It's up over $50 a carton. In AK it's $10. a pack. So what? This is a sin tax against a very rich industry while the real health problem in America is obesity.
On Apr 8, 3:39�pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > If I still smoked I would too. �I read that someone talked about the > cost going up to $43 a carton. � Cigarettes here in NYC are currently > running about $8.50/pack for the cheap ones. �When you add this new tax > on top of that you are close to if not over $100/carton. �That would put > a huge crimp in the budget of chain-smokers. > > > > Fritz da Cat wrote: > > Cost of cigs has doubled. I will be quitting next week.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
