Canadian Taxes & Smokers

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Ack... For all you smokers out there (that are in Canada - specifically Ontario)...

The price of cigarettes jumped significantly in the last day or so... I went to buy a pack last night and it was $7.90

Bah.

Now, I guess the race begins to see how many people can tell me I should quit. :lol:
 
You should quit.
 
Gee, I wonder why. :rolleyes:
 
Actually, you should not have started.
 
Dosen't Canada put heavy taxes on cigs, alcohol and gasoline to supplement the countrys free health care system?
 
No Canada pays taxes so that our government can lose that money by "losing" a report that cost 100 000 to do.
 
Originally posted by boombexus
Dosen't Canada put heavy taxes on cigs, alcohol and gasoline to supplement the countrys free health care system?
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No comment.
 
And what do you pay for petrol? Here, cigarettes are about £4.80 a pack, and fuel is £0.72 per litre. Do the math!

I've been to Canada - it's cheap!
 
:lol: land of cheap cigarettes and petrol! Our gas is really expensive now considering we produce it here (alberta) at 67c/L
 
Originally posted by Deathhawk
In alberta the packs are runnin 9-10$
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yup... you can find em for under 9 sometimes... are you in alberta death?
 
stop smoking cigs ans start smoking POT! :lol: j/k, quite everything
 
Originally posted by ethanol
Now, I guess the race begins to see how many people can tell me I should quit. :lol:
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Do you want me to? I've got a pretty big soapbox on this issue.
 
if i did the figures right, 37 cents a liter for us.
 
Originally posted by Deathhawk
:lol: land of cheap cigarettes and petrol! Our gas is really expensive now considering we produce it here (alberta) at 67c/L
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:eek: 67c/l? In rural Australia, it sometimes jumps over $1! Your crew are cheap!
 
I guess I'd care if I was a Canadian smoker, but since i'm neither Canadian nor a smoker I don't really care.

I don't understand why cigarettes aren't more here. Only 5-5.50 USD. Hell, the gov't could tax the hell out of them up to 9 or ten USD and smokers would still buy them.

I don't care if you smoke but please do not do itnear me. I value my health. I've never smoked anything in my life and never will so I on't need jackasses breathing 400 chemicals down my lungs. I guess it's hard seeing as how my parents each smoke 20 -30 cigarettes a day. FFS, they could at least be considerate and not kill me with them.

Oops, sorry for going off on a tangent there.
 
Cigarettes(Marlboro, Camel, etc) are only $2.80-$3.80/pack here.
 
Well, this is the price for having socialist or social democratic governments.
 
Ok, just an update... quitting is now on my to-do list.

:)

I went and checked out the patch last night, 'cause I doubt my willpower would hold up. I've been smoking for too long (yes, I shouldn't have started - hindsight is 20/20 eh?) and it's just way too accessible right now. I work from home, and am sitting infront of my computer all day.

Blah.

So, umm.... if I end up bitter and angry and snap at everyone, it's likely 'cause I'm quitting. :lol:
 
Deathhawk

Ugh - I'll probably be giving up the "Ethanol" for quite a while. Drinking and smoking have gone hand in hand for so long, the one is almost synonymous with the other.
 
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