cheapest cigarettes

Missouri is where I always pick up a few cartons at a time whenever I head thru there. I smoke marlboro special blends and they average about 35$ a carton there.

 

Are they still cheap on the Indian reservations? Before I quit smoking, they were real cheap there; something about the taxes. Diesel was cheap also.

 

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I used to haul "gaming devices", aka slot machines from I.G.T. in Reno, Nevada to where ever, including Indian reservations. Those reservations are nations within a nation and not subject to the same laws, rules and regulations set forth by the local, state and/or federal government. As such, most tribes elect to not charge any local, state and/or federal taxes. From their point of view, they're not tax collectors, which is what it amounts to as they'd be turning the proceeds over to the people who took their land and stuck 'em on the reservations, --- relocated, if you will, --- from game filled mountainous lands to swamp lands in Florida where the the game they hunted also hunted them. A Trail of Tears.

If y'all can find a chart that breaks down the cost of a pack of smokes, it becomes abundantly obvious what elevates to price. Just like gasoline and diesel, it isn't the product that's high priced, --- it's the taxes. IMO, when the taxes are more than the actual cost of the product, SOMEthing is rotten in Denmark.
There oughta be a law ....................

We hear smokin' ain't healthy, and we should quit. Can y'all imagine the whimpering there'd be if we actually did quit and all that tax money dried up? The local, state and federal governments wouldn't know whether to poop or go blind. I wonder which commodity they'd over-tax to make up for dwindling tobacco taxes? Adult beverages? Or would they reverse their tactics and start encouraging everyone to "take a puff, --- it's spring time"? Remember, "L.S.M.F.T."? (Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco --- or, Loose Strap Means Floppy, uhhhhh Breast? )

California prisons don't allow smoking.
I wonder how many don't commit crimes to avoid experiencing a smoke free environment?
I wonder how many people consider that cruel and unusual punishment? A case of the punishment bein' worse than the crime?
If smokin' is so bad, why don't the prisons demand each inmate smoke at least a pack a day?
Those in for life, --- two packs a day.
The prison guard's union could charge street prices, or higher, to supplement their preposterous pension pyramid scheme retirement plan.
Just a thought I think I thunk. :smt112

 

Anything in Missouri and your good to go driver.

 

Don't buy cigarettes in NYC it's like $13.00 a pop....

 

If that price was for a carton, it would be a great price. Per pack is outrageous. But that $13 is the price of one cigarette, With a ten dollar off coupon a pack-0-smokes would be only $250 bucks (plus taxes). With a one hundred dollars off coupon, a carton would be only $2,400 plus applicable taxes, (about $100)

Laugh now folks, --- before the above becomes reality. For sure we won't be laughin' then.
Probably won't be smokin' either. :smt025
Only the politicians in Washington DC will be able to afford to smoke tobacco.
Where else would they get the smoke to blow up our buttoxes? :smt033

On a more serious note, those who enjoy fine cigars :smt028 might want to get in on the opportunity to get their hands on real Cubano hand rolled cigars. First, buy s few cartons of brand name American cigarettes on the way to up-state New York. Once there, turn your CB radio on and listen for Canadian Big truck truck drivers lookin' to trade Cubanos for American cigarettes. It's a win/win situation. Everybody goes home happy.

Ideally, pick up a load in up-state headed for Florida. For whatever reason, humidity improves the smokin' experience. So bring plenty of cigars to tide y'all over while waitin' for a re-load goin' ANYwhere. I spent a whole week waitin' for a re-load in Florida one day. Thank gawd I brought enough cigars.

 

12.95 a pack .. Brooklyn New York as of 10/5/2012

 

too much holy cow

 

The gov't was mad up there because every started rolling their own. They only applied the high taxes to rolled cigarettes. They were fighting to change that the last I heard.

I started rolling my own back in the spring. I bought a nice electric roller and my old $210 monthly habit only cost me $65 a month now. After about 6 different tobacco's and different tubes I found a combination close to Winston Lights that I like. They stay lit and don't have a bunch of chemicals in them. I'm happy with the change.

 

truckers Oasis, ext 145 on i-44 in missouri. carton pall mall with tax last week = $28.15.