On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 12:22, Brian Fahrlander wrote: > On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 07:56, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > > At 00:39 11/19/2003, you wrote: > > > Smoke if you've got'em, but try to put'em out on the 19th. You'll > > >live longer, and you'll live easier, not paying a minimum of $1200 a > > >year! > > > > I don't smoke, but I used to. It's great that you want to help people quit, > > but I have a question. $1200/year is $4/day... around here that's four > > packs a day! Even if you live somewhere where a pack is $4, which would be > > incredible, how is something like 1 pack (or 4 around here) a "minimum"? > > Nope, most smokes are about $320-$3.50 here. Some places (NYC, I > believe) they're something like $7. Yeah...the cost of a movie here. > The sad thing is, that tax money goes 'to help the children' so they're > setting it up where people NEED to smoke, to keep people on at the local > school. :> > > $1 a pack...if I fall off the wagon, I might have to send you some > money for some smokes! :> $1 a pack! - Road trip! Seriously trying to quit....again... $5.50 a pack here in NJ and yeah NYC is $7/pack in a lot of places -- Michael Gargiullo <mgargiullo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Warp Drive Networks