On Monday, February 1, 2021 at 4:28:24 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-02-01 8:43 a.m., Gary wrote:
> > Dave Smith wrote:
> >> Nope. They are still being sold. I know that my wife buys them at least
> >> once a year and we still have a few packs of them. I looked online and
> >> found them for sale. $20 for a case of 4 boxes with 50 books per box.
> >
> > Wow...$5 for a box of 50 books. That's way overinflated compared to cost
> > of living increases.
> >
> > I remember .50 per box, then $1.00 or so per box. Now $5 per box?
> >
> It has been a long time since I smoked, and I remember them being a
> penny a pack. You can see why they used them for promotions. It was
> cheap advertising in the days when most people smoked.

For a penny a pack I'd take up smoking! My dad was in Japan during the occupation. He found cartons of cigarettes for 50 cents each. He emptied out his duffel bag and got all the cartons that would fit. He also saw boxes of gold on Tinian island. He said he wished that he had a duffel bag of that stuff.