6$ a pack!?!?!
Good grief!
When I quit smoking back when i was 25, a pack of Marlboro lights was 1.89 at the most expensive drug store, and a carton of them was 10$ at the naval exchange...
I remember a story a few years ago about NY raising the tas so high on cigarettes that it sent people out of the state for smokes and tax revenue actually went DOWN. So the state cracked down and got the names of NY residents that purchased out of state and nailed them with a huge tax bill. I don’t know how the state proved they consumed the smokes in NY though...
I don’t know how the state proved they consumed the smokes in NY though...
Now I remember. They were mail order. Delivered to their NY address.
When my dad quit in the mid-1960’s, it was around 50 cents a pack. When he quit, he saved a silver half dollar for every pack he “didn’t” buy.
He still has every single coin.