Tobacco tax story

[GilpinGuy]

I was at a local gas station cash register behind a guy who was buying some "Zyn". For those that don't know, this is a non-tobacco nicotine pouch type of thing that is supposed to be a tobacco substitute and, IF used correctly, wean your ass off of snuff.

Anyway, the guy asks for the Zyn and asks, does this have the new tax? The clerk says "yeah, sorry". It was like $2 more than before the tax or something, crazy.

The dude goes a little sideways, not on the clerk herself but in general, and says, "I'm trying to quit tobacco and these assholes tax me for it!!!"

I just said, "Thanks government."

He looked at me and said, "No shit....assholes".

Mission accomplished - one more mind thinking about how our government fucks us every day.

[Irving]

Exact same story regarding vaping. It was a strong tool to ween people off cigarettes, but they treated it just like cigarettes and now a ton of teens are addicted too it. There's more to the story than that, but similar vein.

[MrPrena]

I was at a local gas station cash register behind a guy who was buying some "Zyn". For those that don't know, this is a non-tobacco nicotine pouch type of thing that is supposed to be a tobacco substitute and, IF used correctly, wean your ass off of snuff.

Anyway, the guy asks for the Zyn and asks, does this have the new tax? The clerk says "yeah, sorry". It was like $2 more than before the tax or something, crazy.

The dude goes a little sideways, not on the clerk herself but in general, and says, "I'm trying to quit tobacco and these assholes tax me for it!!!"

I just said, "Thanks government."

He looked at me and said, "No shit....assholes".

Mission accomplished - one more mind thinking about how our government fucks us every day.

If he said that at a wrong neighborhood,he would have been stabbed in the jaw/face in the back alley regardless of he was armed or not.
His face would be an ATM, bad guys knife would be an ATM card.

[GilpinGuy]

Exact same story regarding vaping. It was a strong tool to ween people off cigarettes, but they treated it just like cigarettes and now a ton of teens are addicted too it. There's more to the story than that, but similar vein.

I get that. The moral of the story is "We'll do anything to get your money" from government. Like they want people to stop buying tobacco products.

[MrPrena]

When I smoked a little,it was about 2.25 per pack.
Is it about $10 now?

[Gman]

I quit smoking in the early '90s. When I heard how much a pack was today, I was like "That's not much less than I paid for a full carton back in the day."

I'm not sure how people can afford that habit.

Then again, I don't understand people that have a $5 per cup Starbucks habit either.

[Great-Kazoo]

When I smoked a little,it was about 2.25 per pack.
Is it about $10 now?

$0.50 per for me.

I can fill the trucks up for less than a carton of smokes.

[StagLefty]

$0.50 per for me.

I can fill the trucks up for less than a carton of smokes.

Remember Lucky Strikes being .23 and there were 2 cents in the pack wrapper because the machine could only take a quarter ?

[BladesNBarrels]

When I smoked a little,it was about 2.25 per pack.
Is it about $10 now?

This will date me.
10 cents a pack on the ship before I quit.
No taxes being in the Navy out of the U.S.
$1.00 per carton, limit 2 cartons per week.
Smoked about two and one half packs a day

[MrPrena]

People think I am nuts by saying this but cigrette may have saved my life.

I use to work and go to school, and I was constantly sleepy. So I took caffeine pills before I drove.
That only lasted few month and changed to ephedra (now illegal) pills. Ephedra did not last 3mo. So I start smoking.
Smoking before and while driving helped me alert while driving.


Speaking of caffine pills.....
"I am so excited!!I am so excited!!"