become "sticks"

i have heard the word used frequently but i don't remember when this "nickname" started and why.

I think we can all guess at why its called a stick. Anything where its length is very much larger then its height or width, is usually called a stick. Like a stick of dynamite, fishsticks, chopticks, stick of gum, a stick of beef jerky, or just a plain stick of wood.

Some Australians I once worked with back in the mid 70's referred to some of their smokes as twigs, sticks and branches. These were not cigars though, more along the hand rolled lines.

BUD

Then there's Dog Rockets..

"Sticks" has been an industry term for quite some time - don't remember when it started.

At least stick for cigar makes alot more sense then herf for smoke(ing).

I was offered sticks 30+ years ago when I first started in the Corps and I thought it was an old term then.

If you use the term "sticks", I'm cool with it. For me though, my dogs chew on sticks. I prefer "smokes". Me and Rudyard Kipling.