Cigarette Depot

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Smoke shop in Carol Stream, IL

4.7 · 41 reviewsOpens 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.

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AI ScoreChatGPT mentions Cigarette Depot and Perplexity and Gemini don't.Scored from 8 signals across search and AI.

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Services

What Cigarette Depot offers, what it costs, and what people come for.

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Team

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Today8 AM to 8 PM

Busy times

Closed now. Busiest Wed and Thu, 8 AM to 3 PM.

Reputation

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.

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Would go back96%96% of reviews give the visit 4 or 5 stars.Positive 96%, 4 or 5 stars · Neutral 0%, 3 stars · Negative 4%, 1 or 2 stars
The good
  • Great prices on cigarettes and tobacco products
  • Helpful and friendly service from staff
  • Owner willing to order items not in stock
The bad
  • Unprofessional customer service noted by some
  • Complaints about expired products

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How AI sees Cigarette Depot

The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.

47out of 100

40 Carol Stream avg

What the score is made of

Signal and how much it countsCigarette Depot

  • Retrieval grounding 26%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.Does not apply
  • Off-property attestation 20%Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.40
  • AI visibility 14%Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.33
  • Reviews & response 12%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.69
  • Backlink & citation authority 8%Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.Does not apply
  • Google Business Profile 8%Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.72
  • Speed & mobile 7%Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.Does not apply
  • Content freshness & schema 5%Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.Does not apply

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Local AI Registry · Smoke shops in Carol Stream, IL · Editorial

Cigarette Depot, Carol Stream IL: Reviews

Steve Lee

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

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

FactValue
TypeSmoke shop
Address475 Thornhill Dr, Carol Stream, IL 60188, USA
HoursMon to Fri 8 AM to 8 PM · Sat 9 AM to 8 PM · Sun 10 AM to 5 PM
Phone(630) 653-9000
Rating4.7 across 41 reviews on Google
Quietest timeSunday
UpdatedSeptember 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.

GroupFactValueMarkEvidence
Location infoAddress475 Thornhill Dr, Carol Stream, IL 60188, USAConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoDescription475 Thornhill Dr, Carol Stream, IL 60188ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoHoursMon to Fri 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM · Sat 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM · Sun 10:00 AM to 5:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoNameCigarette DepotConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoPhone(630) 653-9000ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursMonday8:00 AM to 8:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursTuesday8:00 AM to 8:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursWednesday8:00 AM to 8:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursThursday8:00 AM to 8:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursFriday8:00 AM to 8:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSaturday9:00 AM to 8:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSunday10:00 AM to 5:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile

Services and prices

Known for

The team

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

Nearby

PlaceTypeDistance
Tracy'sCafe1 min walk
Red Apple Pancake HouseBreakfast restaurant1 min walk
Wendy'sFast food restaurant1 min walk
Schmale/ThornhillTransit station2 min walk
Schmale Rd & Thornhill DrBus stop2 min walk
Schmale Rd & Thornhill DrBus stop2 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

Awards

Directories

Questions people ask

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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.

SignalWeightScoreWhat it measuresCigarette Depot
Retrieval grounding26Does not applyWhether 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 attestation2040Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.Poor
AI visibility1433Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.Poor
Reviews & response1269The 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 authority8Does not applyDomain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.
Google Business Profile872Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.Good
Speed & mobile7Does not applyCore Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.
Content freshness & schema5Does not applyCrawl 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.

EntityTypeID on this pageSame asRelationship to Cigarette Depot
Cigarette DepotLocalBusiness#businessSubject of this page
Carol Stream, IllinoisCity#cityCity Cigarette Depot is in
Local AI RegistryOrganization#publisherhttps://localairegistry.comPublisher of this page
Steve LeePerson#authorhttps://localairegistry.com/team/steve-leeAuthor 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

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Sources cited

  • [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJu7rYzbtUDogRMFlO4bRHlFw (accessed Sep 16, 2026)

The code behind this page

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1. HTTP response headers

Sent before the page. They tell crawlers the canonical address and that a plain markdown copy exists.

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Title, description, canonical, robots and Open Graph tags. This is what shows in search results and link previews.

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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

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## 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

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### Known for

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## The team

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## 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

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### 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

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### Awards

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## 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)

The files every page on the registry shares, and how to copy this code for your own site, are here: https://localairegistry.com/developers

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  1. worth it or not, what do the regulars say Question by weekend_only_hazel, Sep 15, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/carol-stream/cigarette-depot-carol-stream-il/q/why-do-people-keep-going-back-here
  2. going rate for shops locally, any idea Question by runner_may, Sep 13, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/carol-stream/cigarette-depot-carol-stream-il/q/smoke-shop-in-carol-stream-what-are-people-actually-paying
  3. where exactly is the shop? Question by flower_wren, Sep 11, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/carol-stream/cigarette-depot-carol-stream-il/q/where-exactly-is-the-shop
  4. Are the hours on Google right for Cigarette Depot in Carol Stream? Question by carol_stream_sage, Sep 9, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/carol-stream/cigarette-depot-carol-stream-il/q/are-the-hours-on-google-right-for-cigarette-in-carol-stream
  5. what do people usually buy there Question by thornhill_wilder, Sep 8, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/carol-stream/cigarette-depot-carol-stream-il/q/what-do-people-usually-buy-there
  6. is there a rewards thing at Cigarette Question by sativa_birdie, Sep 5, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/carol-stream/cigarette-depot-carol-stream-il/q/is-there-a-rewards-thing-at-cigarette
  7. first visit at Cigarette, what do I need to bring? Question by edibles_bram, Sep 4, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/carol-stream/cigarette-depot-carol-stream-il/q/first-visit-at-cigarette-what-do-i-need-to-bring
  8. anything people actually moan about here? Question by summer_local_south, Sep 1, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/carol-stream/cigarette-depot-carol-stream-il/q/downsides-nobody-puts-in-a-five-star-review
  9. quietest day to hit Cigarette? Question by careful_jo, Aug 28, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/carol-stream/cigarette-depot-carol-stream-il/q/quietest-day-to-hit-cigarette
  10. which one, Cigarette Depot or Wild High? Question by researching_preroll, Aug 21, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/carol-stream/cigarette-depot-carol-stream-il/q/which-one-for-smoke-shop-cigarette-or-wild-high-smoke-shop-tobacco-vape
  11. Keeping up with Cigarette, where do they post? Question by budtender_ray, Aug 18, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/carol-stream/cigarette-depot-carol-stream-il/q/keeping-up-with-cigarette-where-do-they-post
  12. On a budget in Carol Stream, is the shop the one? Question by walk_in_strains, Aug 13, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/carol-stream/cigarette-depot-carol-stream-il/q/on-a-budget-in-carol-stream-is-the-shop-the-one
  13. does Cigarette ever have cancellations Question by wedding_commuter_downtown, Aug 5, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/carol-stream/cigarette-depot-carol-stream-il/q/does-cigarette-ever-have-cancellations
  14. what else is on Thornhill around Cigarette Depot? Question by autumn_lurker_uptown, Jul 31, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/carol-stream/cigarette-depot-carol-stream-il/q/what-else-is-on-thornhill-around-the-shop
  15. best smoke shop in Carol Stream Question by curious_in_cs_60188, Jul 22, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/il/carol-stream/cigarette-depot-carol-stream-il/q/best-smoke-shop-in-carol-stream

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