$14.25 for a pack of Newport Cigarettes?

Twostep said:
You forgot the coupons.
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I can't recall ever receiving discount coupons, nor did the cost of cigarettes serve as a meaningful deterrent to the habit. According to an inflation calculator, the 50 cents spent on a pack of cigarettes in 1974 would be equivalent to $3.34 today. In 2009, the U.S. government introduced a substantial tax increase on cigarettes, aimed at curbing smoking rates. I suspect that's not figured into the inflation calculator.
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I stopped smoking about 25 years ago. I still miss that evening smoke with a cup of coffee or a Coke. It was a greyt way to relax esp. after a busy or trying day. The sole reason I gave it up was because I hated lying to Drs when they asked me if I smoked. It is an addiction like alcohol, unlike some who call drug addiction a disease.
Giving it up was way worse than losing weight.
 
MrPants said:
Smokers are addicts therefore will ensure they have smokes before food, if it comes to that.
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True, I don't smoke anymore, but when I did nothing stopped me. I bought bags of tobacco at the dollar store for $6.25. about a carton. I was actually saving money and that wasn't long ago. I bought tubes and a little machine. I know a lot people who do it.
 
I have always felt sorry for smokers. I have heard the addiction was like heroin. My friends that smoked have bad health. Heart attacks, COPD. My mom died from an abdominal aneurysm ....she chain smoked. I remember my parents buying cartons on Friday after payday. Two of Kents. Dad quit at the age of 36. Pissddd mom off. My best friend who chain smoked till two years ago could barely breathe. He actually quit and is a little better. The other BF had a stroke and HAD to quit. Wife wont let him smoke now........Now back in the early 70s I smoked a little weed. But I tried to inhale a cig one day and I thought I was dying. My sympathy to those addicted to it......
 
My dad died of lung cancer in his 60's. I start smoking in my early 20's as a rebellion more than anything because I was raised so strict. When I quit, they were $3.50 a pack and that was considered astronomical at the time. I wanted to quit only because I didn't want to end up like my dad. I enjoyed the nasty habit but knew I wouldn't quit if I dated a smoker, so I made it a habit to only date nonsmokers and I kicked the habit.
 
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My dad died of small cell lung cancer at 65. Tried to be a smoker but failed until I met my husband who introduced me to menthol. Despite what cigarettes have done to me I still wish I could smoke. Horrible addiction. I grew up with cigarettes as a natural part of life.
 
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Paladin1950 said:
That's 71.25¢ a cigarette! I remember being a kid in 1968 and seeing a vending machine where I worked that was selling packs of cigarettes for 75¢ a pack. Or 3.75¢ a cigarette. With those prices, cigarettes are now always found behind the cashiers counter in a glass case. Every time I pay up in the dollar stores and see those prices, it makes me so glad that I'm a life long non-smoker. That of course doesn't include marijuana in my younger days. :)
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$14.25 for ONE PACK??!? Seriously?!? I'm almost in shock hearing that!
 
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