# Buying cigarettes on internet

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-cigarettes-on-internet/118110>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 9, 2002, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-cigarettes-on-internet/118110 "2002-07-09T17:28:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![tamster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a6a055/32.png) [@tamster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tamster)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-cigarettes-on-internet/118110/1 "2002-07-09T17:28:17Z")

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I recently heard a piece of a news report state that cigarettes have gone up to $7 a pack in NY and some other states. The report also mentioned that cigarettes can be purchased on internet at discounted prices. How and where? And, yes, I’m over 18 and I do smoke.

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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-cigarettes-on-internet/118110/2 "2002-07-09T17:41:23Z")

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[Are you gonna try this every week?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=123564) 🙂

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**Author:** ![tamster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a6a055/32.png) [@tamster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tamster)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-cigarettes-on-internet/118110/3 "2002-07-10T17:37:10Z")

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:smack: