# 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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## 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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### Directories

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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)