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NIST Cigarettes are a mere $204 per carton. Depending on what state you live in, that's not bad these days. https://shop.nist.gov/ccrz__ProductDetails?sku=119
by Duanemclemore 2mo ago
NIST Cigarettes are a mere $204 per carton.
Depending on what state you live in, that's not bad these days.
https://shop.nist.gov/ccrz__ProductDetails?sku=1196a&cclcl=en_US https://shop.nist.gov/ccrz__ProductDetails?sku=1196a&cclcl=e...
- VTimofeenko 2mo agoShows $508 for 2 cartons, so 254 per. NY has probably most expensive smokes, ranging $140-155 per carton
- plaguuuuuu 2mo agoAustralia is US$350-$400
- perpetuallunch 2mo agoOr retail at $15 per pack of twenty over-under the counter at your nearest “convenience” store, if it hasn’t been fire bomber over night in Melbourne, thought that seems to have eased off a bit since they arrested that guy. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15975949/Melbourne-Jesse-Hadchiti-arson-tobacco-wars.html https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15975949/Melbourne-Je...
- ornornor 2mo agoGood, making them very expensive is one of the most effective ways to reduce smoking and all associated suffering, cancers, health costs, deaths.
- throw1234567891 2mo agoAnd increase smuggling, black market, and risk of harm by consuming dubious quality products.
- ornornor 2mo agoMuch less than it discourages its use. Tobacco lobbies are fighting price increases tooth and nail, they wouldn't if it didn't work. Countries where the price has gone up have seen decreases in on-going consumption and new addictions. Countries where it's cheap (relative to local income) still have high level of smoking (and second-hand smoking).
- throw1234567891 2mo agoWhatever, I like my cigarette.
- nish__ 2mo agoTobacco tax is actually crazy. I can get 200 cigarettes for $10 CAD from the natives because it's tax free.
- throw1234567891 2mo agoI heard from people. It is crazy, right?
- NuclearPM 2mo agoNo that’s stupid. It’s a tax on poor people.
- kalium-xyz 2mo agoWont the state tax apply to the NIST ones as well?
- skinfaxi 2mo agoI checked by almost completing checkout and no state tax was charged. I would be surprised if the states could tax federal goods.
- bragr 2mo agoGenerally states can't. I wonder if what could technically trip you up is the lack of tax stamps. But can you get in trouble for having unstamped cigarettes? I'd think generally no.
- VTimofeenko 2mo agoThe argument for "it shouldn't" could be that it's a federal supplier and/or some sort of RnD exception. Not sure if NIST would even sell to a private buyer.
- unixhero 2mo agoUSD190 in Norway
- bensyverson 2mo agoOn the one hand, they say "for experimental purposes only," but on the other hand, hey, no cancer warning!