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Panhead User ID: 26383292 United States 12/09/2012 02:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don't see where the Problem is. Even 14.50 is a Joke its better for you, your environment and your health to STOP smoking at all. ASAP Quoting: Anonymous Coward 29415137 Nicotine is messing with your brain, and tar is also not very healthy for your lungs. I once read if you stop smoking before the age of 35 you can minmize the damage done to your body. But the older you get and the more you smoke the more it is like digging your own grave. And on top of that you sponsor the government with your taxes and the tobacco industry with your money. Stop now or at least minimize it as good as you can. Good luck. but you'll eat a process chicken choked full of growth hormones....to be fully mature in less than 3 months?.....processed foods will get you long before smoking tobacco! "Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the American Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." Henry Ford "Disappointment is Anger for wimps" House |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 28920401 Canada 12/09/2012 02:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | it's now $13.45 for a pack of 25cigs at the store where I am at. (Ontario) In 2009 the presidents of Imperial tobacco company & also MacDonalds tobacco company (two of the biggest canadian tobacco companies) said they only receive $3.50 a pack. The rest is all tax money that goes into the governments pockets. So do the math , that's $10.00 tax on every single pack of 25cigs. A carton of 8 packs of 25cigs (total 200cigs) costs around $89.00 It's pure robbery. Solution::: Go see the indians on the reserve & get a case of 50 cartons (total 10,000cigs) for $420 Just dont get caught, because then the government will seize your house & vehicles. I find the indian cigs taste more like american tobacco flavor than the canadian tobacco flavor. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 29292097 United States 12/09/2012 02:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I smoke a pipe. I never inhale the smoke, the tobacco I use has never seen chemical additives or pesticides. I grow about half of the tobacco I use in my blends myself. Last I checked, it is legal for anyone to grow tobacco in the U.S. for their own use. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 29423387 I used to smoke cigarettes. I had to quit them. They were killing me and I could notice the strain they where having on my body. Interestingly enough, there is little to no valid evidence that pipe smoking in the way I do (never inhale) is harmful. In fact, many pipe smokers like myself actually outlive non-smokers. Now my grandmother smoked a pipe in much the way I do, and it did eventually kill her. They contributed her death as possibly being complicated by her smoking indoors. And my family buried her at the young age of 98 years. So I am reminded of the dangers of smoking. She could of had another 2-3 vibrant years.... My Aunt lived to 102,my grandmother until she was 98, they both smoked none filtered when I was young, I think my aunt switched to filters when she was 90 something, of the dozens of people from the previous generation of my family , NONE of then died from Lung cancer or emphysema. I did have an Uncle that was killed by asbestosis when he was 80+ but he never smoked. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 29292097 United States 12/09/2012 02:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Atleast the goverments can do something right.they care about us. about the smoking. Quoting: Tigershield Do they? Or do they know something about smoking that you don't. Japan and Greece have the highest % of smokers by population in the world and also have the lowest incidence of cancer, heart disease and high blood pressure, don't you find that a little curious ? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 15993935 Netherlands 12/09/2012 02:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The U.S. federal government [central government] puts a huge tax on cigarettes [some other tobacco products like cigars, cigarillos, chew, dip, snus are taxed much less]. Individual state governments put an additional tax. There's a POS [point of sale] tax, and some municipalities like NYC have the right to add their own tax, and they do. Where I live in Boston, name brand cigarettes can cost anywhere from around 6 dollars to 8-10 dollars a pack for the real foo-foo brands. But, you can but these things called 'Little Cigars' which are cigarettes wrapped in tobacco sheet product rather than paper, and are a little heavier than cigarettes,but have a filter and are roughly the same size as cigarettes, at around 2-2.50 a pack. You can also get tobacco products online from Indian reservations [tribal land] very cheaply, because they are semi-autonomous territory inside the United States. Roll your own is also very cheap. There's also a big black market in cigarettes in NYC and elsewhere. "Good weed" prices will skyrocket once the government gets their fingers in the game. LOL. This is literally impossible. Only if the government clamps down on weed is when it will get more expensive. Which they are not. But they are coming down on cigarettes hard, hence the high prices. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 17114980 Canada 12/09/2012 02:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | it's now $13.45 for a pack of 25cigs at the store where I am at. (Ontario) Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28920401 In 2009 the presidents of Imperial tobacco company & also MacDonalds tobacco company (two of the biggest canadian tobacco companies) said they only receive $3.50 a pack. The rest is all tax money that goes into the governments pockets. So do the math , that's $10.00 tax on every single pack of 25cigs. A carton of 8 packs of 25cigs (total 200cigs) costs around $89.00 It's pure robbery. Solution::: Go see the indians on the reserve & get a case of 50 cartons (total 10,000cigs) for $420 Just dont get caught, because then the government will seize your house & vehicles. I find the indian cigs taste more like american tobacco flavor than the canadian tobacco flavor. "Just dont get caught, because then the government will seize your house & vehicles." get caught what? It's not illegal to go buy smokes on the reserve?! |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 28920401 Canada 12/09/2012 02:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I smoke a pipe. I never inhale the smoke, the tobacco I use has never seen chemical additives or pesticides. I grow about half of the tobacco I use in my blends myself. Last I checked, it is legal for anyone to grow tobacco in the U.S. for their own use. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 29423387 I used to smoke cigarettes. I had to quit them. They were killing me and I could notice the strain they where having on my body. Interestingly enough, there is little to no valid evidence that pipe smoking in the way I do (never inhale) is harmful. In fact, many pipe smokers like myself actually outlive non-smokers. Now my grandmother smoked a pipe in much the way I do, and it did eventually kill her. They contributed her death as possibly being complicated by her smoking indoors. And my family buried her at the young age of 98 years. So I am reminded of the dangers of smoking. She could of had another 2-3 vibrant years.... My Aunt lived to 102,my grandmother until she was 98, they both smoked none filtered when I was young, I think my aunt switched to filters when she was 90 something, of the dozens of people from the previous generation of my family , NONE of then died from Lung cancer or emphysema. I did have an Uncle that was killed by asbestosis when he was 80+ but he never smoked. my hockey coach never smoked a cigarette in his life & nobody in his house ever smoked cigs either - he died of lung cancer. My grandfather smoked 75 years+ He died at 94 peacefully in his sleep with no cancer at all in his body. kinda makes you wonder????? |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 28920401 Canada 12/09/2012 02:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I smoke a pipe. I never inhale the smoke, the tobacco I use has never seen chemical additives or pesticides. I grow about half of the tobacco I use in my blends myself. Last I checked, it is legal for anyone to grow tobacco in the U.S. for their own use. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 29423387 I used to smoke cigarettes. I had to quit them. They were killing me and I could notice the strain they where having on my body. Interestingly enough, there is little to no valid evidence that pipe smoking in the way I do (never inhale) is harmful. In fact, many pipe smokers like myself actually outlive non-smokers. Now my grandmother smoked a pipe in much the way I do, and it did eventually kill her. They contributed her death as possibly being complicated by her smoking indoors. And my family buried her at the young age of 98 years. So I am reminded of the dangers of smoking. She could of had another 2-3 vibrant years.... My Aunt lived to 102,my grandmother until she was 98, they both smoked none filtered when I was young, I think my aunt switched to filters when she was 90 something, of the dozens of people from the previous generation of my family , NONE of then died from Lung cancer or emphysema. I did have an Uncle that was killed by asbestosis when he was 80+ but he never smoked. my hockey coach never smoked a cigarette in his life & nobody in his house ever smoked cigs either - he died of lung cancer. My grandfather smoked 75 years+ He died at 94 peacefully in his sleep with no cancer at all in his body. kinda makes you wonder????? & my coach was only age 41 when he died of lung cancer***** |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 28920401 Canada 12/09/2012 02:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | it's now $13.45 for a pack of 25cigs at the store where I am at. (Ontario) Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28920401 In 2009 the presidents of Imperial tobacco company & also MacDonalds tobacco company (two of the biggest canadian tobacco companies) said they only receive $3.50 a pack. The rest is all tax money that goes into the governments pockets. So do the math , that's $10.00 tax on every single pack of 25cigs. A carton of 8 packs of 25cigs (total 200cigs) costs around $89.00 It's pure robbery. Solution::: Go see the indians on the reserve & get a case of 50 cartons (total 10,000cigs) for $420 Just dont get caught, because then the government will seize your house & vehicles. I find the indian cigs taste more like american tobacco flavor than the canadian tobacco flavor. "Just dont get caught, because then the government will seize your house & vehicles." get caught what? It's not illegal to go buy smokes on the reserve?! its illegal here ,, unless you live on the res that is |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 17114980 Canada 12/09/2012 02:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | it's now $13.45 for a pack of 25cigs at the store where I am at. (Ontario) Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28920401 In 2009 the presidents of Imperial tobacco company & also MacDonalds tobacco company (two of the biggest canadian tobacco companies) said they only receive $3.50 a pack. The rest is all tax money that goes into the governments pockets. So do the math , that's $10.00 tax on every single pack of 25cigs. A carton of 8 packs of 25cigs (total 200cigs) costs around $89.00 It's pure robbery. Solution::: Go see the indians on the reserve & get a case of 50 cartons (total 10,000cigs) for $420 Just dont get caught, because then the government will seize your house & vehicles. I find the indian cigs taste more like american tobacco flavor than the canadian tobacco flavor. "Just dont get caught, because then the government will seize your house & vehicles." get caught what? It's not illegal to go buy smokes on the reserve?! its illegal here ,, unless you live on the res that is Buying for personal use on the reserve is legal I think, in Ontario. It's only illegal to sell them (or move them over borders) |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 28920401 Canada 12/09/2012 02:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | it's now $13.45 for a pack of 25cigs at the store where I am at. (Ontario) Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28920401 In 2009 the presidents of Imperial tobacco company & also MacDonalds tobacco company (two of the biggest canadian tobacco companies) said they only receive $3.50 a pack. The rest is all tax money that goes into the governments pockets. So do the math , that's $10.00 tax on every single pack of 25cigs. A carton of 8 packs of 25cigs (total 200cigs) costs around $89.00 It's pure robbery. Solution::: Go see the indians on the reserve & get a case of 50 cartons (total 10,000cigs) for $420 Just dont get caught, because then the government will seize your house & vehicles. I find the indian cigs taste more like american tobacco flavor than the canadian tobacco flavor. "Just dont get caught, because then the government will seize your house & vehicles." get caught what? It's not illegal to go buy smokes on the reserve?! its illegal here ,, unless you live on the res that is Buying for personal use on the reserve is legal I think, in Ontario. It's only illegal to sell them (or move them over borders) maybe if you only buy 1 carton at a time or something like that?? im not sure - I know tourists passing thru can buy a couple packs or cartons no prob,, but usually any white man who does not live on the reserve will get busted for "contraband cigarettes" as soon as he leaves the reserve with the cigs,, happens all the time around here |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 28920401 Canada 12/09/2012 02:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | it's now $13.45 for a pack of 25cigs at the store where I am at. (Ontario) Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28920401 In 2009 the presidents of Imperial tobacco company & also MacDonalds tobacco company (two of the biggest canadian tobacco companies) said they only receive $3.50 a pack. The rest is all tax money that goes into the governments pockets. So do the math , that's $10.00 tax on every single pack of 25cigs. A carton of 8 packs of 25cigs (total 200cigs) costs around $89.00 It's pure robbery. Solution::: Go see the indians on the reserve & get a case of 50 cartons (total 10,000cigs) for $420 Just dont get caught, because then the government will seize your house & vehicles. I find the indian cigs taste more like american tobacco flavor than the canadian tobacco flavor. "Just dont get caught, because then the government will seize your house & vehicles." get caught what? It's not illegal to go buy smokes on the reserve?! its illegal here ,, unless you live on the res that is Buying for personal use on the reserve is legal I think, in Ontario. It's only illegal to sell them (or move them over borders) moving cigs off the reserve "is considered moving the cigs over borders" them indian res smokes are for the indians & the tourists only |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 29412616 United States 12/09/2012 02:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Yeah, probably most non-North Americans don't understand about Indian reservations and how they're semi-autonomous territory inside the U.S. and Canada. But, the Canadian and U.S' federal and state and provincial governments are constantly going after them to collect tobacco tax. That is because Governments are Tyrannical Bastards Just another mafia. You don't pay up, they take everything you have and kill you if you try to resist. |
CtYankee (OP) User ID: 10645599 United States 12/09/2012 02:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I can remember when i paid $12.50 a carton for name brand cigs,current at $45.00 per and no name brands. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 17421537 I remember when they were 9cents a pack in the navy. 1955. lol...when i was about 7-9 years old dad would give me 1.00 for three packs of smokes with the last quarter for me!! CtYankee "If at first you don't succeed, erase all evidence that you tried." -anonymous -Spouting a fountain of nonsense since 1972- Never met anyone important enough to lie to..... |
CtYankee (OP) User ID: 10645599 United States 12/09/2012 02:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I can remember when i paid $12.50 a carton for name brand cigs,current at $45.00 per and no name brands. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 17421537 I remember when they were 9cents a pack in the navy. 1955. lol...when i was about 7-9 years old dad would give me 1.00 for three packs of smokes with the last quarter for me!! Bought them for him where they knew both of us and was never any problem.... CtYankee "If at first you don't succeed, erase all evidence that you tried." -anonymous -Spouting a fountain of nonsense since 1972- Never met anyone important enough to lie to..... |
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betty189 User ID: 13855762 United States 12/09/2012 06:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 17114980 "Just dont get caught, because then the government will seize your house & vehicles." get caught what? It's not illegal to go buy smokes on the reserve?! its illegal here ,, unless you live on the res that is Buying for personal use on the reserve is legal I think, in Ontario. It's only illegal to sell them (or move them over borders) maybe if you only buy 1 carton at a time or something like that?? im not sure - I know tourists passing thru can buy a couple packs or cartons no prob,, but usually any white man who does not live on the reserve will get busted for "contraband cigarettes" as soon as he leaves the reserve with the cigs,, happens all the time around here :) |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 28920401 Canada 12/09/2012 07:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Buying for personal use on the reserve is legal I think, in Ontario. It's only illegal to sell them (or move them over borders) maybe if you only buy 1 carton at a time or something like that?? im not sure - I know tourists passing thru can buy a couple packs or cartons no prob,, but usually any white man who does not live on the reserve will get busted for "contraband cigarettes" as soon as he leaves the reserve with the cigs,, happens all the time around here yes they're very restricted in certain ways like that, if you go once in a blue moon & buy something its not a big deal to them but if they see you buying there constantly thats where they step in - it's our mafia government - they want tax on everything you buy from the res because they figure your selling it all 1/2 price once you get off the reserve if your going there that often. Government cant tax the indians but they sure as hell want there $10 tax on every 25cigs a white canadian man smokes. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 28920401 Canada 12/09/2012 07:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Buying for personal use on the reserve is legal I think, in Ontario. It's only illegal to sell them (or move them over borders) maybe if you only buy 1 carton at a time or something like that?? im not sure - I know tourists passing thru can buy a couple packs or cartons no prob,, but usually any white man who does not live on the reserve will get busted for "contraband cigarettes" as soon as he leaves the reserve with the cigs,, happens all the time around here niagara falls ny ??? that must mean you're pretty darn close to russ's new jerusalem branch davidian cult save the world tribe thingy he is workin' on ? |