Canada would import Virginua tobacco, roll it, and sell it back to us without the BS chemicals. Pricey, though.
Best cig I ever had was from a pack of luckys in my great grandpas fishing tackle box. Non filter. Must have been 50-60 years old. It was like... closest think i can think of is super fine Schoch.
Back in the day we did a 10 course meal on new years eve that took 2-3 hours, usually had one or maybe two couples over. Dunhill (blue box) were the one pack a year we would smoke.