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[–] FireXtol@piefed.social 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Yeah let's turn $5 packs of cigarettes into $20 packs of cigarettes. And then that extra $15 can go to fund things like human trafficking and hard drugs. Cool! Let's fund human trafficking and hard drugs everybody!

[–] H1AA6329S@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

5 dollar packs of cigarettes? Americans truly have it great there. It cost 18.90 euro per pack in Ireland.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 months ago

idk where in america that person is located. a pack is $20 and a carton is about $100 here, but i'm also in tobacco row where fighting phillip morris is just something we grow up knowing we have to de

[–] rollerbang@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Plenty of countries in Europe have cigarettes for ~€5.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's not $5. More like $8-$10. Still, had no idea the EU was that expensive. With how much people smoke in the Balkans I wonder how they're handling it. I haven't been in several years.

[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

If you smoke American Spirits it's 20

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Isn't that the standing policy of the democrats.