Cigarette Prices go up again .. I am so upset

I hear they are even going to go up more in April. Did you hear about that. My local store owner was telling me this. I am going to try to quit anyways and least I hope I can. I will not be able to afford it anymore.

You know what maybe this will make you quit. You should quit smoking. The price should have gone up sooner and it would have saved a lot of lives. QUIT SMOKING. It will screw you up man and your lungs. But that's just my opinion. I am not asking you to follow me but I am just letting you know about what I am thinking.

I'm sure your upset... I'm an ex-smoker so I know how you feel. So I'm not gonna judge you on smoking, but I will say that just because you might stress out if you quit, doesn't mean your health will be worse. Actually your health will be better if you just quit. It's a myth about all that crap about if you stop smoking after so many years & you stress that your putting your health at risk or making it worse. I quit cold turkey & when I quit, I had lots of stress, but in the long run, I was healthier. So, when you said you couldn't quit, well I have to correct that because... yes you can quit.

I'm afraid you won't get much support here lagirl. Most people are quiting or having already quit and the nonsmokers won't have any sympathy for us smokers. Yes, I'm a smoker and wish to quit too some day but like you, I can't yet because of my nerves. I had a really bad year last year and now I live in fear on that one phone call so quiting in this state of mind, it's not going to happen.... right now.

Hi, look i can relate to what you are saying. I am in exactly the same vote. I have so much stress in my life, i find that a smoke is really all that can help sometimes. I think i would die without my smokes. Yeah, they say quitting is better for you, but how many people die from cancer that have never smoked in their lives? Heaps i know alot. The prices are becoming rediculous. Not only for smokes but also for food and gas. What can we do though? P.S sorry, i haven't emailed going through a really rough time right now. I haven't forgotten you.

I find it disgusting that here in Australia it is now costing me 25 dollars a packet yet I went over sea's a few months ago and spent $2.00 Australian on a packet how much more rediculous government taxes does our government want to take from us? Along with this carbon tax, car rego and insurance is huge, intrest rates are always on the rise,electricity bills rising costs for food is always rising and yearly tax's on your wages.... Shouldn't we get pay rises when they expect us to give all our hard earnt money. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer!! If the government is so disgusted in smoking they should pay for every smoker to be able to quit. They have already ostracized us from public venues what's next? Obviously rising the prices isn't working it's just making people's lives harder financially! Yet they will give imergrants a house to live in a fortnightly dole payment and the right to open businesses.... I think the governememt is a pack of idiots and need to sort out their priorities !!!!!!