Because of taxes, in New York City right now cigareetts cost nerly $10 a pack! Fist time I quit it was because they got to $2 per pack and I couldn't afford them!
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 3:35 AM, subana <[email protected]> wrote: > We were discussing smoking a few days ago........I just thought I would > share something that someone told me today. > > And no, this is not a lecture Bill.........it's your life after all and > it's your choice about how you live your life. > > Anyway, today I was at work and I was talking to a friend of mine and she > said she had decided to quit smoking! I thought it was great! I didn't ask > her why she had come to this decision but she decided to tell me anyway. > She said she went into Quik Trip today and they told her there is a new tax > on cigarettes. After a certain time (probably in the next couple of weeks) > cigarettes will be $1.00 more per pack. And she said they already cost > $5.00 a pack so that means one pack of cigarettes will be $6.00!!! > > I thought...........wow! If you have to pay that much for something, it > ought to be getting you high, at least!! > > I just couldn't believe a pack of cigarettes cost that much! > > Back when I was smoking, I used to pay about $2.00 or $2.50 > > > > > -- ~~~~~~~~~ ~~ J O N ~~ ~~~~~~~~~ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WebTV Dawgs/Dittos" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/WebTV-Pals -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
