# Smokers, how much do you pay for cigarettes? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 13, 2004, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-how-much-do-you-pay-for-cigarettes/250043 "2004-06-13T00:36:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-how-much-do-you-pay-for-cigarettes/250043/61 "2004-06-18T10:51:23Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Nonsmoker checking in. > > Why are cigerettes cheaper at an indian reservation? No taxes. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-how-much-do-you-pay-for-cigarettes/250043/62 "2004-06-18T11:23:50Z")
$7.22(€6) over here for a pack of 20. Mostly tax :mad: ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-how-much-do-you-pay-for-cigarettes/250043/63 "2004-06-18T15:51:49Z")
oh, man, **yojimbo**. That’s steep. And no more smoking in pubs either, huh. I have another question: How much nicotine is in your brand? My former brand [Caballero plain] suddenly changed from 1.2 to 0.8. They say is because of the new EU rules [yeah, one more “lovely” change :mad:] Fact is: I need to buy _more_ cigarettes in order to get my daily nicotine dose. I’m sure the tobacco industry is very sorry for me… ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-how-much-do-you-pay-for-cigarettes/250043/64 "2004-06-18T18:57:57Z")
Around home, which is in Cook Co. Illinois they can be as bad as $5.60 at the gas station, but I work in Dupage, where you can still sometimes find $3.50-$4.50. I’ve noticed however that I have become a total BOGO smoker. Camels, those new little tiny menthol Marlboro 73’s (which I like), Salems in a rainbow of color boxes, Weird off brands, anything that’s buy one get one free I’m smoking. I’m in it for the nicotine. ---
**Author:** ![Bangiadore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@Bangiadore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bangiadore)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-how-much-do-you-pay-for-cigarettes/250043/65 "2004-06-19T03:16:20Z")
**nitroglycerine** , I probably will try the Zig-Zag. I’m sure I’ll like it if it comes with decent Zig-Zag papers. I’m about done with these Marlboros. And I vividly remember making a pact with my guy that we’d both quit when cigs went to a buck a pack. This must have been around '81. **gum** , I’d guess that the Drum you get there still comes from Utrecht? The Drum we get in the US now comes from North Carolina or someplace, and it isn’t as finely cut as it used to be. Also, it tends to have stems and chunks and it’s rather dry. And the papers? Just bad. Uberhaubt \, we can buy cigarettes in most of the places you mentioned except bookstores. Bars and restaurants, usually not. Seems as if the best prices around here are at gas stations/convenience stores, but sometimes supermarkets have good prices as well. ---
**Author:** ![Cillasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@Cillasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cillasi)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-how-much-do-you-pay-for-cigarettes/250043/66 "2004-06-19T03:45:28Z")
Smokes in NYC are outrageous - major brands run about $7 a pack. I’ve been ordering from NYS indian reservations for a couple years now. [www.native1.com](http://www.native1.com) seems to be the cheapest in the area, but they have a minimum order of 5 cartons. ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-how-much-do-you-pay-for-cigarettes/250043/67 "2004-06-19T12:11:13Z")
**Bangiadore** _:: checking my Drum pouch::_ It says: Imperial Tobacco Nederland, postbus # Joure. Joure is in Friesland right? [geography isn’t my strong suit. :)] It costs Euro 4.60 [50 grams] and has 1,1 nicotine in it. [oh, yum. That’s better than those weak ciggies] I can send you some if you like? Dunno how legal that is? Or some cigarette papers? That’s _got_ to be legal. 😉 Oh, and “überhaupt”? I speak überhaupt just one word of German. hehehe. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-how-much-do-you-pay-for-cigarettes/250043.md?page=3)