There are cigarette machines here just as in the States. Notice how the warning label is large and to-the-point. And you have to ask the waitstaff to activate the machine before you can use your eftpos (debit) card.
More warning labels on these: Smoking causes mouth cancer. Smoking causes gangrene. Tobacco smoke is poisonous. You are not the only one smoking this cigarette. oooh, I think I like that one the best...
And just look at these prices! $16 for a pack of Dunhills. $14.50 for Pall Malls. I don't smoke, so I don't have a sense for whether these are fancy brands or not. But I'm pretty sure they're not charging in the vicinity of eleven bucks a pack in the US!
More warning labels on these: Smoking causes mouth cancer. Smoking causes gangrene. Tobacco smoke is poisonous. You are not the only one smoking this cigarette. oooh, I think I like that one the best...
And just look at these prices! $16 for a pack of Dunhills. $14.50 for Pall Malls. I don't smoke, so I don't have a sense for whether these are fancy brands or not. But I'm pretty sure they're not charging in the vicinity of eleven bucks a pack in the US!
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So glad you grew up in a non-smoking family!
I think Dunhills are considered 'fancy' cigarettes. I've been around too many European academes to know that bit of info! Cigarettes are more expensive in certain US cities than others due to sales taxes. For example, they are about $8-9 in NYC and Chicago but around $6 in Houston. I know many more cigaretter related statistics due to a recent research question at the library.
Saima
My arithmetic tells me that a pack-a-day habit costs roughly $5,500 per year in NZ, and based on Saimi Auntie's average of $7/pack (it's good to have a librarian in the family) it's $2,500 a year in the US. Yikes!
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