Do you agree with raising tobbaco prices? (239)
loyal123: I beleive is is taking advantage of a class of consumers.It is too much of an increase.Why dont they make it illegal if they are trying to get people to quit?They dont have to worry,because "we" the tax payers buy "their" tobbaco!
Because it's not about health that's why...It's allllllll the money...they know people who are addicted will buy them anyway....
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Not sure how much you pay now for 20 cigs now but over here they average £5.50 per packet or $7.86 US equivalent .
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Hugz_n_Kissez: Because it's not about health that's why...It's allllllll the money...they know people who are addicted will buy them anyway....
Exactly and right now the government is looking to tax many other things besides raising cig. tax to ridiculous amounts. It's scarey and They won't be happy till all of our cash goes straight to the government and we all starve as well.
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darren9030: Not sure how much you pay now for 20 cigs now but over here they average £5.50 per packet or $7.86 US equivalent .
Here they are almost 10.00 a pack for name brands...BUT I get mine for 10.00 a carton on the rez...they aren't name brand though but they are just as good....
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What's interesting about al this is that the anti tobacco types who petitioned for this will eventually get what they want, and, what they never figured on. As more people quit smoking due to prices and morreso, the bans on areas where one can light up, the government will have to make up the tax shortfall somehow. That somehow will be spread across the board to ex smokers and non smokers who have never smoked alike.
Finally they will get to test their 'health benifit' savings plan in real life. I have a feeling they're not going to like it. On the other hand, smokers when they quit will realize a savings no matter what.
Finally they will get to test their 'health benifit' savings plan in real life. I have a feeling they're not going to like it. On the other hand, smokers when they quit will realize a savings no matter what.
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Hugz_n_Kissez: Here they are almost 10.00 a pack for name brands...BUT I get mine for 10.00 a carton on the rez...they aren't name brand though but they are just as good....
That really surprises me. I remember bringing a load back from Florida & i'm sure they were only about $2 or $3 a packet ( marlboro ) although that was about 15 years ago so obviously prices have rocketed
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I'm thinking of starting to buy mine on the res as well. Its not name brand, fer sure, but actually Amerind tobacco doesn't have all the additives that name brands do. Sure, they're still not good for you, but their not as bad for you at least.
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darren9030: That really surprises me. I remember bringing a load back from Florida & i'm sure they were only about $2 or $3 a packet ( marlboro ) although that was about 15 years ago so obviously prices have rocketed
I'm in Canada that's why...and ours are more expensive here....
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At my near my smokeshop they hung a sign up saying, It is now official, Weed is cheaper than Cigs. Omg 
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Galactic_bodhi: I'm thinking of starting to buy mine on the res as well. Its not name brand, fer sure, but actually Amerind tobacco doesn't have all the additives that name brands do. Sure, they're still not good for you, but their not as bad for you at least.
You can't lose paying 40.00 less per carton...that's what they are here anyway....
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mylifewithu: At my near my smokeshop they hung a sign up saying, It is now official, Weed is cheaper than Cigs. Omg
So see we have an alternative cig and government doesn't get to tax it.
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mylifewithu: So see we have an alternative cig and government doesn't get to tax it.
Yesssss...BUT don't think they aren't trying...I know they are here....
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Hugz_n_Kissez: I'm in Canada that's why...and ours are more expensive here....
Sorry, yes should've checked. That works out the same as the UK
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what really gets me is...the tobacco companys went to court and lost concerning them putting additives in there cigs....the courts made them pay out some bucks but, nobody said anything about them doing away with the additives...now they've put another additive in them to put them out when they are sitting in the ash tray...the tobacco companys say it's for safty reasons... ....what gets me even more is, i still smoke while knowing all this....I HAVE GOT TO GET OFF THESE F%CKING CIGGS....even as i write that, i'm thinking of lighting one up 
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....what gets me even more is, i still smoke while knowing all this....I HAVE GOT TO GET OFF THESE F%CKING CIGGS....even as i write that, i'm thinking of lighting one up .... ------ This poll is Archived ------
Hugz_n_Kissez: Yesssss...BUT don't think they aren't trying...I know they are here....
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My cigs are made in Oklahoma, where I am from , they have no additives in them. They cost me $15 a carton 
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That's my point. If they were to legalize and tax it the same way, they wouldn't have to raise the taxes on tobacco.
But the rhetoric is not about it being a "gateway drug" anymore. They have no effective rhetoric. They just flat out ignore it.
Why? Because legal hemp would put big oil, big pharma, and the wood-pulp industries OUT OF BUSINESS!
But the rhetoric is not about it being a "gateway drug" anymore. They have no effective rhetoric. They just flat out ignore it.
Why? Because legal hemp would put big oil, big pharma, and the wood-pulp industries OUT OF BUSINESS!
mylifewithu: So see we have an alternative cig and government doesn't get to tax it.
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darren9030: Not sure how much you pay now for 20 cigs now but over here they average £5.50 per packet or $7.86 US equivalent .
I'm 20 minutes from Gibraltar and you can buy 200 English cigarettes for under £10.That's why there is a high rate of throat cancer in Spain.
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Galactic_bodhi: That's my point. If they were to legalize and tax it the same way, they wouldn't have to raise the taxes on tobacco.
But the rhetoric is not about it being a "gateway drug" anymore. They have no effective rhetoric. They just flat out ignore it.
Why? Because legal hemp would put big oil, big pharma, and the wood-pulp industries OUT OF BUSINESS!
But the rhetoric is not about it being a "gateway drug" anymore. They have no effective rhetoric. They just flat out ignore it.
Why? Because legal hemp would put big oil, big pharma, and the wood-pulp industries OUT OF BUSINESS!
Very true
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it as Mark Twain said "every man must have a habit' and smokin' is one of mine! I have had surgary,belly been cut open etc! and I am still around. wnen the lord or the devil calls i might come!!
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mylifewithu: Very true
It's also a sore point in terms of state sovereignty. Here we have a medical marijuana law, but the Feds still try to bust card-holders because they think they're more important than the state government.
Look. We VOTED for it. BACK THE F' OFF!
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There just seems to be something illegal about taxing cigarettes so much. Alcohol causes health, economic, emotional, and traffic problems and they haven't done a thing to add tax on to that for a really long time. Maybe because the people voting for the tax drink?
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loyal123: I beleive is is taking advantage of a class of consumers.It is too much of an increase.Why dont they make it illegal if they are trying to get people to quit?They dont have to worry,because "we" the tax payers buy "their" tobbaco!
I'm a non smoker, double the prices, it won't affect me
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RaeRose: There just seems to be something illegal about taxing cigarettes so much. Alcohol causes health, economic, emotional, and traffic problems and they haven't done a thing to add tax on to that for a really long time. Maybe because the people voting for the tax drink?
Better look here:
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Drewski: What's interesting about al this is that the anti tobacco types who petitioned for this will eventually get what they want, and, what they never figured on. As more people quit smoking due to prices and morreso, the bans on areas where one can light up, the government will have to make up the tax shortfall somehow. That somehow will be spread across the board to ex smokers and non smokers who have never smoked alike.
Finally they will get to test their 'health benifit' savings plan in real life. I have a feeling they're not going to like it. On the other hand, smokers when they quit will realize a savings no matter what.
Finally they will get to test their 'health benifit' savings plan in real life. I have a feeling they're not going to like it. On the other hand, smokers when they quit will realize a savings no matter what.
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loyal123: I beleive is is taking advantage of a class of consumers.It is too much of an increase.Why dont they make it illegal if they are trying to get people to quit?They dont have to worry,because "we" the tax payers buy "their" tobbaco!
100% agree sir 100%,it will help to quit.
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mylifewithu: At my near my smokeshop they hung a sign up saying, It is now official, Weed is cheaper than Cigs. Omg
here in the yukon it was 350 an oz ,maybe its less nowthan cpl yrs ago cigs are about 13 fer a deck of 25 90 buck a carton at the store its amazing what ppl will pay to kill themselves . there is stuff that will get you off for free in the bush you just gotta go get it and it aint even illeagle------ This poll is Archived ------
RaeRose: There just seems to be something illegal about taxing cigarettes so much. Alcohol causes health, economic, emotional, and traffic problems and they haven't done a thing to add tax on to that for a really long time. Maybe because the people voting for the tax drink?
shake yer head an smell the coffee . a 5.00 snort in the bar is probablt 4.50 tax if you buy an take it home a 26 oz is 20 to25 bucks here cheap stuff.thats a buck an oz . 15.c booze 85.c tax per oz that is not the proper way to killyerself cheap. and when you do the gvmnt wont bury yer sorry carcas free either. love does not make the world go round mony does.------ This poll is Archived ------
mylifewithu: Exactly and right now the government is looking to tax many other things besides raising cig. tax to ridiculous amounts. It's scarey and They won't be happy till all of our cash goes straight to the government and we all starve as well.
But I thought you wanted everyone to be equal and all make at least $50,000 per year. Isn't that why we tax the fat cats and blame them for all our ills?
Or, could the real villans actually be our elected representatives?
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