Cigarette tax...enough to make you quit??

[MaryMary]

I don't smoke...thank god...but here are the new taxes for NY State...

The Cost of Cigarettes in NYS
Basic Price: $6-$7 a pack
including.......

Federal Excise Tax: now $1.01
State Excise Tax: $2.75
State/Local Sales Tax: approx $0.70
NY City excise tax: $0.30

Total Tax per pack: $4.46- $4.76

Not including, all taxes are on the top of basic prices, making it about $11-12/pack. No kidding.

[elizabethm]

I think that people who quit, and were long term smokers, will ALWAYS be fighting the nicotine demon!

I gotta say, after 9 years, I have zero desire to smoke. DH's co went chapter 7 about a year after I quit - I tried one and couldn't even get one good inhale (yuck!) A year or so later, add a few beers and I jokingly lit one - super yuck! I didn't think that after 15 years or so of smoking 1+ pk a day I'd not miss it but that's the case.