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lumberjack_jeff

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9. At an average of 32.5% of gross annual income...

Reply to DesertFlower (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 13, 2013, 09:05 PM

Dec 2013

It's an important source of financial stress for poor households.

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Cost of a 1 pack a day habit, by state, at 100% of FPL [View all] lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 OP

Link to source? Agschmid Dec 2013 #1

. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #4

Thanks! Agschmid Dec 2013 #5

Number One Most Addictive Drug On Earth. onehandle Dec 2013 #2

i've heard it's easier to kick DesertFlower Dec 2013 #6

Don't I know that. The beach park in my neighborhood is Cha Dec 2013 #10

Although a smoker - I don't throw butts on the ground. ConcernedCanuk Dec 2013 #31

Good on you, CC.. wish everyone Cha Dec 2013 #35

Got a link for that? Luminous Animal Dec 2013 #32

i quit in '83. they had just hit DesertFlower Dec 2013 #3

At an average of 32.5% of gross annual income... lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #9

yes. it is. DesertFlower Dec 2013 #12

I quit in '84, they were an outrageous $.90 a pack in LA. kwassa Dec 2013 #15

i really wanted to quit too. i smoked for DesertFlower Dec 2013 #29

August 14 1977 for me madokie Dec 2013 #25

congratulations on stopping both. DesertFlower Dec 2013 #30

I have gone from 2-3 packs a day to e-cigs... angstlessk Dec 2013 #7

How's that work for you? I'm thinking of using e-cigs as a bridge to stop smoking. pinto Dec 2013 #8

I did a transition... As soon as I started on the e-cig SomethingFishy Dec 2013 #14

Thanks for the feedback. pinto Dec 2013 #16

Yeah I know exactly what you mean.. I turned 50 this year.. SomethingFishy Dec 2013 #18

In Colorado maybe...but here in Michigan...I could be arrested without angstlessk Dec 2013 #22

Some people both smoke and vape...but they smoke much less angstlessk Dec 2013 #21

Me too. 2-3 packs a day to e-cigs. 3 years since my last real cig. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2013 #34

Smoking SamKnause Dec 2013 #11

I have spent in the last month...the cost of 10 cartons of cigars angstlessk Dec 2013 #23

"at 100% of FPL"? William Seger Dec 2013 #13

Federal poverty level. nt lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #20

Possession of more than 2000 lbs of tobacco should be illegal FarCenter Dec 2013 #17

Smoking is bad, but those pollsters got ripped off. The Midway Rebel Dec 2013 #19

DO E CIGS...nicotine without the evils of cigarettes... angstlessk Dec 2013 #24

At the Safeway today, a carton of cigs was Bennyboy Dec 2013 #26

What state? n/t lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #27

California... Bennyboy Dec 2013 #28

A carton of Marlboros from Costco here in Anchorage costs $86 Blue_In_AK Dec 2013 #33