# How much do cigarettes cost in your town? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 4, 2008, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-cigarettes-cost-in-your-town/475770 "2008-12-04T23:23:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Heropsychodreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Heropsychodreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heropsychodreamer)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-cigarettes-cost-in-your-town/475770/21 "2008-12-05T14:55:57Z")
Connecticut: $5.69 is the very cheapest I can find for Marlboro Lights. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-cigarettes-cost-in-your-town/475770/22 "2008-12-05T15:37:26Z")
Most packs here in west Michigan are from $4-5.25 a pack. I buy loose tobacco and a pack of rolling papers for $8. That lasts me about 2 weeks.I do have to buy 3 or 4 more packs of papers during that time though. ---
**Author:** ![ThreadPirateRoberts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@ThreadPirateRoberts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThreadPirateRoberts)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-cigarettes-cost-in-your-town/475770/23 "2008-12-05T15:49:51Z")
I buy loose tobacco and tubes which with a machine you basically get real cigarettes for the price of home rolled ---
**Author:** ![Dottygumdrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Dottygumdrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dottygumdrop)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-cigarettes-cost-in-your-town/475770/24 "2008-12-05T17:23:10Z")
About US$1.60 for a pack of 20 Marlboro Lights (Bahrain) ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-cigarettes-cost-in-your-town/475770/25 "2008-12-05T17:25:31Z")
New York City. Paid $9 for my last pack of Camel Lights. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-cigarettes-cost-in-your-town/475770/26 "2008-12-05T17:49:35Z")
Well, I never buy smokes in “my town,” unless I’m at a bar and I have no other choice, since I live across the river from Kentucky. In KY, a carton of American Spirit Yellows is $32-36.00. When I smoke Camels, they were $24-27.00. ---
**Author:** ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-cigarettes-cost-in-your-town/475770/27 "2008-12-05T19:12:24Z")
$32/carton for gpc light 100s, here. (south Texas). ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-cigarettes-cost-in-your-town/475770/28 "2008-12-05T19:30:48Z")
4.55 including tax for marlboros at my usual place. ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-cigarettes-cost-in-your-town/475770/29 "2008-12-05T19:33:27Z")
> [@Mindfield](#): > > Whoa, which reservation is this? I’m gettin’ the native stuff (Putter’s Light) for $30/carton. I’l get you the exact location later, since i get them off a buddy at work. What i dont know is if they sell a name brand as well, since the ones i buy are in ziploc baggies. Its possible that what your buying is the standard price. Declan ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-cigarettes-cost-in-your-town/475770/30 "2008-12-06T00:50:27Z")
5-6$ a pack here, which is why I hop on over to Virginia and grab a carton for 36 or so. ---
**Author:** ![BuzzSaw101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a3d4f5/32.png) [@BuzzSaw101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuzzSaw101)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-cigarettes-cost-in-your-town/475770/31 "2008-12-06T01:36:37Z")
In South Carolina, a pack of Marlboros for $2.89 at one chain of gas stations. Usually around $3.20 to $3.40 a pack other places around here. ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-cigarettes-cost-in-your-town/475770/32 "2008-12-06T02:59:22Z")
Anywhere between $6.50-7.00 a pack for name brands. The “cheapie” butts are around $5 a pack. When I visited KY this summer I nearly cried. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-cigarettes-cost-in-your-town/475770/33 "2008-12-06T16:15:05Z")
> [@yojimbo](#): > > €8.05 for a pack. That’s ~$10. Is that for 10 cigs or for 20? I was under the impression that a “packet” of smokes in Ireland/UK was only 10 smokes for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-cigarettes-cost-in-your-town/475770/34 "2008-12-06T16:16:32Z")
$7.50 a pack, last I looked. We have a hefty city sin tax on them. ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-cigarettes-cost-in-your-town/475770/35 "2008-12-06T19:01:03Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > Is that for 10 cigs or for 20? I was under the impression that a “packet” of smokes in Ireland/UK was only 10 smokes for some reason. You can by packs of ten, but the norm is 20. There are moves to ban these 10 packs because they are more likely to be bought by school-children. ---
**Author:** ![El\_DeLuxo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_deluxo/32/9043_2.png) [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-cigarettes-cost-in-your-town/475770/36 "2008-12-06T19:27:41Z")
Maor brands run from $5.25-$5.75 a pack; what we call “budget butts” or "broke smokes"at my house (GPCs and Basics) are anywhere from $3.50 to $4.50; there are a couple of ultra-cheap brands like Wildhorse and Sierras that cost two and change (mostly sold in those liquor stores that specialize in half-pints of Royal Gate vodka), but they’ve got a nasty taste to them – sort of burned and dusty – so when funds get tight, we smoke roll-ups. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-cigarettes-cost-in-your-town/475770/37 "2008-12-06T19:33:59Z")
> [@Rayne\_Man](#): > > You can by packs of ten, but the norm is 20. There are moves to ban these 10 packs because they are more likely to be bought by school-children. Yeah, that makes sense because when you have a hard time getting smokes when you do get some, you’ll want to get as few as possible. :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-cigarettes-cost-in-your-town/475770.md?page=1)