# Annual, out of pocket cost of smoking brand name cigarettes **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 10, 2002, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annual-out-of-pocket-cost-of-smoking-brand-name-cigarettes/136159 "2002-11-10T18:26:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annual-out-of-pocket-cost-of-smoking-brand-name-cigarettes/136159/1 "2002-11-10T18:26:30Z")
Not up on current cigarette prices. How much would a 1 pack, 2 pack, 3 pack or 4 pack a day habit cost respectively, on an annual basis assuming we are talking about brand name (ie Kent, Camel, Marlboro, Salem etc) cigarettes? ---
**Author:** ![Mad\_Matt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Mad\_Matt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mad_Matt)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annual-out-of-pocket-cost-of-smoking-brand-name-cigarettes/136159/2 "2002-11-10T18:31:44Z")
£4.50 for 20 cigarettes where I live. 1 pack a day for 365 days = £1,642.50 per year. Perhaps that’s why smubbled cigarettes and tobacco are so popular in the UK? ---
**Author:** ![Mad\_Matt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Mad\_Matt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mad_Matt)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annual-out-of-pocket-cost-of-smoking-brand-name-cigarettes/136159/3 "2002-11-10T18:32:59Z")
er… SMUGGLED!!! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annual-out-of-pocket-cost-of-smoking-brand-name-cigarettes/136159/4 "2002-11-10T18:34:09Z")
You can get a carton of Marlboros for about $40/carton. That would be $1,460 per year. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annual-out-of-pocket-cost-of-smoking-brand-name-cigarettes/136159/5 "2002-11-10T18:36:13Z")
Marlboros at my local mom&pop store round the corner are $3.80. 1 pack a day habit = $1387 per year. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annual-out-of-pocket-cost-of-smoking-brand-name-cigarettes/136159/6 "2002-11-10T21:04:24Z")
Prices vary pretty widely, even within the U.S. I’ve heard scary tales of $7 packs of cigarettes in NYC, but here, at the local Tobacco Plus, I can get a pack of Camels for $2.76, a carton for $26.99. That store charges a little more for the Marlboros, though. I think it’s $2.99/pk, $29.99/ctn. Even better prices are possible when the companies run “buy two, get one free,” or even better, “buy one, get one free” deals, which they do fairly often. ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2002, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annual-out-of-pocket-cost-of-smoking-brand-name-cigarettes/136159/7 "2002-11-10T22:00:55Z")
I can get a carton of Camels for $22.50, about $24 with tax. I love Kentucky. That’s $876/year for a pack a day. If I didn’t have champagne tastes, I could get away with spending 11 bucks on a carton of GTs. That’s only $401.50 per year.