worth it or not, what do the regulars say
Question · by weekend_only_hazel · Member since Jul 2026 · 29 posts · 6w6 weeks ago
Smoke shop in Carol Stream, IL
4.7 · 41 reviewsOpens today at 8 AMOpens today at 8 AM
Cigarette Depot, located at 475 Thornhill Drive in Carol Stream, is a charming smoke shop that has quickly become a favorite among locals. With a solid rating of 4.7 from 41 reviews, customers appreciate the friendly and helpful service provided by the staff, who are known for their warm demeanor and willingness to go the extra mile. Although the shop is small, it offers a good selection of tobacco products at competitive prices, including the popular LD brand cigarettes. Many patrons find the atmosphere inviting, making it a welcoming spot for both regulars and newcomers alike.
Eligible to offer 20% cashback to customers who shop here.OrbitBack
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What Cigarette Depot offers, what it costs, and what people come for.
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No code detected[Photo 4]When it's quiet, where to park, and what's nearby.
Friday, before 3 PM.
Busiest Wednesday and Thursday from 8 AM to 3 PM.
Tracy's is next door for a cafe. Red Apple Pancake House is next door for breakfast. Wendy's is a 1 minute walk for fast food.
Nearby places from Google Maps, read Oct 21, 2026.
Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.
Closed now. Busiest Wed and Thu, 8 AM to 3 PM.
What reviews, press and directories say about Cigarette Depot.
4.7from 41 reviews on Google
Cigarette Depot stands out for its competitive pricing and personalized service, despite some complaints about product quality. Cigarette Depot offers a warm, family-owned atmosphere where customers feel valued and appreciated. Reviewers highlight the attentive service from staff like Vanessa and the owner, who go out of their way to ensure customers find what they need, often calling them when specific products arrive.
The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.
40 Carol Stream avg
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Cigarette Depot, as AI sees it. Blue signals help Cigarette Depot, and red ones hold it back.
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The page ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google read about Cigarette Depot. The code version is exactly what their crawlers get.
Local AI Registry · Smoke shops in Carol Stream, IL · Editorial
By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated September 16, 2026.
Published September 16, 2026 · Updated September 16, 2026 · Machine-readable version below
Cigarette Depot is a smoke shop in Carol Stream, IL. Its AI Score is 47 of 100, which is fair.
What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Smoke shop |
| Address | 475 Thornhill Dr, Carol Stream, IL 60188, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Fri 8 AM to 8 PM · Sat 9 AM to 8 PM · Sun 10 AM to 5 PM |
| Phone | (630) 653-9000 |
| Rating | 4.7 across 41 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Sunday |
| Updated | September 16, 2026 |
Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.
| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location info | Address | 475 Thornhill Dr, Carol Stream, IL 60188, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | 475 Thornhill Dr, Carol Stream, IL 60188 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM · Sat 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM · Sun 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Cigarette Depot | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (630) 653-9000 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
Address: 475 Thornhill Dr, Carol Stream, IL 60188, USA. Phone: (630) 653-9000. Hours: Mon to Fri 8 AM to 8 PM · Sat 9 AM to 8 PM · Sun 10 AM to 5 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)
Quietest day: Sunday. Busiest day: Thursday. From the popular times on its Google listing.
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Tracy's | Cafe | 1 min walk |
| Red Apple Pancake House | Breakfast restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Wendy's | Fast food restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Schmale/Thornhill | Transit station | 2 min walk |
| Schmale Rd & Thornhill Dr | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| Schmale Rd & Thornhill Dr | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
4.7 average across 41 reviews: Google 41. (Confirmed, read September 16, 2026.)
Cigarette Depot stands out for its competitive pricing and personalized service, despite some complaints about product quality. (AI guess, from 41 reviews.)
It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Carol Stream smoke shops run 24 to 56. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Cigarette Depot scores 47, above the Carol Stream average of 40. The same method scores every business on the registry.
| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Cigarette Depot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | Does not apply | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 33 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 69 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | Does not apply | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 72 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | Does not apply | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | Does not apply | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. |
Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology
How AI decides what to say about a smoke shop: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business
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| Cigarette Depot | LocalBusiness | #business | Subject of this page | |
| Carol Stream, Illinois | City | #city | City Cigarette Depot is in | |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |
Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the smoke shops in Carol Stream, linked to the lists and towns around it.
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# Cigarette Depot, Carol Stream IL: Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/il/carol-stream/cigarette-depot-carol-stream-il. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-16. Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/il/carol-stream/cigarette-depot-carol-stream-il ## Photos -  -  -  -  -  ## In short Cigarette Depot is a smoke shop in Carol Stream, IL. Its AI Score is 47 of 100, which is fair. What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Smoke shop | | Address | 475 Thornhill Dr, Carol Stream, IL 60188, USA | | Hours | Mon to Fri 8 AM to 8 PM · Sat 9 AM to 8 PM · Sun 10 AM to 5 PM | | Phone | (630) 653-9000 | | Rating | 4.7 across 41 reviews on Google | | Quietest time | Sunday | | Updated | September 16, 2026 | ## All the details Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from. | Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Location info | Address | 475 Thornhill Dr, Carol Stream, IL 60188, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | 475 Thornhill Dr, Carol Stream, IL 60188 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM · Sat 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM · Sun 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Name | Cigarette Depot | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (630) 653-9000 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Saturday | 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Sunday | 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | ## Services and prices Add your services so AI can say what you offer ### Known for Share your review link so AI can say what you're known for ## The team Add your team so AI can name who works here ## Visiting Cigarette Depot Address: 475 Thornhill Dr, Carol Stream, IL 60188, USA. Phone: (630) 653-9000. Hours: Mon to Fri 8 AM to 8 PM · Sat 9 AM to 8 PM · Sun 10 AM to 5 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.) ### When to go Quietest day: Sunday. Busiest day: Thursday. From the popular times on its Google listing. ### Parking and getting in Add your parking so AI can tell people where to park Add how to find your door so AI can walk people in ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | Tracy's | Cafe | 1 min walk | | Red Apple Pancake House | Breakfast restaurant | 1 min walk | | Wendy's | Fast food restaurant | 1 min walk | | Schmale/Thornhill | Transit station | 2 min walk | | Schmale Rd & Thornhill Dr | Bus stop | 2 min walk | | Schmale Rd & Thornhill Dr | Bus stop | 2 min walk | ## Reputation 4.7 average across 41 reviews: Google 41. (Confirmed, read September 16, 2026.) Cigarette Depot stands out for its competitive pricing and personalized service, despite some complaints about product quality. (AI guess, from 41 reviews.) ### What people like - Great prices on cigarettes and tobacco products - Helpful and friendly service from staff - Owner willing to order items not in stock ### What people do not like - Unprofessional customer service noted by some - Complaints about expired products ### Press Add a press story so AI can say who's written about you ### Awards Add an award so AI can name it ### Directories Get listed in directories so AI can tell you're real ## Questions people ask ### worth it or not, what do the regulars say ### going rate for shops locally, any idea ### where exactly is the shop? ### Are the hours on Google right for Cigarette Depot in Carol Stream? ### what do people usually buy there ### is there a rewards thing at Cigarette ### first visit at Cigarette, what do I need to bring? ### anything people actually moan about here? ### quietest day to hit Cigarette? ### which one, Cigarette Depot or Wild High? ### Keeping up with Cigarette, where do they post? ### On a budget in Carol Stream, is the shop the one? ### does Cigarette ever have cancellations ### what else is on Thornhill around Cigarette Depot? ### best smoke shop in Carol Stream ## The AI Score: 47 of 100 It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Carol Stream smoke shops run 24 to 56. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Cigarette Depot scores 47, above the Carol Stream average of 40. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Cigarette Depot | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | Does not apply | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | | | Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor | | AI visibility | 14 | 33 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor | | Reviews & response | 12 | 69 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good | | Backlink & citation authority | 8 | Does not apply | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 72 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | Does not apply | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | Does not apply | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology How AI decides what to say about a smoke shop: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business ## Entity map Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other. | Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Cigarette Depot | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Cigarette Depot | LocalBusiness | #business | | Subject of this page | | Carol Stream, Illinois | City | #city | | City Cigarette Depot is in | | Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page | | Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page | ## Topical map Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the smoke shops in Carol Stream, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best smoke shops in Carol Stream: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/carol-stream/smoke-shop - Best businesses in Carol Stream: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/carol-stream ### Nearby - /chicago: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/chicago - /schaumburg: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/schaumburg - /elgin: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/elgin - /lombard: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/lombard - /aurora: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/aurora - /st-charles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/st-charles ### Every list - Every leaderboard in Illinois: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJu7rYzbtUDogRMFlO4bRHlFw (accessed Sep 16, 2026)
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<p>Local AI Registry · Smoke shops in Carol Stream, IL · Editorial</p>
<h2>Cigarette Depot, Carol Stream IL: Reviews</h2>
<p>By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated September 16, 2026.</p>
<p>Published September 16, 2026 · Updated September 16, 2026 · Machine-readable version below</p>
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<h3>In short</h3>
<p>Cigarette Depot is a smoke shop in Carol Stream, IL. Its AI Score is 47 of 100, which is fair.</p>
<p>What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks</p>
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<h3>Key facts</h3>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Type</td><td>Smoke shop</td></tr>
<tr><td>Address</td><td>475 Thornhill Dr, Carol Stream, IL 60188, USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Fri 8 AM to 8 PM · Sat 9 AM to 8 PM · Sun 10 AM to 5 PM</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phone</td><td>(630) 653-9000</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rating</td><td>4.7 across 41 reviews on Google</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quietest time</td><td>Sunday</td></tr>
<tr><td>Updated</td><td>September 16, 2026</td></tr>
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<h3>All the details</h3>
<p>Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Group</th><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th><th scope="col">Mark</th><th scope="col">Evidence</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Address</td><td>475 Thornhill Dr, Carol Stream, IL 60188, USA</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Description</td><td>475 Thornhill Dr, Carol Stream, IL 60188</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Fri 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM · Sat 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM · Sun 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Name</td><td>Cigarette Depot</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Phone</td><td>(630) 653-9000</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Monday</td><td>8:00 AM to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Tuesday</td><td>8:00 AM to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Wednesday</td><td>8:00 AM to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Thursday</td><td>8:00 AM to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Friday</td><td>8:00 AM to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Saturday</td><td>9:00 AM to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Sunday</td><td>10:00 AM to 5:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
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<h3>Services and prices</h3>
<h4>Known for</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-the-team">
<h3>The team</h3>
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<section id="ai-visiting-cigarette-depot">
<h3>Visiting Cigarette Depot</h3>
<p>Address: 475 Thornhill Dr, Carol Stream, IL 60188, USA. Phone: (630) 653-9000. Hours: Mon to Fri 8 AM to 8 PM · Sat 9 AM to 8 PM · Sun 10 AM to 5 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)</p>
<h4>When to go</h4>
<p>Quietest day: Sunday. Busiest day: Thursday. From the popular times on its Google listing.</p>
<h4>Parking and getting in</h4>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Place</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">Distance</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Tracy's</td><td>Cafe</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Red Apple Pancake House</td><td>Breakfast restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Wendy's</td><td>Fast food restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Schmale/Thornhill</td><td>Transit station</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Schmale Rd & Thornhill Dr</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Schmale Rd & Thornhill Dr</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-reputation">
<h3>Reputation</h3>
<p>4.7 average across 41 reviews: Google 41. (Confirmed, read September 16, 2026.)</p>
<p>Cigarette Depot stands out for its competitive pricing and personalized service, despite some complaints about product quality. (AI guess, from 41 reviews.)</p>
<h4>What people like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Great prices on cigarettes and tobacco products</li>
<li>Helpful and friendly service from staff</li>
<li>Owner willing to order items not in stock</li>
</ul>
<h4>What people do not like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Unprofessional customer service noted by some</li>
<li>Complaints about expired products</li>
</ul>
<h4>Press</h4>
<h4>Awards</h4>
<h4>Directories</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-questions-people-ask">
<h3>Questions people ask</h3>
<h4>worth it or not, what do the regulars say</h4>
<h4>going rate for shops locally, any idea</h4>
<h4>where exactly is the shop?</h4>
<h4>Are the hours on Google right for Cigarette Depot in Carol Stream?</h4>
<h4>what do people usually buy there</h4>
<h4>is there a rewards thing at Cigarette</h4>
<h4>first visit at Cigarette, what do I need to bring?</h4>
<h4>anything people actually moan about here?</h4>
<h4>quietest day to hit Cigarette?</h4>
<h4>which one, Cigarette Depot or Wild High?</h4>
<h4>Keeping up with Cigarette, where do they post?</h4>
<h4>On a budget in Carol Stream, is the shop the one?</h4>
<h4>does Cigarette ever have cancellations</h4>
<h4>what else is on Thornhill around Cigarette Depot?</h4>
<h4>best smoke shop in Carol Stream</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-score">
<h3>The AI Score: 47 of 100</h3>
<p>It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Carol Stream smoke shops run 24 to 56. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Cigarette Depot scores 47, above the Carol Stream average of 40. The same method scores every business on the registry.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Signal</th><th scope="col">Weight</th><th scope="col">Score</th><th scope="col">What it measures</th><th scope="col">Cigarette Depot</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Retrieval grounding</td><td>26</td><td>Does not apply</td><td>Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Off-property attestation</td><td>20</td><td>40</td><td>Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>AI visibility</td><td>14</td><td>33</td><td>Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Reviews & response</td><td>12</td><td>69</td><td>The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Backlink & citation authority</td><td>8</td><td>Does not apply</td><td>Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Google Business Profile</td><td>8</td><td>72</td><td>Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Speed & mobile</td><td>7</td><td>Does not apply</td><td>Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Content freshness & schema</td><td>5</td><td>Does not apply</td><td>Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.</td><td></td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology</p>
<p>How AI decides what to say about a smoke shop: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business</p>
</section>
<section id="ai-entity-map">
<h3>Entity map</h3>
<p>Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Entity</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">ID on this page</th><th scope="col">Same as</th><th scope="col">Relationship to Cigarette Depot</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Cigarette Depot</td><td>LocalBusiness</td><td>#business</td><td></td><td>Subject of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Carol Stream, Illinois</td><td>City</td><td>#city</td><td></td><td>City Cigarette Depot is in</td></tr>
<tr><td>Local AI Registry</td><td>Organization</td><td>#publisher</td><td>https://localairegistry.com</td><td>Publisher of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Steve Lee</td><td>Person</td><td>#author</td><td>https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee</td><td>Author of this page</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-topical-map">
<h3>Topical map</h3>
<p>Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the smoke shops in Carol Stream, linked to the lists and towns around it.</p>
<h4>Lists</h4>
<ul>
<li>Best smoke shops in Carol Stream: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/carol-stream/smoke-shop</li>
<li>Best businesses in Carol Stream: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/carol-stream</li>
</ul>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
<ul>
<li>/chicago: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/chicago</li>
<li>/schaumburg: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/schaumburg</li>
<li>/elgin: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/elgin</li>
<li>/lombard: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/lombard</li>
<li>/aurora: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/aurora</li>
<li>/st-charles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/st-charles</li>
</ul>
<h4>Every list</h4>
<ul>
<li>Every leaderboard in Illinois: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="ai-references">
<h3>References</h3>
<h4>Sources cited</h4>
<ul>
<li>[1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJu7rYzbtUDogRMFlO4bRHlFw (accessed Sep 16, 2026)</li>
</ul>
</section>
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