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Will the ciggarette prices get you to quit

high prices...quit or smoke em if ya got em

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#4
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.
 
#5
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.
 
#6
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.
 
#8
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).
 
#9
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.
 
#12
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!!!
 
#17
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.:rolleyes:

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.
:atoz:

ps:Don't pm me stories please,they won't make me quit but only make me feel worse.:p
 
#18
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.
 
#20
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.
 
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