You know what really pisses me off? The government keeps taxing
cigarettes...It is driving me nuts. I have my mom pick them up out of
state, cause thats the only way I can afford them. Marlboros are 6.25 a
pack! I smoke chick cigarettes (Eve light menthol 120īs) and even those
are still over five bucks a pack! And now, there is going to be a new law
in effect starting next year in my state so that all cigarettes sold here
have to have special self extinguishing filters, how freaking gay is that!
I have a feeling they are just going to cost more. I mean, Jesus H.
Christ, the government canīt function without the money they get form
cigarette sales, but at this rate, everyone is going to ahve to quit becaus
ethey will ahve to choose between smoking and paying bills.
ARRRRRRRRGH!!!! OK, I just had to bitch, I am so pissed, I need a smoke
(lol)...
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posted on 26/4/2002 at 03:29 AM
I hate the fact the government keeps taxing cigarettes also. I mean
seriously, so many people in America smoke, so I can see why they would tax
them, but is it really necessary? I usually smoke Newports, and they are
now $3.50 a pack. Even Marlboro Menthols are $3.30 a pack. I heard they are
really high in New York, and people have started coming across the PA
border to buy them, but also they have been bumped higher in PA. *growls*
When the government makes the prices higher its forcing people to quit, and
when enough quit, they wonīt be making a very high profit off of it
anymore, then when the prices go back down, so many people will have quit
that it wonīt be necessary to lower them again for the 20% that can afford
to keep smoking through the taxes. Rawr!~! :evil:
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jadedraven
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posted on 26/4/2002 at 04:20 AM
yeah, I live in NY, its nuts here, my mom is a truck driver, so I have her
pick me up smokes in a state where it is slighly cheaper, there is no way
Iīm paying 6.25 a pack!
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Ironboots
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posted on 26/4/2002 at 06:23 AM
Errgh... I hate smoking... I donīt know how others can do it. And it keeps
my dad happy, too.
Is fun to play with the little strings of smoke that float around,
though... (call me simple-minded...)
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Sardonic-Pain
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posted on 26/4/2002 at 06:37 AM
I smoke Marlboro Lights and those are about 3.80 a pack here in
Virginia....I was Smoking cloves but those are over 5 dollars a
pack......its sucks ass....I mean I could smoke ctīs for a buck something
but thats like smoking air not to mention they taste really fucking
bad....there are these Monarch Lights though that are pretty close to
Smoking Marlboro lights.....but its just not the same....First cigs go up
and then gas what next milk? :evil:
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jadedraven
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posted on 26/4/2002 at 07:58 AM
Your gonna hate me, but I smoke more for effect than addiction. I think
its sexy, I usually only smoke in public, or when I am on the computer, so
I am only gonna smoke the good cigarettes, or else nothing at all, if you
canīt have the best, why bother...
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ickgirl
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posted on 26/4/2002 at 08:46 AM
"at this rate, everyone is going to ahve to quit because they will ahve to
choose between smoking and paying bills."
call me crazy, but this cracked me up.
i view cigarettes how i view all "luxury" items (read: things no one really
NEEDS, but things people really WANT) - if you canīt afford it, donīt do
it. donīt whine about it, itīs just annoying.
mmm sexy cigarettes *cough cough hack*
*wink*
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jadedraven
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posted on 26/4/2002 at 10:40 AM
oh, I donīt deny that it is a luxury, and if I couldnīt afford it I
wouldnīt do it, but I can so I will, and I was under the impression that
EVERYONE was allowed to whine once in a while...
also, there are a lot of people who think cigarettes are sexy or whatever,
I found a whole bunch of pictures in the library, along with several books
documenting the "culture" of it
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ickgirl
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posted on 26/4/2002 at 11:46 AM
and I once read in a book about a guy who found being hit with grapefruit
in his genitalia very sexy.
oh, and.
iīm not denying "other people" find smoking sexy.
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callei
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posted on 26/4/2002 at 02:51 PM
on a historical tangent....
our "forefathers" threw a revolution over unfair (unrepresented) taxation
by tax-stamp. The cigarettes arent taxed, the stamp on the bottom of the
pack is. hmmmmm
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hipperthanu
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posted on 26/4/2002 at 06:29 PM
cancer is icky. cigarettes look cool in movies and tv.. but in real life
they smell horrible and make me cough lots.
smoking bothers me I guess. but I overall donīt mind the respectful
smokers, just the damn bastards who do it next to me in lines or blow it in
my face.
my annoying habits donīt smell horrible at least.
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jadedraven
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posted on 27/4/2002 at 01:18 AM
I am nice enough to ask the other people that are around me if they mind if
I smoke, I am aware that not everyone likes that habit, and I also have
friends that are allergic to it. What really annoys me is people who throw
their cigarette butts on the ground without putting them out (especially on
grass) or when there is an ashtray within ten feet of them. I actually
usually carry around a plastic bag to put my butts in. I donīt like to
litter, and it is just common courtesy
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VampCourt
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posted on 27/4/2002 at 02:25 AM
i smoke ocassionally. so i guess i dont mind them too too much. although i
really have to stop all of that because.. it is kindah yucky.
:wink:
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necromancer
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posted on 27/4/2002 at 05:25 AM
cigarettes, yuck.
It really REALLY pisses me off when Iīm on my motorcycle and the people
driving in front of me throw out their still lit cigarette butts... without
even looking to see where they are throwing them. A lot of times, they hit
the ground and bounce into my windshield. Sometimes, they HIT me. Fucking
people! And they stink.
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goathead
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posted on 27/4/2002 at 06:18 AM
The people or the cigarettes?
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DevilBunny
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posted on 27/4/2002 at 11:50 AM
I donīt get it... why do actually people smoke cigaretts in the first
place? I mean, whatīs so fun or cool about inhaling smoke?
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goathead
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posted on 27/4/2002 at 02:21 PM
why do you find the smell so icky? i rather like it, actually.. (i donīt
smoke)
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Sardonic-Pain
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posted on 28/4/2002 at 12:12 AM
::cardinal glick (george carlin)(Dogma) voice::Hook em while der young::
hehe not that i think its cool I did when i first started smoking I guess
but now its a greak stress reliever expescially when my nerves get all
jumpy....Now that I am somewhat sober offa drugs there has to be a
subsitute and sex is out of the question so i stick to cigs and coffe and
caffine in general.... :evil:
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jadedraven
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posted on 28/4/2002 at 04:13 AM
Why does anybody do anything, because they can. I think it is sexy, I like
to watch people smoke, I enjoy it, and I have made more friends that way
(you know, everyone is standing outside in the freezing cold on break at
work) I donīt particualrly like it that I know people who smoke three
packs a day (my mom, my best friend), but as a recreational thing, I donīt
see any reason why not. I smoke half a pack a day or less (unless Iīm
drinking or really frazzled) and I have been smoking since I was 16 (so 4
years). The way I see it, it is better than snorting coke or shooting
something...
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pAris
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posted on 29/4/2002 at 05:14 AM
Smokers do tend to be more open to meeting people, as Iīve met quite a few
cool people that I otherwise might not have. Also, I believe it was Tom
Robbins who wrote that smoking is the closest thing we can get to touching
fire.
I also do not smoke much (usually), and tend to do it more socially than
anything. And it kills me when people who have their own bad and annoying
habits harp on me for mine. I try to be respectful and curteous about it
when possible. Also, I know itīs not good for me, so I try to not let it
control me.
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