Two sad stories about smoking in Australia

[Pippa]

I had a couple of really positive reinforcements to my quit today that I had to share .

 

Most of you know how expensive smoking here in Oz is BUT today at the super market I was behind a lady who bought 2 cartons of cigs ( think 200 cigs per carton) of the really cheap nasty cigs and the price - a bargain at $270 Aus ! To make it worse feel free to check out our exchange rate and you will see why you don't want to be a smoker visiting Oz !

 

We are also pretty strict with where you can smoke - andwhilst I know I could find a way to smoke most places I had my limits ( a girl has got to have some class :-) ! But on my way to the gym today I met my match. Yep - I accept proper hair colour is important - but if you are getting your hair coloured in a trendy arcade in a city - accept you can't smoke ! DO NOT walk down the arcade onto a major street with foils and a wet towel on you hair and expect respect from the passing public !! Just say'n !!

 

End rant :-)

[BAT]

WTH !!! Thats a $105 U.S. a carton. ... I remember saying that I would quit when it got to a dollar a pack.

 

Oh well, an addicted fool and his money. I was such a dumb ass. Much more so than now  :)

[Runfree]

Our local government just approved a $3 per pack tax increase.  That means a carton of the cigs I used to smoke will cost $127. 

 

Strolling with foils and a fag, unreal.

[Doreensfree]

Wow.. Pippa that's £138 ...in the uk....

Crazy money.....and she bought 2 cartons.....no way could I have afforded that amount....or.....would I have.....?

[JackiMac]

OMG no way, I can't justify spending £4.07 on 10 cigs in the UK,  but I have a friend who went back to smoking after a year off, has no intention of ever stopping again, is a student can hardly afford to pay gas and electric yet always finds the money for fags, I just throw my hands up, another reason to definitely quit, money for nice things, just saying  :) xxx

[Dentalfloss]

Ha, My dad would have a stroke if he had to pay todays prices. He quit smoking because cigarettes went from 20 to 25 cents a pack and he thought that price was outrageous.

 

This all happened in that early 1970's

[Tink]

holy macaroni how much? OMG you could make house payments or travel the world on that money - gee whiz 

[bakon]

queen of Scotland drives a beemer for that much

[Sonic]

Ha, My dad would have a stroke if he had to pay todays prices. He quit smoking because cigarettes went from 20 to 25 cents a pack and he thought that price was outrageous.

 

This all happened in that early 1970's

 

.20 to .25 that is funny

[BAT]

Did Tracey just say gee whiz? Oh shit, she's done gone native :P

[beacon]

I used to smoke outside my hairdresser with hair dye and tin foil in the black gown. :0'i didn't give a crap. ......I remember going with my grand mother to the hairdresser when I was a girl and all the ladies were getting their weekly wash and comb out while smoking up a storm inside. I couldn't breathe.