Cigarette = папироса/сигарета/сигаретка

[david-us.livejournal.com]

Do these three words refer to something different?
папироса
сигарета
сигаретка

I did a little research and it said that папироса has a cardboard mouthpiece. That seems odd. Are there such cigarettes in Russia? Or, is that referring to a "filter", that is common with American cigarettes?

сигаретка appears to be in some kind of diminutive form. Do they have "little cigarettes", smaller than the average size, in Russia?

Which is more common?

David Emerling
Memphis, TN

Comments

[orie.livejournal.com]

папироса is mostly bought by older people somewhere far from big cities.

some time ago it was also bought by students who converted it into a joint :) but I suppose it's hard to buy it nowadays in the city

cardboard mouthpiece is definitely NOT a filter, it is about 2/3 length and empty.

you can see the picture at wikipedia, though it's not very detailed http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B0

[riegel.livejournal.com]

you can still get them in moscow, you just need to know the places. and i guess almost all the people buying them here in the city, use them for joints)
another funny thing is that Беломорканал, oe simply "Беломор", - the classic and most famous Soviet-era папироса brand, is now owned by Japan Tobacco =)