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Re: Tobacco products stopped shipping???
Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 2:33 pm
by Pumpkin_Man
I am not big fan of higher taxes, but when it comes to things like tobacco or liquor, they can tax that 6 ways to Sunday for all I care. Those products do nobody any good at all, and create all kinds of ailments that cost billions for our Health Care System to treat, so the taxes IMHO are highly justified on these products.
Mike
Re: Tobacco products stopped shipping???
Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 5:51 pm
by iHaunt
Spookymufu wrote:just wait, they'll go even higher in the next year or two....
If that happens.... I'll slow down my smoking.
Re: Tobacco products stopped shipping???
Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 2:46 pm
by Pumpkin_Man
Like I said, one of the reasons I quite smoking is because It hought 75 cents a pack was too much.
Mike
Re: Tobacco products stopped shipping???
Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 2:58 pm
by DemonSlayerMau
Nowadays .75 cents a pack would be a godsend to smokers. By the way, Lucky Strikes nowadays are $11.02 a pack. I heard back in the day they used to come with two cents and a pack of matches for .25 cents. You're lucky to get a gumball for that price anymore. The store I work at though has the "candy cigarettes" for .25 plus tax though.
Re: Tobacco products stopped shipping???
Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 8:10 pm
by Andybev01
I didn't know that anyone still made candy cigarettes.
I loved those as a kid, probably steered me to the habit.
Re: Tobacco products stopped shipping???
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 2:51 pm
by Pumpkin_Man
That's exactly what steared e to the habbit. I loved candy cigarettes, because they made me feel like I was "one of the guys.' All of my older siblings smoked, but I was too young, and when I was a little older, candy cigarettes no longer did it for me. I started smoking the real McCoy behing the garage when I was about 11.
Mike
Re: Tobacco products stopped shipping???
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 4:26 pm
by iHaunt
I remember the first cigarettes I stole from my great grandmother when I was 12 with my cousin, same my age too. We went outside in the backyard smoking together. At 14, me and my cousin went to the tiny giant store, we stole a few packs of Camel cigarettes. I was bad boy long time ago. hee hee
Re: Tobacco products stopped shipping???
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 5:34 pm
by Spookymufu
I can remember going to the corner liquer store and buying single clove cigarettes.............I dont think you can buy singles anymore tho, but this store had them in a jar on the counter.
Re: Tobacco products stopped shipping???
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 6:01 pm
by iHaunt
Spookymufu wrote:I can remember going to the corner liquer store and buying single clove cigarettes.............I dont think you can buy singles anymore tho, but this store had them in a jar on the counter.
Was that long time ago? I've never seen any stores that sell cigarettes in a jar.
Re: Tobacco products stopped shipping???
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 6:53 pm
by Spookymufu
iHaunt wrote:Spookymufu wrote:I can remember going to the corner liquer store and buying single clove cigarettes.............I dont think you can buy singles anymore tho, but this store had them in a jar on the counter.
Was that long time ago? I've never seen any stores that sell cigarettes in a jar.
yeah back in the mid 80's
Re: Tobacco products stopped shipping???
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 7:14 pm
by Ciuin
I used to buy cigars off of this boy whose grandparents owned the smoke shop nearby. But then he died.
Re: Tobacco products stopped shipping???
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 11:43 pm
by iHaunt
Well.... that's sad.... how did that boy died from?
Anyway, long, long time ago me and some of my cousins, even friends too ususual steal some packs or a few cartons of cigarettes, a few packs of cigars, of course all the whole 40 oz. beer bottles and some wines when we were, like 14, 15, 16 and 17 years old.
We were very, very bad kids!
Re: Tobacco products stopped shipping???
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 12:53 pm
by Andybev01
Spookymufu wrote:I can remember going to the corner liquer store and buying single clove cigarettes.............I dont think you can buy singles anymore tho, but this store had them in a jar on the counter.
Bleeeech! I can still smell that particular stench from 25 years ago.
Re: Tobacco products stopped shipping???
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 1:08 pm
by Morticia
Hey Andy congrats! Hubby and I are on our second round of quitting, been since June 15th!
Re: Tobacco products stopped shipping???
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 1:11 pm
by Spookymufu
Andybev01 wrote:Spookymufu wrote:I can remember going to the corner liquer store and buying single clove cigarettes.............I dont think you can buy singles anymore tho, but this store had them in a jar on the counter.
Bleeeech! I can still smell that particular stench from 25 years ago.
yup, every time I have a recipe that needs cloves I get a flash back.......