NYC Cigarettes
 

$13.00 a pack starting today and up :willy:
Besides being stupid.....the cost is :eek:

Big question: how much is the increased cost of cigs contributed to people quitting smoking?

Cost of cigarettes in every state:

46. Kentucky ($5.19): $5.72 = +10%

45. North Dakota ($5.32): $5.79 = +9%

44. Idaho ($5.45): $5.87 = +8%

43. Tennessee ($5.28): $5.90 = +12%

42. Oklahoma ($6.04): $5.96 = -1%

41. Wyoming ($6.22): $5.96 = -4%

40. North Carolina ($5.81): $6 = +3%
tied with South Carolina ($6.34): $6 = -5%

39. Alabama ($5.62): $6.04 = +7%

38. Virginia ($6.31): $6.12 = -3%

37. Colorado ($6.31): $6.28 = -.5%

36. Indiana ($6.16): $6.41 = +4%

35. Iowa ($7.73): $6.42 = -17%

34. West Virginia ($5.89): $6.49 = +10%

33. Arkansas ($5.94): $6.69 = +13%

32. Florida ($5.57): $6.71 = +20%

31. Missouri ($5.40): $6.73 = +25%

30. Montana ($6.70): $6.78 = +1%

29. Oregon ($6.24): $6.79 = +9%
tied with New Hampshire ($6.90): $6.79 = -2%

28. Ohio ($6.01): $6.85 = +14%

27. Kansas ($7.83): $6.92 = -12%

26. Louisiana ($6.92): $7 = +1%

25. Georgia ($6.44): $7.02 = +9%
tied with South Dakota ($7.09): $7.02 = -1%

24. Nebraska ($7.01): $7.09 = +1%

23. Texas ($7.57): $7.14 = -6%

22. Michigan ($7.60): $7.25 = -5%

21. Delaware ($6.60): $7.49 = +13%

20. Maryland ($7): $7.58 = +8%

19. Utah ($6.84): $7.59 = +11%
tied with New Mexico ($7.37): $7.59 = +3%

18. Maine ($7.67): $7.86 = +2%

17. Nevada ($7.57): $8.19 = +8%

16. Arizona ($8.10): $8.21 = +1%

15. Wisconsin ($7.57): $8.46 = +12%

14. New Jersey ($8.37): $8.55 = +2%

13. Minnesota ($9.07): $9 = -1%

12. Washington D.C. ($8.15): $9.19 = +13%

11. Rhode Island ($10): $9.40 = -2%

10. Washington ($9.75): $9.56 = -2%

9. Hawaii ($5.35): $9.87 = +84%

8. Connecticut ($9.65): $10.09 = +5%

7. California ($7.16): $10.51 = +47%

6. Alaska ($10): $10.52 = +5%

5. Vermont ($10.43): $10.54 = +1%

4. Massachusetts ($10.67): $10.70 = +.5%

3. Pennsylvania ($9.50): $11.85 = +25%

2. Illinois ($11.26): $13.23 = +17%

1. New York ($12.60): $13.95 = +11%

https://www.theawl.com/2017/07/what-...every-state-3/

I can't see paying that kind of money for something that will give me lung cancer and cause my teeth to fall out.



That said, I have enjoyed cigars that cost more than $13 each. :eek: However, I haven't had a cigar in a few years.

BET that pot is still more $$$ in the pocket.....

:lol:

That is why cig smuggling is a very big business. Bad news if you get caught as the powers that be frown very heavily on that.

[quote from snowflake socialist liberal] This is targeted towards the poor; their rights are being violated. We should subsidize this for the poor (of course... by using other peoples money; you don't think I'll offer any of my own cash do ya????). Not only will they have cigarettes then like the rich white racist-bigoted-homophobes... but they will know to vote for our candidates - multiple times - during the next election cycle.[...quote]

I quit around 36 years ago....in NYC I would buy a carton (10 packs) for $5.00......and there was a store on 40th street that would sell packs of Camel Lights buy one get one free !
Still stupid to do at any price but I was smoking 3 sometimes 4 packs a day.....glad I was finally able to kick that addiction. :seasix:

Best thing I ever did was giving them up. Been 11 years now :yesnod:

10 for me.


:angel:

I question those prices. I don't smoke, but I buy enough gas to know that cigs in Texas go for $ 5-something a pack, not the $ 7-something quoted.

I bailed at $3 a pack.:yesnod:

I quit smoking in the mid 60's.....could not pay for gas/tires/oil/repairs/payments/beer/dates and SMOKES TOO!!! no dates without the car, on a date it was get laid back and well.....and smokes did not contribute to THAT at all.....so.......a 2.5 pack/day Camel turds habit went......

:dance:

They were .50-.65 a pack when I quit in 1982. Cartons were $5 for "name brands"

I was smoking two packs of KOOLS a day. I realized it wasn't doing me any good and quit cold turkey. It was tough but I was determined to do it. :yesnod:

I remember when I turned 21 I could get a pack of smokes and a 6 pack of Milwaukee's Beast for like $3.50. :Jeff '79:

Must have been in the mid-80s.

My cheap-ass neighbor drank the "Beast" because it was cheap.
:datawiz:

Also, what is really stupid is where a governmental agency relying on an ridiculous sin taxe for funding. Pathetic.

The highest is all blue states. I see a trend of stupidity.

In April, California's cigarette excise tax jumped by $2 per pack, up from the previous 87-cent tax


NY $4.35