Cigarette prices

[¤I Love Clay Aiken¤]

Now, I dont smoke, but passing through CT, NY, and RI I saw the prices for a pack of Marlboro's and Parliaments for $6.50!!:eek: OMG! How do the smokers afford that? Up here theyre only $2.79 some even only $2.30! The highest we sell them for is $3.56 and those are for like Camels, Salems, and Winstons. Cartons are only from $18-33.19. Oh meangya and to think some people buy cartons by the bundle.

[Mossopp]

Don't complain - everything is cheaper in America.
I used to be a smoker when I was a teenager and I had very little money at the time so I smoked one of the cheapest brands of cigarettes you can buy. A pack of 20 cost me almost £4 - that's the equivalent of about $8. How can you think that $3.56 is expensive fo a pack of cigarettes when I was paying over twice as much??!?

[TJL]

Yeah cigarettes hve been highly taxed in NYC for a while.

That's one of the reasons I quit. Too damn expensive.
Oh, and that whole cancer thing.

;)

[GrapeJelly]

I quit 4 years ago when they were still only $2.25 a pack, thank God. If I still smoked today I'd need $205.00 a month or $2,460 a year. No way, man..I'm too broke for that :p

[¤I Love Clay Aiken¤]

Originally posted by Mossopp
Don't complain - everything is cheaper in America.
I used to be a smoker when I was a teenager and I had very little money at the time so I smoked one of the cheapest brands of cigarettes you can buy. A pack of 20 cost me almost £4 - that's the equivalent of about $8. How can you think that $3.56 is expensive fo a pack of cigarettes when I was paying over twice as much??!?
Believe me Im not complaining-- I dont smoke- I could care less how much people pay for a cigarette. I was saying I think $3.56 is CHEAP compared to the $7 I saw in NYC.

[Mijada]

I went to the gas station earlier this week and the lady standing in line ahead of me bought 2 pack of cigarettes and they were over 9 dollars. I was thinking OMG. I am sooo glad I never picked up that habit. People don't realize how much money they are wasting.

[C Doody]

I Dont smoke. Never have and never will.

How people could spend that kind of money is beyond me. You could be using that money wiser....Like buying X-Ray Glasses out of Comic Books or Land In Hawai :D

[Krystal Lake]

Cartons are the only way to buy smokes nowadays here in California. 30$ a carton for Winstons. It's about 5$ if you buy them by the pack.


I don't really complain though since I can easily afford them... :o It is ridiculous, though.

Side rant..
If you ask me, which you didn't, alcohol (if anything) should be taxed more. It's the substance that's more likely to adversly affect someone other than the person consuming it. And don't give me that 'Second-hand smoke' crap, because cars push out way more pollution and smoke. Just living in the Valley here you breathe a pack of smokes worth of crud. You give up your gas-guzzling SUVs and then we'll talk about me quitting smoking. Sound reasonable? I didn't think so, and that is exactly the point.
You've kicked us out of restaraunts. You've kicked us out of bars. What else do you want?


*By 'you' I mean all the anti-smokers who'd like to force their ways upon everyone else, and am not necessarily referring to You.



Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go have a smoke. I know they're bad for me. I know they're a waste of money. I just don't care. ;)

[¤I Love Clay Aiken¤]

Originally posted by Krystal Lake
Cartons are the only way to buy smokes nowadays here in California. 30$ a carton for Winstons. It's about 5$ if you buy them by the pack.


I don't really complain though since I can easily afford them... :o It is ridiculous, though.

Side rant..
If you ask me, which you didn't, alcohol (if anything) should be taxed more. It's the substance that's more likely to adversly affect someone other than the person consuming it. And don't give me that 'Second-hand smoke' crap, because cars push out way more pollution and smoke. Just living in the Valley here you breathe a pack of smokes worth of crud. You give up your gas-guzzling SUVs and then we'll talk about me quitting smoking. Sound reasonable? I didn't think so, and that is exactly the point.
You've kicked us out of restaraunts. You've kicked us out of bars. What else do you want?


*By 'you' I mean all the anti-smokers who'd like to force their ways upon everyone else, and am not necessarily referring to You.



Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go have a smoke. I know they're bad for me. I know they're a waste of money. I just don't care. ;)
I know what you mean. I think there should be a smokers section and a non-smokers section. I personally, dont care to inhale the smoke and choke on it, but people like you should have the right to smoke just like we have the right not to.

[Brad]

Originally posted by •Shotz|NYC•

I know what you mean. I think there should be a smokers section and a non-smokers section. I personally, dont care to inhale the smoke and choke on it, but people like you should have the right to smoke just like we have the right not to.

That's like saying someone has the right to fart when they want to. Smokers should be able to smoke - on their own property and and nowhere public.

[Krystal Lake]

Originally posted by AKA


That's like saying someone has the right to fart when they want to. Smokers should be able to smoke - on their own property and and nowhere public.

You mean we *don't* have the right to fart when we want to?


:(

Actually, I don't mind the ban of smoking in restaraunts and stores. That is completely understandable. But bars? Come on. It's not like the patrons of bars are exactly the most health-conscience people. It's a BAR! Booze and smoking go together like....two things that go together well.


The only indoor legal place to smoke is inside a tobacco shop (hehe) and inside privately owned businesses. Read as: No outside employees.

There's one pool hall in the area that allows smoking. Let me tell you, that place gets my business *strictly* because it allows smoking. Heh, it's not like I go to pool halls for the 'friendly family atmosphere.' I go to smoke and swear while hustling poor naive young men out of their hard-earned money.

It really should be up to the business anyway, family-run or not, but I digress.


By the way: Love the avatar, AKA. :D Oh, and you've got great taste in movies. (Just checked out the DVD list. )

[¤I Love Clay Aiken¤]

Originally posted by AKA


That's like saying someone has the right to fart when they want to. Smokers should be able to smoke - on their own property and and nowhere public.
Listen, if I gotta fart I gotta fart! Im not gonna hold it in because Im walking around a Wal Mart. Given, I dont do it in public places like restaurants etc., but @ outside events or whatever.. who cares.

[Ewan's My Man]

I don't smoke, I don't PLAN to smoke, but I don't have NEthing against ppl who do. Ewan smokes and sure...I wish he didn't b/c of that whole cancer thing, but it's his choice.


Lots of the restaurants here have a smoking and non-smoking section. I PREFER the non-smoking section, but I don't mind the smoking section if I haveta sit there.

[*Pleasant Tomorrow*]

Originally posted by Ewan's My Man
I don't smoke, I don't PLAN to smoke, but I don't have NEthing against ppl who do. Ewan smokes and sure...I wish he didn't b/c of that whole cancer thing, but it's his choice.


Lots of the restaurants here have a smoking and non-smoking section. I PREFER the non-smoking section, but I don't mind the smoking section if I haveta sit there.

Same here, but I really don't like sitting in the smoking section because the cigarette smoke really DOES bother me. I get really bad headaches and I'm always tempted to cough...not something I want when I'm eating lol.

[Jersey Girl]

Hmm.. I sorta agree that we should keep smoking out of resturaunts. If you are going to Chez Maurice (or some other fancy resturant that doesn't print prices on the menu or whatever) then it's a nice resturant, and you just shouldn't smoke. However, if it's the local diner, I say smoke all you want. I think the business should take into consideration who its main customers are and the atmosphere of the place. Smoking in bars should definitly be allowed though. I agree with Krystal Lake -- drinking and smoking go together like Peanut Butter and Jelly.

[AnaheimPMWitch]

the cost of ciggerattes (well that and the fact that my sister who said she'd never had kids got pregnant) is the MAIN reason why My Dad quit so I"m not complaining AT ALL

[*PinkLady*]

Smokers probably pay for cigarettes by giving up other things...like food, gas, and the health of their own family members.

[*GoodMorningCalgary*]

In Canada Cigarretes are about 11 dollars (Canadian) a Pack.

[Mijada]

Originally posted by *GoodMorningCalgary*
In Canada Cigarretes are about 11 dollars (Canadian) a Pack.
All my relatives who live over in Canada roll their own cigarettes because they are so expensive, either that or they come over to the states to buy them. I wish they would all just quit smoking all together.

[Kay Scarpetta]

And my father complains about the bills. Maybe if he didn't buy cigarettes every damn day then he wouldn't have to complain! Stupidass. :rolleyes:

[Fan of old shows]

There's one pool hall in the area that allows smoking. Let me tell you, that place gets my business *strictly* because it allows smoking. Heh, it's not like I go to pool halls for the 'friendly family atmosphere.' I go to smoke and swear while hustling poor naive young men out of their hard-earned money. [/B][/QUOTE]

Pool is a beer drinking cigarette smoking game. you know the guy that invented it probably was trying to think of a game just for that.
Anyway, the cigarettes i get, Camel Special Light 100s are only $20 a carton down here, which is excellent! so i have nothing to complain about personally.
Anyways, i agree on the tax on alcohol as well. That is more likely to cause more injury and harm to someones life besides your own. For example, Drunk Driving and all that crap you all already know about.
By the way, I Love it when people tell me because i smoke, "Your gonna die". LOL! so are you!

[pandora_spocks]

I'm lucky I never had to pay for my cigarettes for the short time I smoked. I always got mine for free from the girls in the girls bathroom during school. Nothing like ditching lunch and class to go smoke in the bathroom. :p

[brownsocks]

here they are 10 dollars a pack!!! i don't smoke but i laugh at burnouts who do they are so broke. every time the nova scotia government makes a budget they raise tobbaco taxes and gasoline taxes so everything here costs a lot

[Warm & Fuzzy]

Cigarettes stink.

I honestly don't know how anyone can manage to gobble those stuff down. -chokes-

[Mossopp]

Originally posted by Jo's the bomb

I honestly don't know how anyone can manage to gobble those stuff down. -chokes-

Gobble them down?? I don't think you've quite grasped the whole concept of smoking. You know you're not meant to actually eat cigarettes, right?

[ur sit'N on my penny]

my newports are 4 somethin i just give ppl that get em for me a 5 but their buy one get one free at puffs :)

[TJL]

Originally posted by Mossopp

You know you're not meant to actually eat cigarettes, right?

Unless they're served with the right sauce.

;)

[Warm & Fuzzy]

Originally posted by Mossopp


Gobble them down?? I don't think you've quite grasped the whole concept of smoking. You know you're not meant to actually eat cigarettes, right? :lol: Of course not.

I meant the smoke, not the cigarette itself.