Posted on 10/27/2021 3:04:31 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its periodical cigarette report on Tuesday, revealing cigarette sales rose last year for the first time in 20 years.
According to the report, the largest cigarette companies in the U.S. sold 203.7 billion cigarettes to U.S. wholesalers and retailers in 2020. The year before, that number was 202.9 billion.
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How much does a pack cost these days?
The decline in cigarette smoking has been the no. 1 cause of cancer reduction in the U.S. It’s probably big in the reduction of heart attacks too.
Varies by state. I would guess anywhere from $6-10?
People see what’s coming and want to die quicker. Smoke ‘em if you get ‘em.
Careful selling loosies on Deblasio’s streets.
Are you allowed to remove your mask to smoke or just poke a little peep hole ??
I’d rather have a nice Cigar instead.....
Inflation.
5.56mm
More immigrants. More smokers.
One would have thought with all the free time rolling your own would have picked up the slack.
Smoking prevents covid.
There could be a couple reasons for reasons for this spike. The most plausible hypothesis, I would think, that smokers were at home more due to work-from-home, unemployment, lockdowns etc., and thus would have thus have more freedom to light up compared to workplaces, public events, restaurants etc. where smoking is restricted.
A more outlandish hypothesis is that smokers are buying into theories about smoking and/or nicotine offering some protection against covid-19 and are thus self-medicating.
In any case, my area (San Francisco Bay Area) has an extremely low rate of tobacco usage. Based on what I smell on public streets, I’d estimate the number of cannabis smokers is 2x or 3x the number of tobacco smokers.
The state of California makes more money of tobacco than the largest tobacco company in the world. So, it’s in their interest to perpetuate it.
Just wait until the Afghans get going
There were studies that said smoking prevented COVID-19.
Give the tax man the middle finger and order Cubans online.
(If you need more info contact me directly.)
My mask has a velcro hookah slit.
It’s a mystery! Might it have something to do with this?
Flavored E-Cigarette Products
The US Food and Drug Administration blocked the sale of more 55,000 flavored e-cigarette products Thursday, its first ban of e-cigarette products since it began requiring makers to apply for premarket review last September. The FDA issued marketing denial orders for the electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) products, saying they pose a public health threat to youth in the US. Of the more than 55,000 products impacted by the decision, those not yet being sold may not be introduced into the market, and those already on the market must be removed or risk enforcement. (Mascarenhas, 8/26
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