Will the ciggarette prices get you to quit

JacoLesFlea · #1 04-02-2009, 12:51 PM

A pack of Newport 100's cost 7.20 here in minnesota...i should quit

DudeistMonk · #2 04-02-2009, 12:55 PM

To paraphrase Bill Mahr....

Apparently smokers don't have rights...**** this tax hike BS. You wanna tax everything bad for people, start with McDonald's and then get back to me.

sean.1986 · #3 04-02-2009, 12:56 PM

Of course not. I'm not a smoker, but I know that when addiction comes calling, it's the essentials that take a back burner.

TallLankyBastyd · #4 04-02-2009, 12:56 PM

No...

But two nasty bouts (two weeks worth in December and I'm on my 3rd week this go-rouond) with respiratory illnesses this winter/spring did the job.

Just the thought of a nice tasty cigarette makes my lungs burn!

Oh well... it needed to be done... errrr... undone... errrr... whatever.

Phalex · #5 04-02-2009, 01:02 PM

Well, it certainly won't make me smoke any more.

I'll buy a pack when I'm playing a smoky bar (all of them here in MI). Otherwise, I'm really not a smoker. There's something about having a cocktail in a smoke filled environment that makes me Jones for a smoke like I'm still a pack a day kind of guy.

PSPookie · #6 04-02-2009, 01:05 PM

I'm quitting (again) right now, but it has nothing to do with the price hike.

I really don't hink it will make people quit -- addictions are funny like that -- but it will make some poor people poorer. Perhaps the extra revenue will help fund these bailouts.

Apparently, smokers are the one group it's ok to discriminate against.

ssbass · #7 04-02-2009, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Phalex

Well, it certainly won't make me smoke any more.
Otherwise, I'm really not a smoker. There's something about having a cocktail in a smoke filled environment that makes me Jones for a smoke like I'm still a pack a day kind of guy.

Same here I won't smoke for months than bam.

elgecko · #8 04-02-2009, 01:10 PM

My dealer...er, I mean the guy that owns the cigarette shop says that people aren't buying any less, they're buying in smaller quantities (i.e. people who used to buy cartons are buying 3 packs at a time instead).

fo shizzle · #9 04-02-2009, 01:10 PM

If the cost (taxes) makes you quit, great.

If health concerns make you quit, great.

Just quit...... They will absolutely kill you dead. How cigarettes remain legal as a testament to the mockery that is modern governments.

MatticusMania · #10 04-02-2009, 01:17 PM

I quit 2.5 years ago. Havent bought a pack since, though I have had a few drunken drags...

elgecko · #11 04-02-2009, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by fo shizzle

How cigarettes remain legal as a testament to the mockery that is modern governments.

Cigarettes remain legal because the right to be self destructive is one of our last, true remaining freedoms.

shadowmac · #12 04-02-2009, 01:27 PM

I was a late starter...didn't smoke unless drinking til I was almost 30. Ten years later, I was puffin' down 2 packs every 3 days (up 'til March 1st). The combination of feeling like A$$, wanting to live long enough to see my kids grow up and brand name smokes over $7 a pack here in Wisconsin (as of yesterday) was enough to get me to say ENOUGH! I haven't smoked since...wish me luck

My trick...honestly... It's the money. Simple mathematics has kept me from smoking and it's getting easier daily;. Here's what I do: I write the savings on my calendar...every 3 days is $15...Its been a month since I bought smokes and I've saved $150 - that's $1800per year not including those outings where I'm tipping a few and smoking a pack or more in a night! That's alot of gear...and I really like gear! Not to mention that I feel energetic again and I can actually smell stuff!!!

PSPookie · #13 04-02-2009, 01:35 PM

I find that being able to smell stuff is actuall a downside of not smoking. I forgot how much of the world stinks.

MakiSupaStar · #14 04-02-2009, 01:43 PM

No carrots

MonetBass · #15 04-02-2009, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar

No carrots

+1. And if you smokers need some incentive to quit, I have a couple of stories for ya that will at least make you think about it. PM me if you want.

Cabazon · #16 04-02-2009, 02:17 PM

I'd been wanting to quit, and I'm using the tax increase as additional incentive. So far, it's effective, but this is not fun.

machine gewehr · #17 04-02-2009, 02:18 PM

I don't know about the prices,we don't have high taxes for now but I really really have to quit.I can't even walk for 15 mins. without feeling terrible,going up the stairs? I almost feint and I won't even talk about the weird substance that I spit sometimes.

I used to be a very sport-active guy(6 rounds of full contact thai-boxing for example),I used to walk/swim for hours.Damn to the conditions that make me smoke harder and harder everyday.
I got acid-reflux too,my throat hurts 7/24.

ps

on't pm me stories please,they won't make me quit but only make me feel worse.

XtreO · #18 04-02-2009, 02:23 PM

Here a pack of 20 costs around 11-12 dollars at a normal store (don't remember the exact exchange rate for dollars-NOK atm), if I smoked regularly (something I don't) the prices would have to go over 15. That's the limit.

steve21 · #19 04-02-2009, 02:25 PM

There are only 3 conditions where I smoke cigarettes, so I don't care.

billjr · #20 04-02-2009, 02:29 PM

I bought two cartons Tuesday, so I have about 2 1/2 weeks to decide. I've used Chantix before, and had great results. Only problem is I started again about 6 months later.

Now, my company will pay for the Chantix if I enroll in an American Cancer Society program, so that's probably what I'll do in the next few weeks.