Just got this e-mail spam... Anyone know Swiss law? Cartons here in Oregon are about $27-$34. I can have them delivered to my house for $12-$16 less per carton.
Hi price per carton including delivery This site is operated in accordance with Swiss law. http://smoke.shop4all.net/?pid=4 Marlboro Red $US 15.25 Marlboro Light $US 15.25 Camel Lights US 14.25 Salem $US 14.25 Winston $US 14.25 More, Dunhill, L&M, Kim .... US $11.70 - $16.25 http://smoke.shop4all.net/?pid=4 Smoke.Shop4ALL.net = best prices in internet. Thank you Harry > -----Original Message----- > From: Doug [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 8:22 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Banning Smoking (was RE: Class-action law suit (was Re: > Quest ion for ListAdministrato rs)) > > > > > Chad Cooper wrote: > > > > I am sure that it was as far as some people are concerned. > They fail to > > address the black market they helped stimulate. There was a > great article in > > the Oregonian at the beginning of the year that discussed > the hopelessness > > of catching the cigarette bootleggers. The cost > differential between a pack > > in Seattle, and one from an Indian reseveration less than > 100 miles away are > > close to 60 cents - or $6.00 per carton. Aparently there > are millions of > > dollars being spent in the communities around these > reseverations and other > > state border towns - in some towns, as many as 20,000 packs > per person are > > being sold in these small border towns. Of course, the > townsfolk are not > > heavy smokers. > > > That sounds like a good reason to convince other areas to > increase their taxes > not a good reason for us to lower ours. > > > > > > For many years, and still today, organized crime makes a > lot of money from > > illegal cigarette sales, which includes sophisticated tax stamp > > counterfeiting. The total number of enforcement officers in > the state > > dedicated to policing illegal cigarettes sales in the state > with the highest > > state tax (Washington)? 16. > > > That's a small price to pay for the revenue generated. > > > > While I can see that there is a significant reduction in > smoking recently, > > it cannot be attributed to an increase in taxes. > > > This article suggests otherwise: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1068000/1068984.stm > > "Stanton Glantz, UCSF professor of medicine who led the > research, said: "Our > results show that large-scale, aggressive tobacco control > programmes save lives. > > "They also show there is a real human price to be paid when > the tobacco industry > succeeds in convincing politicians to cut back and water down > these programs." > > The researchers also compared how many cigarettes were smoked > in California > compared with the rest of the US, and estimated 2.9 billion > fewer packs were > smoked between 1989 and 1997 than would have been the case." > > > > While California has taken draconian measures to get people > to stop smoking > > in public, they are headed toward regulation vs prevention. > > > Draconian? We've told smokers that they can't kill the rest > of us with their > habit. There are very few people _even among smokers_ that > find our regulations > draconian. As far as prevention, the ad campaign is touted > as the most > successful of its kind in getting people to quit and > preventing others from > starting. > > > > I tend to believe that most smokers have an easier time > quitting the longer > > they have been smoking. The zyban product works great, but > it won't do it > > all. Good Luck to her. I would be happy to support her (or > your son) offlist,online. > > Not Zyban, something else, but I don't remember the name. > And she is already > off of it. > > I appreciate your offer to help. 8^) > > -- > Doug > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.zo.com/~brighto > > "Now people stand themselves next to the righteous > And they believe the things they say are true > They speak in terms of what divides us > To justify the violence they do" > > Jackson Browne, It Is One > >
