i have smoked marlboro for 12 yrs now and have been faithful to the marlboro co. the past few packs of cigarettes i have bought i found sticks in quite a few of the cigarettes and and there has been several holes in the cigarettes, i thought maybe it was the store i was buying them at but found that its not and from time to time the filters are deformed . with the stickes sticking out you cant smoke the cigeret and with the filters messed up you cant smoke thoes eather i would like a response, thank you. Tanya and Terry McCowan.