Greeks are abandoning cigarettes in record numbers

Re:Greeks are abandoning cigarettes in record numbers by phoe-krk on Saturday January 20, 2018 @04:34PM (#16195540)

Nowhere to get cheaper tobacco from, nothing to distribute cheaper.

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Re:Greeks are abandoning cigarettes in record numbers by johnchristopher on Saturday January 20, 2018 @04:49PM (#16195595)

> The city has argued that the availability of cheaper cigarettes is a public health concern because taxes were in part a way to discourage smoking.

There's also that story about that manfacturer smuggling cigarettes into a country I can't remember to avoid paying taxes.

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Re:Greeks are abandoning cigarettes in record numbers by pxeboot on Saturday January 20, 2018 @05:28PM (#16195775)

At least in the US, you can still buy cigarettes really cheap on Indian reservations and states like West Virginia.

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Re:Greeks are abandoning cigarettes in record numbers by seanmcdirmid on Saturday January 20, 2018 @05:56PM (#16195889)

Same in Washington.

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Re:Greeks are abandoning cigarettes in record numbers by Grue3 on Sunday January 21, 2018 @04:18AM (#16197402)

In late USSR and 90s Russia, smuggled cigarettes were absolutely a thing.

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Re:Greeks are abandoning cigarettes in record numbers by Moru on Saturday January 20, 2018 @05:21PM (#16195735)

You can always steal them.

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