Sweet Summertime Chi Backwoods - 5 Pack

Listed as a 5 pack, Sweet Summertime Chi Backwoods holds Backwoods tobacco cigars in a style whose name is the subject of a US trademark application. ITG Cigars Inc. filed that application, for BACKWOODS SWEET SUMMERTIME CHI, on November 12, 2024, covering cigarillos and cigars, according to US trademark records.

Chi, the City Pack series and a 1980s slogan

Chi is a widely used nickname for Chicago. Chicago also appears in Imperial Brands’ 2025 annual report, as one of the cities in a Backwoods City Pack series of collector’s editions whose packaging, the report says, is built around the urban cultures of US cities; its other named editions are New Orleans, LA, Houston, Atlanta and Detroit. The “Wild ‘n Mild” line printed on Backwoods packs goes back to the 1980s, by Imperial’s brand timeline, which says it still appears there.

Turning a Sweet Summertime Chi into a blunt

Sweet Summertime Chi can be used the way our Fronto vs Backwoods guide describes for any Backwoods: once the cigar is opened and the tobacco filler thrown out, the leaf takes a cannabis fill and serves as a ready-made blunt. Set beside fronto, or grabba, which is a whole tobacco leaf bought loose and cut to size by the person rolling, a Backwoods leaf is quicker to use but gives less choice of size and thickness, the guide says.