New York City Smokers are in trouble: WEB BUYERS $MOKED OUT

yahoonews.com ^ | Feb 3, 2006

[SauronOfMordor]

Huh? What kind of pre-paid cards are you referring to?

Prepaid credit cards explained.

[SheLion]

Huh? What kind of pre-paid cards are you referring to?

I never even heard of them.

I never heard of them either.  I have heard of phone cards but that is about it!

[SheLion]

Is this the same as debit cards?

(Free Republic is SO slow tonight.  I can't stand it!  And I have ROAD Runner!!!!)

[Mears]

Thanks for the link. Now I know what you mean.

[Sally'sConcerns]

I quit 12 years ago but thought I'd tell you that cigs in Japan are one of the few bargains available to consumers here - about $ 2 a pack .

I hope the high taxes being paid in other states doesn't come to Oklahoma. Here I can choose to go to the local Love's convenience store and buy a carton for $33.19 total or I can drive over to the nearest smoke shop (about 25 miles) and pay $23.75 a carton. That's for Marlboro Light 100 box. I usually end up going to the smoke shop since I'm over that way on a regular basis for dr. appointments.

A friend of mine smokes an off brand called Cambridge and she gets hers for $16.00 a carton.

At some point we have a new law which will go into affect where all restaurants will become nonsmoking. I had thought it was supposed to be January 1st of this year but we're still able to smoke in most restaurants.

[Doctor Stochastic]

Now we know why the government want's GOOGLE's records.