I just found out that ciggs went up $1.25 more a pack
By raydene
@raydene (9871)
United States
June 14, 2008 9:25pm CST
I don't smoke so I didn't realize how much
it cost to buy a pack of 20 but I was just in
the line behind a very young girl that bought a
pack and almost fell down dead! I said
" How can you afford them?"
She said
"I had to babysit for 2 hours for these!"
Sorry but I was speachless!
I asked the clerk and he said due to new
taxes they has gone up $1.25 a pack.
So I asked him if these were new ciggs and he
said the new shipment won't arrive till next week.
So I guess he is charging that tax prior to having to pay
it. I do not condone smoking especially in the young
but that seemed wrong too.
Thoughts?
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10 responses
@danishcanadian (28955)
• Canada
15 Jun 08
It's sad that people are smoking at such a young age. I think that is absolutely terrible. As for he price, good! Maybe it will discourage people from smoking.
2 people like this
@sweetdesign (5142)
• United States
15 Jun 08
My brother smokes and spends a fortune on ciggarettes. I can't see it. It is an expensive addiction to have. Glad I don't buy ciggs anymore.
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@Grandmaof2 (7579)
• Canada
15 Jun 08
I quit in 1976 and they were 5.00 for a pkg. of 25 Today for the same thing they are 12.35. Ouch
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@faith210 (11224)
• Philippines
15 Jun 08
Hi raydene! That is really expensive and that is wrong for the business owner to do. I have noticed that too in many businesses that they usually raise or increase their prices even before the next stock arrives. They make more profits doing these.
Take care and God bless!
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@BarBaraPrz (47667)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
15 Jun 08
Here in Ontario they've passed a law that requires vendors of cigs to not display them... they have to keep them hidden from public view. Gone are the "power walls" behind the cashier. Also, the purchaser has to provide proof that they are at least 19 years old. I don't smoke either, so don't know the price of a pack but I think it's somewhere around the 8 to 10 dollar mark.
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@ladyljs (1303)
• United States
15 Jun 08
Hi friend!
I don't smoke either, but my late husband did. 3 years ago, we were shelling out $160 a month and it was literally going up in smoke. He tried to quit several times, but never could. In the end, it was ciggarettes that were the cause of his cancer.
Such a shame that a young lady would choose to take that path!
@beautyqueen26 (16030)
• United States
16 Jun 08
I don't smoke either. I have always had trouble
breathing as is. Smoking would just make that worse.
It's so bad for many reasons and can cause cancer
and birth defects.
I'm glad to hear that you have resisted the temptations.
If I were a smoker, I don't think that I could stomach
paying yet another tacked on tax. Gas prices
are ridiculously high as is. And, now smokers will
feel even more taken out of their wallets.
I gues someone has to pay for progress. Price of politics
and war. Be well. Have a beautiful day.
@mtsandeep (1586)
• India
15 Jun 08
i don't smoke. Oh the increase in price will be good as some may reduce the no. of ciggs.
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