Why do people lick their cigarette?

[CF_KoiFry]

So I'll se in old movies an actor will pull an unfiltered cigarette from a pack, and lick the end of it before sticking it in their mouth. What's the purpose for this? I'm not talking licking the whole thing long ways to make it burn slower, i'm talking about just the end they stick in their mouth...it's something i've always wondered.

 

[i12drivemyMP5]

So it doesn't stick to their lip? Filter lickers..................

 

[xxxmonoxidechil]

Wouldnt just licking your lips do the same thing?

 

[drivecx9]

I never like my smokes, thats gross.

 

[i12drivemyMP5]

like, lick.....potatoe, potato.....tomatoe, tomato.......it's all gross, until the taxes come out and your just left with a tiny net.

 

[alloyd68]

maybe because they have seen others doing it and they just immitate