It costs $1.50 to get to New Jersey from New York City. There is large a shopping mall at one of the local stops for the PATH train in Jersey City, about 15 minutes on the train. How poor do you have to be for something like that to be beyond your means? (especially if your paying 7:00 for a pack of smokes?)
It costs $1.50 to get to New Jersey from New York City. There is large a shopping mall at one of the local stops for the PATH train in Jersey City, about 15 minutes on the train. How poor do you have to be for something like that to be beyond your means? (especially if you're paying $7.00 for a pack of smokes?)ok...a $3.00 round trip. And, while cigarette smokers are there, they can shop in a New Jersey mall. So, tourists foolish enough to arrive in NYC without enough cigarettes for their stay will pay the tax...that'll give them a friendly "I love New York" feeling.
Another thing I envision is bus trips to casinos (especially if the Bridgeport, CT "indians" get tribal recognition) where people will save money on cigarettes, and spend it at the slots.
And this will all be fine, until the government still doesn't have enough money and they start aggresively taxing Big Macs and fries!