1- the amount of confederate flags flying over private property is at an all time high. In SC there are stars and bars everywhere along the highways, they may have taken them down at the Statehouse but there are now more than ever
2- the amount of people who smoke dwarfs that of people who smoke in New York. The first part is obvious, the states have a vested interest in smoking as it is a huge portion of their business but what is even more shocking to a Yankee is how cheap they are relative to what you'd pay up North
A pack of Marlboro Reds are advertised at $5.25 and some of the other qualities have prices under $4.00 while in NYC I don't think you could get anything under $10 at this point. Forget the health factors, people smoke less in NY than in NC because it is ridiculously expensive habit. Say what you will about government overreach but you can certainly see a cause and effect here.
I was surprised that California, a hotbed of progressive liberal overreach is in the bottom half of state tobacco prices.
Back in college, I used to pay $14.99 for a carton of Marlboros at Costco.
ReplyDeleteNow, I pay 6 or 7 bucks a pack here in California. If that is bottom half prices, that just sucks.
In Brazil, Marlboros cost like 2 or 3 bucks a pack. Same in France.
And I bet he smoking rates dwarf those here
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