Posted on 04/11/2008 8:33:41 PM PDT by DGHoodini
I was just reading an article that referenced "sin taxes" cigarettes being one...Well, Many years ago, I used to smoke..and the last time I bought a pack of cigarettes, they cost $1.50 a pack. I was wondering if anyone knew offhand, what they are currently going for?
On average, in MN.......$5
It depends on the state and local taxes but I’m paying about $3.50 a pack for super cheap cigs. Name brands can run over $4.50 a pack. I understand that MO is one of the cheapest places to get cigs. There are signs on the highway when you cross into IL warning of fines and imprisonment for “ciggarette smuggling”. My prefered brand is Lucky Strike non-filter but they are about $40.00 a carton at the discount places. My sister pays around $7.00 a pack for name brand where she lives in Maine.
In Chicagotaxland, they’re about $6.00/pack.
NJ, depending on brand, around $6.75. Yes, wife and I quit, primarily for this reason.
I don’t smoke, but a Google search yielded this at $13.99 a carton:
My wife smokes. It is THE one thing I despise in our marriage, but I knew it going in. Marlboro Ultra Light 100s (a female cigarette if there ever was one) average $4.50 a pack here in Columbus.
With coupons obtained online and a little local searching … $3.49 a pack in my area (Cleveland).
I switched to King Edward Little Cigars.
They are less than $1.00 a pack buying them by the carton.
> I was just reading an article that referenced “sin taxes” cigarettes being one...Well, Many years ago, I used to smoke..and the last time I bought a pack of cigarettes, they cost $1.50 a pack. I was wondering if anyone knew offhand, what they are currently going for?
In New Zealand, $12.70 last time I checked.
I quit a few years ago, but wow prices have really gone up. I remember being stunned back in 1968 when I was at Disneyland and saw that they had raised the prices on the cigarette machines there to 50 cents a pack. That was when most places still sold them for 25 or 30 cents a pack.
I've crossed that line frequently for 40 years and have not seen it.
The local (WI) Kwik Trip, which has the “lowest legal prices”, has prices around $4.20 for a pack on their signs.
$4.60-something in Wisconsin.
In Virginia, prices vary depending where you are. I pay $4.50 per pack currently.
$12.70, is that in US currency? WOW!
Is this going to end with the feds sending you a bill a couple of years down the road slapping you with a federal tax bill? I’d hate to buy from them then get a letter in the mail from the gov.
> $12.70, is that in US currency? WOW!
New Zealand currency which was at $.80 US last time I checked.
$20. and change for a carton of Kingsport filter in a box.
Highway 40 through St Louis....Something about “more than 2 cartons considered smuggling” or something along those lines.
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