Cigarettes go to 7$ a pack in Texas. - Page 6

acptulsa · 03-19-2009, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Kludge

No, no! That will only encourage them! Keep smoking!

-- Oh wait -- then the tax revenue will increase!

Uhhhh..... uhh.... Pick up another vice. Rent some male whores (or female, if you're into that sort of thing)! Or maybe you could buy those dubious online "marijuana alternatives". That'd show The Man that you're in control!

Don't make me start a poll!

He Who Pawns · 03-19-2009, 03:27 PM

Black Market FTW.

Uriel999 · 03-19-2009, 03:32 PM

He stopped smoking but noticed the other day "my brand" (Parliament Lights) have gone up to 5.50. I cannot believe that insanity.

foofighter20x · 03-19-2009, 03:39 PM

The demand curve for cigs is pretty near vertical, so it's a ripe source of revenue...

However, the stupid legislatures don't consider the consequence of a cigarette tax hike: instead of collecting more money from smokers or encouraging smokers to cut back on their habit, one of the two, or both, occur:

1) the business is driven underground the gov't collects no tax at all, or
2) the smoker cuts back expenses on other consumption, which effectively depresses other industries.

LandonCook · 03-19-2009, 03:56 PM

They are going up in arkansas too! Bastards!

Barackistan · 03-19-2009, 05:10 PM

You think $7.00 is bad?!

It's $8.00 here in Chicago, and in adjacent counties it's pretty much $7.00 as well. Except for Will County, where it's $4-$5 a pack.

The only cheap cigarettes you can get nowadays is in Kentucky and Ohio. To hell with these fucking sin taxes. If my county, let alone the state, cannot balance something as simple as a budget, they don't deserve my hard-earned money.

It's about time to have another Tea Party. We're getting raped with no lube!

Mesogen · 03-19-2009, 05:12 PM

Just be thankful you don't live in Chicago or New York where cigs are $10 a pack (unless you do live there).

eta: Well, maybe it was only $10 in the airport.

I remember getting cigs for $1.50 a pack. Now, in DC some places are charging $8 a pack, but most are charging $6-7 a pack.

Not too long ago I would get loose tobacco and roll my own. I would get an ounce of Norwegian Shag or Stockholm for $2.49 and it would last me quite a while. Killer on the lungs though.

I was so stupid for taking up smoking again last November. I'll just have to quit again.

JeNNiF00F00 · 03-19-2009, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Pennsylvania

Just grow your own. It's been easy for me so far.

What if you smoke menthol? I don't smoke but one of my friends was asking about this. How does one get the menthol in the tobacco?

JeNNiF00F00 · 03-19-2009, 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kotin

man..

I smoke like 3 cigarettes a week tops.. I love the hand rolled American Spirits.. they are great.

so I guess this does not impact me much as I buy 1 pack every 1-2 months..

How does the flavor compare with brands such as marlboro?

dannno · 03-19-2009, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by JeNNiF00F00

What if you smoke menthol? I don't smoke but one of my friends was asking about this. How does one get the menthol in the tobacco?

"First of all get a 5ml eyedropper bottle and fill it up with (at least half) menthol crystals which is available commercially at the pharmacy...and then filled it up to 5ml of homemade alcohol(mine made from rice..) or some people will use ethanol(white wine)...aloow the alcohol to dissolve the menthol crystals with occassional shaking of the bottle....once it is fully dissolved if left standing will separate into 2 layers...the top clear layer will be menthol liquid and the lower will be alcohol....but can only be used if it is mixed into a murky solution...now mixed it to e-liquids of your choice (my preference is Flue-cured Tobacco and homemade Menthol at the ratio of 3:2)..."

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/for...html#post34534

That's for e-cigs tho...

I think you can actually dissolve the crystals in water and just spray it on, let it dry.. alcohol might be more effective at dissolving tho.

03-19-2009, 03:32 PM	#53
Uriel999 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Panama Shitty Posts: 2,435	He stopped smoking but noticed the other day "my brand" (Parliament Lights) have gone up to 5.50. I cannot believe that insanity. __________________ http://www.itsourfreedom.com/libertyforum/index.php “I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.” “Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take away everything you have.” Barry Goldwater

03-19-2009, 03:39 PM	#54
foofighter20x Moderator Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 3,087	The demand curve for cigs is pretty near vertical, so it's a ripe source of revenue... However, the stupid legislatures don't consider the consequence of a cigarette tax hike: instead of collecting more money from smokers or encouraging smokers to cut back on their habit, one of the two, or both, occur: 1) the business is driven underground the gov't collects no tax at all, or 2) the smoker cuts back expenses on other consumption, which effectively depresses other industries. __________________ "None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe that they are free." -Göthe "All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke "Government is a disease masquerading as its own cure." - Robert LeFevre

03-19-2009, 03:56 PM	#55
LandonCook Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Marshall, Ar Posts: 1,195	They are going up in arkansas too! Bastards! __________________ GARRY JOHNSON 2012 This is John Galt speaking... YouTube - "This is John Galt speaking..." PART ONE 30 free MP3s... http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-3389819-10557960

03-19-2009, 05:10 PM	#56
Barackistan Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 66	You think $7.00 is bad?! It's $8.00 here in Chicago, and in adjacent counties it's pretty much $7.00 as well. Except for Will County, where it's $4-$5 a pack. The only cheap cigarettes you can get nowadays is in Kentucky and Ohio. To hell with these fucking sin taxes. If my county, let alone the state, cannot balance something as simple as a budget, they don't deserve my hard-earned money. It's about time to have another Tea Party. We're getting raped with no lube! __________________ "A goverment that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away." -- Barry Goldwater "The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them." -- Patrick Henry

03-19-2009, 05:12 PM	#57
Mesogen Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,738	Just be thankful you don't live in Chicago or New York where cigs are $10 a pack (unless you do live there). eta: Well, maybe it was only $10 in the airport. I remember getting cigs for $1.50 a pack. Now, in DC some places are charging $8 a pack, but most are charging $6-7 a pack. Not too long ago I would get loose tobacco and roll my own. I would get an ounce of Norwegian Shag or Stockholm for $2.49 and it would last me quite a while. Killer on the lungs though. I was so stupid for taking up smoking again last November. I'll just have to quit again. __________________ "Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it." - Henry David Thoreau

03-19-2009, 03:27 PM	#52
He Who Pawns Banned Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,046	Black Market FTW.

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