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, after alcohol. 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 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 and Camellia cigars, and "Pipe Weather" brand cigarettes.

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

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Oxford Club Cigarettes.

Nico Time Cigarettes.

Blasich brand cigars.

Habana Especial cigars

Camellia cigars

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

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A fruit crate label that inspired the Oxford Club ad

An ad for the non-canon brand, Anchor Cigarettes

Behind the Scenes

• 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 while in Minerva's Den a box of "Nico-Time" is next to her in theBathysphere.
• Nico-Time is a reference to nicotine, the main active component in tobacco. It is also a play on the phrase, "in the nick of time".
• Oxford Club Cigarettes, despite the term used in both gameplay and advertising around Rapture, uses a model that seems to suggest that they are in fact cigarillos or fine cigars. If one looks closely at the game world model in Arcadia, one can clearly see the rich brown color of the product.