[SkyDancer]

You have to be kidding. $85 a carton????

[MarineMom613]

11.75 pk in NYC and up. Black market 10.00 pk. Carton 117.00 per ctn.

[Mears]

“You have to be kidding. $85 a carton????”

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Nope. Not kidding.State excise tax is $25.00 per carton,and then we have federal excise,and sales tax.

In NYC the state and city tax alone would be $58.50 per carton.That’s right,$58.50.

Federal excise tax is $12.00 a carton nationwide.

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[Bronzy]

Well, my neighbor buys Gambler brand pipe tobacco for about $18.00/large bag. He buy tubes for under $2.00/carton. Says that he gets three cartons per bag. He has this little pull lever machine which packs the tobacco into the tube which makes a cigarette. Said that he paid $39 or $40 for the cigarette machine. I’ve seen it. It is easy to pack, pull the handle and produce a cigarette.