Posted on 09/21/2012 4:47:21 PM PDT by Drango
There’s a RYO place across the road from me. They have a sign out about $20 cartons, I though dang that’s a lot of money (we quit when it got to about $12 carton) then I noticed today in walgreen’s that cigarettes were about $5 a pack. unreal.
/johnny
You can buy the 5 lb bag of loose pipe tobacco for the same price as a 1 lb bag or regular cigarette tobacco. It rolls and smokes the same.
My RYOs are about $10 a carton. (A sight better than $40-50 Marlboros.)
Not long ago I could stop at the local convenience store and fill up the car with gas and grab a carton of smokes for $40.
Now I can do one or the other.
The again, this is the Obama administration reporting on how successful it has been.
My tagline isn't just for decoration. I'm doing everything I can to starve the beast, and lower my costs.
/johnny
Was just discussing the pipe tobacco with JRandom. I have a bit of trouble with it not burning quite as well. (Some have suggest a quick burst in the coffee grinder to shred it a bit.)
At least it’s escaped the tax-monster for the time being.
Yup, the black market has taken over here. People selling them by the carton cheaper than what you can buy in the store.
If the anti smoking nazis get their way, you won’t be able to do either. Big brother already thinks we drive too much and if they can tax smoking out of existence there’s no reason they can’t do the same with gas.
I have never smoked and frankly I pay about as much attention to cigarettes as I do earth worms. But, I noticed this week that a pack of smokes is about $6.00. That is just insane. It could not take more than $.75 to produce them.
Pack a day math
$6.00 x 365 days = $2,190 a year. (YIKES)
Government makes much more money off of cigarettes than manufacturers do.
Actual cost is about $1/pack counting tobacco company profit.
/johnny
/johnny
The continuing high level of tobacco marketing show why we need aggressive action by all levels of government to stop the tobacco epidemic. The states should increase tobacco taxes and restore funding for tobacco prevention programs that have been slashed by 36 percent in recent years. At the federal level, the Food and Drug Administration must effectively exercise its authority over tobacco products and marketing, the health care reform law’s expansion of coverage for smoking cessation services must be implemented, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should continue the highly successful anti-tobacco advertising campaign it launched this year.
/johnny
Hitler was VERY anti-tobacco.
Now i am convinced.
I’ve heard that he was also anti-religion. Really.
You are correct.
Now DJMacWoW I have something to confess I’ve sinned for I’m a smoker please forgive me. sarc/w a touch truth. :)
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