Posts tagged as Cigarettes
What A Pack Of Cigarettes Costs, State By State
51. West Virginia: $4.74
50. Louisiana: $4.82
49. North Dakota: $4.91
48. Kentucky: $4.97
47. Idaho: $4.99
46. California: $5.19
45. Alabama: $5.27
44. Georgia: $5.29
43. South Carolina: $5.42
41-42. Indiana, Wyoming: $5.50
40. North Carolina: $5.51
38-39. Nebraska, Virginia: $5.55
37. Tennessee: $5.56
36. Missouri: $5.58
35. Oregon: $5.59
34. Mississippi: $5.75
33. New Hampshire: $5.87
32. Nevada: $5.95
30-31. Arkansas, Colorado: $5.96
29. Montana: $5.99
26-28. Delaware, Iowa, Kansas: $6.00
25. South Dakota: $6.03
24. Texas: $6.07
23. Florida: $6.08
22. Oklahoma: $6.19
21. Ohio: $6.22
20. Minnesota: $6.53
19. Maryland: $6.70
18. Pennsylvania: $6.80
17. Arizona: $6.87
16. New Mexico: $6.88
15. Michigan: $6.90
14. Utah: $7.22
13. Maine: $7.97
12. Washington, D.C.: $7.99
11. Wisconsin: $8.11
10. Vermont: $8.23
9. Connecticut: $8.25
8. Massachusetts: $8.30
7. New Jersey: $8.35
6. Rhode Island: $8.60
5. Alaska: $9.14
4. Illinois: $9.67
3. Hawaii: $9.73
2. Washington: $9.89
1. New York: $11.90
Methodology: Prices were obtained by calling a gas station in each state's most populous city and asking the clerk for the price of a pack of Marlboro Reds with tax. Memphis, Tenn., was toughest (nine phone calls). The gas station in Milwaukee, Wis., had the only employee who ended the conversation with "have a good one." READ MORE
Could Quitting Smoking Really Make You Happier?
"If people quit smoking their depressive symptoms go down and if they relapse, their mood goes back to where they were. An effective antidepressant should look like that." READ MORE
Soon You Will Need to Take Out A Bank Loan For A Pack Of Cigarettes
Attention New York City smokers: You have 8 days left to purchase cigarettes at the what-will-soon-seem-reasonable price of $10. Starting July 1 the state is adding another buck sixty a pack in taxes, which, you know, HOLY SHIT IF ANYTHING IS GOING TO TURN ME INTO A RAVING TEA PARTY LOON IT WILL BE THIS. Seriously, this is going to be a pretty excellent test of "how stupid am I?" If I'm actually pulling out twelve dollars-because you know that's what it's going to get rounded up to-for twenty Marlboro Reds (sixty cents a cigarette, if you're scoring at home; good luck trying to bum an "extra" smoke from anyone ever again) I need to take a long, hard look at my life choices and reconsider my options. You know, the more I think about it, the more I'm sure I'm going to quit (buying cigarettes in New York State). Anyone know how much the PATH costs these days?
Most Pediatricians Do Not Recommend Cigarette Smoking For Children Under Three
A YouTube video making the rounds-most recently posted on the entertainment news blog Crazydaysandnights, since disappeared-shows a two-year-old boy lighting and smoking a cigarette while a group of surrounding adults laugh and clap and cheer. This is less okay than those already not-really-okay Etrade commercials. And much less okay than the forever-awesome cover of Dinosaur Jr.'s 1991 album, Green Mind.
Feds Going After Annoying Fake Cigarettes
Carolyn Smeaton is worried. The 48-year-old resident of Fall River, MA, used to smoke 3 packs a day, but cut that amount in half by supplementing her habit with e-cigarettes-liquid nicotine vaporizers. "It's far exceeded my expectations," she told her local paper last month. "I feel like this could save my life," she tells the New York Times. Now, however, the FDA is threatening to ban the products. "I'm a nervous wreck," Smeaton informs the Wall Street Journal. With all those reporters calling her for quotes on the product, no wonder! The woman deserves a smoke. READ MORE
Cigarette Companies' Misguided Priorities
I'm a bad citizen, environment-wise, in that I don't really give a shit about my carbon footprint or whatever. I leave everything plugged in and crank the A/C as soon as the mercury passes 50; if I cared, I'd justify it by noting that I live in New York and use public transportation, but I don't care, so I don't bother, because by the time global warming's gonna be a major problem for those of us in the first world I'll be dead, an assumption which probably holds true even if global warming becomes a major problem for those of us in the first world next year or so. READ MORE
Smoking Pussy Cigarettes May Be Hazardous To Your Health
Hey smokers: If you want to reduce your chances of getting lung cancer, stick with the strong stuff. Or move to Australia.
Ten Bucks A PACK. How Stupid AM I?
The next time you cough ostentatiously or wave your judgmental fingers around to disperse the invisible cloud coming from a nearby smoker, remember this: We are the only ones keeping this economy afloat. You should be a little nicer to us. Because we're probably going to die soon.
They Are Taking All The Joy Out Of Smoking
My left index finger has been intermittently numb for about the last week or so; at first I put it down to some manifestation of carpal tunnel or such, but now I'm thinking maybe it's somehow related (hopefully subconsciously) to those grisly new anti-smoking ads the city is running in the subways. I mean, Jesus fuck. I'm 36 years old, I probably should quit; it's kind of ridiculous to still be smoking at this age. But ohmygod cigarettes are so good. If my only choice is to keep my digits but balloon another twenty pounds and be generally irritable (yeah, yeah, moreso), I think I'm just gonna suck it up and go the Rahm Emmanuel route. Next time you see me I'll be doing a spot where I'm holding up a mangled fist under the caption "My love of smoking robbed me of my love of blogging – Alex, Manhattan." Ugh. I need a cigarette.
Smoke 'em if you got 'em. Or send 'em this way.
Turns out that the more money you make, the less likely you are to smoke. Unless you happen to earn less than $12k a year, in which case you fall right in the middle, and probably have more serious concerns, hierarchy-of-needswise.
