Do you smoke? How much is cigarettes where you live?

@free_man (7330)
United States
February 2, 2010 10:44am CST
I hate it but we both smoke and the price of cigarettes is only a few cents higher. For the cheap cigarettes it only went up a few cents but for the name brank has gone up almost a buck. We pay 2.63 for the Decade cigarettes. But we used to smoke Camel and they went from 2.85 to 3.85 a pack. That is just too much money for a pack of cigarettes. So we started rolling our own cigarettes. It cost us less money to buy a can of tobacco and a box of cigarette tubes. We know it isn't a good habit. But been smoking at a young age. And too old to quit now. So do you smoke? How much are cigarettes in your state?
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@LadyBoss (253)
• United States
2 Feb 10
I used to smoke it was a horrible habbit it make my breath smell , was a waste of money, and very bad for my health I decided to quit because I would only smoke to relieve stress but I found out that there are better and healthier ways to do that
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
3 Feb 10
Hi Lady and welcome to my lot. Wish we could find a better way to relieve the stress in our lives. Can you expand on what you do to relieve the stress in your life?
@stlenst (20)
• China
3 Feb 10
I don't smoke. Maybe some day I'll start to smoke but I will make the day later and later.. Some people believer that he make a attractive pose when he is smoking and sink himself in it. Anway, smoking is bad.
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
3 Feb 10
Hi Stlenst and welcome to my lot. Do yourself a favor and don't pick up that habit you will regret it all your life. Bad habit to get into!
• Canada
24 Feb 10
I am a smoker and if my smokes were 3.85 a pack I would be happy LOL but I'm in canada so I pay 7.25 for the cheap brand and if I want the regular brands it ranges from 10 to 13 CAD per pack. Oh and your NEVER to old to quit if it is something you truely want then you can kick the habit.
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
24 Feb 10
Hi Strawberry. I don't want to quit I am a nice person until you take my smokes away....LOL. Wow I think they have gone too far with the price of smokes. The price of everything is going up so much. But I think they are trying to control the smokers. It isn't a good habit but I do like to smoke.
• Atlantic City, New Jersey
3 Feb 10
This thursday will make two weeks that I am fresh from quitting smoking. I have smoked for over 15 years and quitting was not easy but it was a matter of choice. Cigs are over 8.00 a pack here in Southern NJ, USA and the price is only climbing. I am currently unemployed and live on a budget that simply would not allow for the habit of cigs. So I had to make a concious choice and quit. I still get the cravings after I eat and when I wake up and still get irritated when I am frustrated and cant reach for my vice (cig) but all in all Im feeling better. I am breathing better and when walking my dogs I am starting to be able to keep up with them...lol. So for all you who would like to quit...I know its difficult..but for me it was mind over matter. Good Luck!
• Atlantic City, New Jersey
3 Feb 10
Yes, it wasn't easy by far but thank you for the encouraging words to continue...they mean more than you know ;)
@free_man (7330)
• United States
3 Feb 10
Hi Warmweatherwoman. Good for you. That is way too much to spend on something that will be gone in a few minutes. Want to quit but right now wouldn't be a good time mom goes into the hospital tomorrow and we think step dad is doing something to make her sick. No it is mind over matter. Good luck on your staying stopped smoking.
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@Fulltank (2882)
• Philippines
2 Feb 10
I started to smoke at age 21. Thats the time when I already have a stable job. The first brand was Malboro, the red one. After almost 10 years, I switched to the lighter one. I had tried to quit for three times now to no avail. Hopefully, the forth one would be a success.
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• United States
2 Feb 10
eh it depends on what you get. right now, i've got a pack of marlboro menthol ultra light 100's and i believe at sheetz, we pay about $6 for a pack. lately, i've been smoking the pall mall menthol 100's because at sheetz, they're only like $4.31, and that definitely beats $6/pack, even if they're not as good.
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@pawan80 (36)
• India
3 Feb 10
Smoking is a bad habit and I don't want to waste my money on it. People are addicted to it and for it they waste their money & health through it.
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
3 Feb 10
Hi Pawan and welcome to my lot. You are so right not a good habit to pick up stay healthy don't pick this bad habit up ever.
• China
3 Feb 10
I somke,but smokinjg less,under normal circumstances is only smoke a pack a week,There is also a time when friends smoke.
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
3 Feb 10
Hi Yezhanjun. A pack a week is better then a carton a week!
@monkeylong (3139)
• Guangzhou, China
3 Feb 10
As far as I am concenred, I think I am a nonsomker. I usually hate the man who usually smokes.So my friends around me usually stop smokingg when we are together .We just talk and eat ,enjoy a lot whithout smoking.The futher more, I think it is harmful to our health that we smoke.
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
4 Feb 10
Hi Monkey it is a bad habit to get into it is better not to ever start to smoke. I wish I had never picked up the habit.
@varron (453)
• Philippines
3 Feb 10
I never smoke, cause i found it unreasonable. People use to smoke because they are addicted in to. Now, if you are not yet addicted, why you should prefer to smoke? When we are young, our parents take good care of us, we even keep away from flies,and now that we get older,we now inhaling those poisonous smoke. We cannot deny the fact that smoking can also put our health and life in danger. I also found it uncomfortable for me to hold those things that has fire on the edges. Smoking is also a factor of expenditures and expenses for it can be beneficially use for something else.
@free_man (7330)
• United States
3 Feb 10
Hi Varron glad you don't smoke it is a bad habit to pick up and even more expensive then when I was young. I can remember when I was young they were only 26 cents a pack compared to now 2.63 a pack.
@wishuluck (233)
• Lithuania
3 Feb 10
I do smoke. It's really expensive here in Lithuania.. we pay 8,75 Litas which is about 4$ for Marllboro..
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
3 Feb 10
Hi Wishuluck and welcome to my lot. That is expensive but that is about what a name brand here cost too.
@anjohanna (156)
• Philippines
15 Feb 10
I never smoked. But my mom does, and she's like a vehicle taking 3 packs a day. And I hateit, because she always smoke beside me. So second hand smoking.
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@free_man (7330)
• United States
15 Feb 10
Hi Anjohanna and welcome to my lot. The best thing I can tell you is when she is smoking(or anyone else is smoking) get away from it. Move don't sit there and smell that smoke. I think that is what caused me to start smoking. My family all of them smoked when I was little. I wish I had never picked up the habit. But I got to where I liked the smell of the smoke and picked them up. And hear I sit and can't seem to put them down.Don't blame your mom it was the thing back in our day to smoke. Just to be cool. Not a good habit to pick up.When someone is smoking and it is their house you can always go outside or move to another room.
@sknsknskn (393)
• India
23 Feb 10
ni...i cant snoke. smoke is very bad for ur health....leave i....now
@free_man (7330)
• United States
23 Feb 10
Hi Sknsknskn. It is a bad habit wish I had never picked up the first smoke.