Average cost of pack of cigarettes in MO is $5.87...If they are a pack a day smoker that’s over $2,000 that should be used for rent.
But they are underprivileged and their great, great, great, great grandpa knew a slave. Face it until people pull their kids out of socialist schools and we dismantle that cess pool on the Potomac or go Gault we are stuck with this freaking nonsense.
When I was working my way through college by working at a convenience store it was my experience that most customers were on some sort of government relief. So they probably pay way more than the average price for cigarettes. I would suspect the true amount is closer to $3000 that gets spent for cigarettes each year. After all, when you're spending other people's money, price is not a consideration.