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Not only does Mayor Bloomberg want smokers not to smoke in certain public places, he wants them to give up their bootlegged cigarettes by reporting bodegas, grocery stores, and bootleggers themselves who sell cheaper cigarettes. The Mayor wants to pass a bill that would give rewards to whistleblowers; theoretically, the person could receive up to 15% of the owed taxes (the Post's example: "A bust leading to $1 million in tax collections could reap a $150,000 reward"). State officials think they are losing about $80 million in revenue a year in bootlegged cigarettes. Cigarette smokers, who now pay about $7.50 per pack ($3 in city and state taxes) have never hated Bloomberg more. And next we'll have Christopher Hitchens being a mule in the cigarette bootlegging market. Now, we can't begin to assume to guess what people might do for money, but this plan will only work from those crazy health conscious types - no self-respecting young New Yorker would risk the wrath of smoker friends are tattling on their secret cheap cigarette connection.
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pfft! I don't think I will be turning in my local cigarette "bootlegger" anytime soon. Reward or no. Screw bloomie, $1.50 smokes for ever!
wha?!? for $150,000, i would totally turn in a store! i could buy a tiny tiny tiny apartment with that amount of money.
I'll stick with my guy Willie on 116th street. I'm not ratting out the best deal going, Bloomie.
the best deal is still slipping $30 to a friend who's heading out of town (say, DC) for the weekend to pick up a carton. nice and legal and cheap in DE, MD and VA.
MD lazycomet? VA and DE have no cigarette taxes, MD is relatively expensive (although NOTHING compared to NY). $25 or less a carton in DE and VA ... $40 a carton in MD.
im moving from clemson sc to new brunswick nj in two days...anyone need a carton or 2?...they are dirt dirt cheap down here and as socially acceptable as whole hog bbq...i guess ill miss this place...a little..
It's true. A pack of ciggies costs about $3 here in VA, and that's northern (expensive) VA (near DC). In NC, I saw 2 packs for $2.50. I am also a member of Costco, which sells ciggies and wine cheap here in VA.
$4.50-$5 a pack here in Upstate NY. But if you go to the reservations, even cheaper!
http://www.yesmoke.ch
Marlboro lights, $16.95 a carton, to your door!
Ah................ New Yorkers gotta love em.
This is what cheeseheads (WI)know that yorkers dont: www.yessmoke.com Under $15/carton delivered to your door baby!!!
Yessmoke.ch
Works every month baby:)
I can get 4 cartons delivered to my door w/free shipping for the price of 1 carton in ny
THESE DAYS ITS HARD TO AFFORD TO SMOKE AND HARD TO FIND A PLACE TO DO IT. THEY DONT THINK ABOUT OUR FOREFATHERS AND THE RIGHTS THEY HAD SO WHY SHOULD IT BE DIFFERENT NOW??? A WARNING THAT IT IS DANGEROUS IS GOOD ENOUGH BUT TO TELL US WHERE AND WHEN WE CAN SMOKE IS A SHAME. THEY NEED TO FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO GRIPE ABOUT DONT YOU THINK???
THESE DAYS ITS HARD TO AFFORD TO SMOKE AND HARD TO FIND A PLACE TO DO IT. THEY DONT THINK ABOUT OUR FOREFATHERS AND THE RIGHTS THEY HAD SO WHY SHOULD IT BE DIFFERENT NOW??? A WARNING THAT IT IS DANGEROUS IS GOOD ENOUGH BUT TO TELL US WHERE AND WHEN WE CAN SMOKE IS A SHAME. THEY NEED TO FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO GRIPE ABOUT DONT YOU THINK???