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BurningBeard
The IncomparableMr. Flannery

Registered: 01/23/08
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Fuck tobacco tax!
#7927117 - 01/24/08 10:11 PM (16 years, 8 days ago) |
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Last year, the state of Indiana inacted a tax that raised the cost of tobacco products, most notably cigarettes, by an obscene amount. My Marlboro Reds took a huge increase from $3.30 or so to $4.00. Now I have to switch brands. I can't handle the price of these little fuckers anymore. There are two things I do not want to hear in response to this post.
1. Quit smoking. This is not happening right now.
2. We pay more where I live. Well, IN has a pretty low cost of living as compared to other states. So, I already know this. I'm just saying I personally can't afford this shit anymore.
Any tolerable alternatives on the cheap?
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Tangerines




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4 dollars is nothing for a pack of reds. Be happy. Check the prices in other states and you will see.
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ToTheSummit
peregrinus



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Roll your own. Not only is it cheaper, but you will smoke less since you have to roll one every time.
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Gumby
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Try Parliaments or Camels, they're cheaper.
As for bitching about that price... I pay $6.50-7.00 for a pack of cigarettes where I'm at. I always make a point to buy a pack before going out drinking in NYC (Manhattan) because cigarettes there are $8.00 a pack, no matter the brand.
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mycopsycho
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Quote:
ToTheSummit said: Roll your own. Not only is it cheaper, but you will smoke less since you have to roll one every time.
yup yup, plus they generally taste like shit so that could be a smoking deterent as well
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Cancer
la Nebulosa del cangrejo



Registered: 01/23/08
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Re: Fuck tobacco tax! [Re: Gumby]
#7927183 - 01/24/08 10:20 PM (16 years, 8 days ago) |
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Id have to agree, roll your own.
Zigzag is pretty decent.
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BurningBeard
The IncomparableMr. Flannery

Registered: 01/23/08
Posts: 327
Loc: The bottom of the bottle.
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Re: Fuck tobacco tax! [Re: mycopsycho]
#7927193 - 01/24/08 10:22 PM (16 years, 8 days ago) |
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Phew. Just glad I live here. It could definitely be worse. Go friends in NY that constantly tell me to shut the fuck up about price. Sadly, starving student here.
-------------------- Daedalus, your child is falling and the Labyrinth is calling. Renegade heaps, humanity abandoned Bower of the vowels, you lit them and fanned them. Mercury, the courier, celestial messenger Bed with Dawn, your bride. Arrowhead of Diane, pierce the mind of a man, Tongueless muse of time
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Brainiac
Rogue Scientist



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I don't smoke. But in my hometown, there about 3.65. and I'm about a hour or less away form where they make it.
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StonedShroom
OG shroomerite



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"quiting is not an option"?
are you fucking shitting me?
What kind of logic is that? "cigarettes cost too much money and they are unhealthy, but quitting isn't option der der der"
tool.
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Tangerines




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I am in the midst of quitting. Easier than I thought but I have not been drinking yet.
I am 72 hours free minus 1 cig tonight to help me concentrate on my MUCH needed studies. I did not even enjoy it.
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Bandersnatch
Frumious


Registered: 08/10/07
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If quitting "isn't an option," cut back your usage so you're smoking away the same amount of money a day.
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BurningBeard
The IncomparableMr. Flannery

Registered: 01/23/08
Posts: 327
Loc: The bottom of the bottle.
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Hey, I'm not proud of being a slave to my addiction. It's just that... you know what they say... if you don't want it, you won't get it. I'm not to the point where I genuinely want to quit yet. Sure, I could bullshit everyone and claim it's something I want, but I know underneath, I don't.
Hmm... experiment... psychadelics as an aid to quitting smoking.
-------------------- Daedalus, your child is falling and the Labyrinth is calling. Renegade heaps, humanity abandoned Bower of the vowels, you lit them and fanned them. Mercury, the courier, celestial messenger Bed with Dawn, your bride. Arrowhead of Diane, pierce the mind of a man, Tongueless muse of time
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KrishnaDreamer
I bleed nicotine...


Registered: 09/23/07
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1. buy cartons 2. indian reservations 3. roll your own/grow/pipe
ps. i quit like a week ago, don't have cravings at all.
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BurningBeard
The IncomparableMr. Flannery

Registered: 01/23/08
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Looks like rollies is the way I'll be going.
-------------------- Daedalus, your child is falling and the Labyrinth is calling. Renegade heaps, humanity abandoned Bower of the vowels, you lit them and fanned them. Mercury, the courier, celestial messenger Bed with Dawn, your bride. Arrowhead of Diane, pierce the mind of a man, Tongueless muse of time
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xurzax
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Re: Fuck tobacco tax! *DELETED* [Re: BurningBeard]
#7927950 - 01/25/08 12:58 AM (16 years, 7 days ago) |
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BurningBeard
The IncomparableMr. Flannery

Registered: 01/23/08
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Re: Fuck tobacco tax! [Re: xurzax]
#7927995 - 01/25/08 01:07 AM (16 years, 7 days ago) |
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Is that in USD?
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Bandersnatch
Frumious


Registered: 08/10/07
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Quote:
BurningBeard said: Is that in USD?
The US and Canadian dollar is about the same now.
The Canadian dollar is actually slightly HIGHER at this point. 
1 USD to 1.0071 Canadian.
You guys ready for the Amero?
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Redstorm
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You guys ready for the Amero?

Not happening.
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Bandersnatch
Frumious


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Re: Fuck tobacco tax! [Re: Redstorm]
#7928591 - 01/25/08 05:51 AM (16 years, 7 days ago) |
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Quote:
Redstorm said:
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You guys ready for the Amero?

Not happening.
Maybe not as such... but that North American Union thing is sort of moving in that direction.
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WhiskeyClone
Not here


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Cigarettes are $12 a pack here.
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