[Parmy]

I quit when cigs went to .65 a pack. They were still $5 a carton. I see them in the stores for nearly $8 a pack. That would make a carton nearly $80. At today's wages, I don't see how people afford them.

But, the traffic to the smoke shacks is never ending. And, most of the cars going there are beaters. That tells me that the people who are buying cigs are the least who can afford them.

Just my observation.

[Drango]

the traffic to the smoke shacks is never ending. And, most of the cars going there are beaters. That tells me that the people who are buying cigs are the least who can afford them.

Most (many?) of them live in public housing but that is now changing as you can't smoke in most public housing today.