Renthead Mommy Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 In having a discussion about something the cost of cigarettes came up. In high school I remember a pack of Marlboros was around $2.50-$3.00. What does a pack cost today? What does a carton cost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I don't know what a carton cost at a place like Costco's but a pack of cigarettes at the gas station are $5 something here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 About $7 in PA. More in NJ. Your first born in Manhattan. ($1.95 when I was a teenager in NJ.) The variation in tax by state is enormous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissad2 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I think about $3.50/pk for the cheapo brand and around $4.50/marlboros. I don't know how anyone affords the nasty little habit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarreymere Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 45 cents when my mom used to send me down to the corner store to pick some up for her...... $5.65 in my corner of PA these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovin Learnin Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Dating myself but one summer when I was in college I worked at a gas station and cigarettes were $.89 per pack. I believe they are in excess of $5 now where I live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amy g. Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I was just talking to the check out boy about this. I told him that when I was in high school everyone said, "If they go up to $1.00 a pack, I'm quitting, Man." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 (edited) Not sure if the chart I saw is still accurate, but it listed Missouri at 17 cents tax (the lowest cig tax in the states)per pack, and Rhode Island as the highest tax per pack at $3.50 per pack. That of course doesn't include the federal tax. But when local taxes are added, New York City rates the highest at $5.85 per pack. So in NYC the tax is higher than the product, right?? I wonder if the percentage of smokers is lower in states where the tax rate is high... Edited October 26, 2012 by Annie G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelaNYC Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 New York City: Pack: $13.00 Carton $130.00 :eek: :svengo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firestar Academy Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 i remember when they were $1 a pack in high school. in NJ they are like $7-$8 per pack. they were talking about this on the radio the other day and 1 pack-a-day for 30 days = $240. people were comparing it to a car payment. Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 New York City: Pack: $13.00 Carton $130.00 :eek: :svengo: I'm speechless. That is a LOT of money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celia Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 It's about 10 or 11 dollars a pack here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest inoubliable Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 About $3.50/pack here in tobacco-land. I remember them being about $2/pack when I was a teenager. I went out to Utah for college and, this is what I was told anyway, the state was gearing up for the 2002 Winter Olympics out there so they had recently raised taxes on some things, cigarettes included. Packs out there were $5+/pack. When I went home for winter break, I came back to Utah with an extra suitcase filled with cartons of cigarettes. Just about everyone I knew there had given me a $20 and asked me to bring them back cigarettes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 These prices make me feel better about my $0.52 a day Pepsi Max habit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renthead Mommy Posted October 26, 2012 Author Share Posted October 26, 2012 i remember when they were $1 a pack in high school. in NJ they are like $7-$8 per pack. they were talking about this on the radio the other day and 1 pack-a-day for 30 days = $240. people were comparing it to a car payment. Robin The car payment comment is sort of along the lines of the original conversation my husband and I were having and that is what led to my original question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest inoubliable Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 These prices are insane. I'm so glad DH and I recently quit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth in MN Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Here they cheap ones are over $5 a pack. Back when my Dad was alive we drove by a gas station advertising a carton for $40. I clucked and hissed about how happy I was for having quit before it was over $20 a carton. My Dad chuckled and said "I remember when they were fifteen cents a pack." Needless to say, he died from smoking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I think I saw Marlboros for $8 the other day, we have insane sin taxes in MA. I recall saying that I would quite when they hit a dollar when I was in high school quite well. I quit about 7 or 8 years ago now I think. Thank God. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 5.35 for Pall Malls unless you go to Murphy's then they are 4.98 a pack (includes tax) in Michigan. Not sure about cartons. In Georgia the same brand was 3.20 a pack at Enmark (includes tax) again not sure about cartons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Ours are about $8-9 here. :eek: My dad told me his work buddies are now rolling their own using pipe tobacco because it's cheaper. I can't see how anyone can afford to smoke a pack a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4everHis Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 New York City: Pack: $13.00 Carton $130.00 :eek: :svengo: NO way!!!:svengo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommymilkies Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I don't know what a carton cost at a place like Costco's but a pack of cigarettes at the gas station are $5 something here. :iagree: We don't smoke, but that's what I've seen advertised. I think they should be more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 4.50 for Marlboro here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfgivas Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 my first thought was "short-term or long-term?" but i don't really know the answer to either. not so much help, ann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justLisa Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I was just talking to the check out boy about this. I told him that when I was in high school everyone said, "If they go up to $1.00 a pack, I'm quitting, Man." :lol::lol::lol: I remember in HS they were around $2 a pack but I could go to this place and get a carton for pretty cheap. That was for Marb's. GROSS to think of how I used to smoke. Here and now? about $8 a pack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I started smoking very young (1969), at .45 a pack...and I quit before getting pregnant when I was 27, at $1.50 a pack. Since then, I can't stand anything "owning" me. I can be pretty obstinate when I feel something has a control over me. Sometimes, being oppositional has it's benefits. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 No one in my family smokes. My mother died due to lung cancer in 2009. I was always amazed by how much she paid for her cigarette habit. I noted the other day while waiting outside at a gas station that packs here were north of $7 for name brand and not much less generics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakereese Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I was just talking to the check out boy about this. I told him that when I was in high school everyone said, "If they go up to $1.00 a pack, I'm quitting, Man." :lol: We were getting gas recently and I noticed a sign for Marlboro's and it was around $8 a pack. I was shocked!! I've never smoked, but I did buy them for my mom as a youngster (yeh, those were the good ole days :lol:) and I thought I remembered them being $1 or $2. How do people afford such a habit? :confused: I know, I know, priorities and all that. But there is no way I would be able to support a pack a day habit. Just THINK of all the books that money could buy! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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