"Ozgirl" > wrote in message
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> "Cheri" > wrote in message
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>> "Malcom "Mal" Reynolds" > wrote in message
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>>> In article >, "Cheri"
>>> >
>>> wrote:
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>>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>>>> > "Cheri" > wrote in message
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>>>> >> "Malcom "Mal" Reynolds" > wrote in
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>>>> >> news:atlas-bugged-
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>>>> >>> seriously doubt if there is much illegal tobacco on the left-coast,
>>>> >>> but
>>>> >>> even if
>>>> >>> there is, it is more likely that people would rather suffer the
>>>> >>> misdemeanor of a
>>>> >>> public toke than the federal crime of no tax-stamp on their tobacco
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I think you're wrong there. Cigarette smuggling has been increasing
>>>> >> here
>>>> >> in CA according to newspapers.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Cheri
>>>> >
>>>> > Here too. It was on the news some time back. They were being sold
>>>> > illegally at a bubble tea shop.
>>>>
>>>> According to the papers, here in CA it's the little convenience stores
>>>> that
>>>> are involved.
>>>>
>>>> Cheri
>>>
>>> strange that people would be so willing to deal with the consequences of
>>> no
>>> tax-stamp. I guess they should teach Al Capone in school
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>> Thankfully, I quit over two years ago now. Geez, I saw that they're right
>> around $6.00 a pack now, though the voters did turn down the $1.00 a pack
>> tax recently. That surprised me. I had a friend in the newsgroup that was
>> nailed for buying out of state, so I imagine the penalties would be high
>> for bootlegged cigs.
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> $6 for legal cigarettes? How many in a pack? I think a pack of 20 average
> $13 here.

Yes, 6.00 for 20 cigarettes, outrageous really, but as I say...it doesn't
matter to me. My BIL said one thing about Australia that he hated was the
price of Jack Daniels, but he doesn't smoke. :-)

Cheri