brand appears on lit cigarettes. They are smoked by Jack on his airplane flight and by Brigid Tenenbaum while she is in her safehouse.
  • In Minerva's Den a box of Nico-Time is next to Tenenbaum in the Bathysphere.
• The Blasich brand cigar ad is very similar to Good News Brand pears.

• Booker DeWitt's desk notably has a box of "Three Stars" brand cigarettes in his DeWitt Investigations office in Rapture.
  • The texture for the box is nearly identical to cigarettes from Columbia.
• Cigarettes marked with a golden dollar symbol ($) serve as an allegory for capitalism and opportunity in Atlas Shrugged, a Ayn Rand novel which was a key inspiration for BioShock.
• A semi-canon brand of cigarettes that existed in Rapture was Anchor Cigarettes. These aren't seen anywhere in game but can be seen on the back of the PS3 version of BioShock's instruction manual.