If you needed yet another reason to quit smoking, here it is.

  • TomMasz@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I’m in Western NY, but even in NYC it’s less than 9%. The state offers a lot of support for quitting, perhaps that’s why.

      • MutilationWave@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        That’s exactly it. I’m a smoker from one of the states with the lowest taxes on cigarettes. I’m heading to New York in a couple of weeks and I’ll be stocking up before I leave. If I lived there I would quit, can’t justify spending that money. I’ve already switched to a cheaper brand that has deals at Sheetz that make them roughly $5 a pack.

        I’ve never done this myself, but I’ve known a couple people that take a ton of cigarettes with them when they go to New York. This is highly profitable and highly illegal.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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      4 months ago

      I doubt there’s much support here at all and there was pretty much a red wave in this state in November, so there will probably be even less next year.