Hope Regularホープ

A ten-stick short pack built for a quick, strong smoke and nothing else.

In production since 1957

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Our notes

Hope has one idea: a short, dense, full-flavour cigarette you finish in four minutes. It executes that idea competently and offers nothing beyond it — the blend is flat, and the finish is abrupt.

We smoked this over a weekend rather than running the full protocol, so treat the score as provisional.

What works

Ten-stick pack suits occasional smokers
Very fast, dense burn
Cheapest Japanese entry here

What does not

Flat, undeveloped blend
Abrupt finish
Short format burns hot in the last third

Specifications

14 mg

Tar

1.1 mg

Nicotine

70 mm

Length

Pack

Full

Strength

Regular

Flavour

Shorts

Format

Filtered

Filter

Tar and nicotine are the manufacturer or market-label declarations, measured by machine under ISO conditions. They do not describe what any individual smoker inhales.

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