Back when a $20 could get you a carton of premium brand, tax included, all my friends had multiple cartons in their trunks. Even then sometimes they’d get crazy and drive across the state line to get them for $14/carton, buying a few cases and bringing them back.
Cartons now at or above $100/carton.
But that’s mostly excise tax, not the manufacturer taking a bigger cut. We want people to smoke less, because it costs us less as a society (in money and misery) so we force the price of cigarettes up, and sure enough it works.
I bought a friend some while in Australia. I know they have a heavy tax on them but was shocked to find $50 for a single pack of 20. Could not fathom how people were still smoking.
Cigarettes.
I haven’t smoked in almost thirty years, but I remember thensuper discount brand cartons going for $7 back in the late '90s.
Back when a $20 could get you a carton of premium brand, tax included, all my friends had multiple cartons in their trunks. Even then sometimes they’d get crazy and drive across the state line to get them for $14/carton, buying a few cases and bringing them back.
Cartons now at or above $100/carton.
But that’s mostly excise tax, not the manufacturer taking a bigger cut. We want people to smoke less, because it costs us less as a society (in money and misery) so we force the price of cigarettes up, and sure enough it works.
I happened to look at cigarette prices the other day - almost $12/pack here. Very glad I quit fifteen years ago.
And I quit when the price crossed 4€ mark, thinking thats way too expensive for it. Currently it’s roughly around 6-7€ here.
I bought a friend some while in Australia. I know they have a heavy tax on them but was shocked to find $50 for a single pack of 20. Could not fathom how people were still smoking.