Thus spake RsH :
>1. I am in Canada, so arguments that use the U.S. federal and state
>methods of law, business and custom mean little to me.
>
>2. We are crusing out of Vancouver, so again U.S. rules mean little to
>me. The cruise line is also NOT U.S., even if we do go to ports in
>Alaska.
>
>3. Tobacco taxes in Alberta and B.C. make the price of a carton of
>cigarettes close to $100 for some brands these days. In Ontario and
>Quebec, the price is over $50 and it depends on the particuar brand
>you smoke, as prices vary. The Alberta tax on a carton of cigarettes
>is $37.00 and then add the Federal excise duty/tax of $12.35 a carton
>[2001 rate] and sales taxes, profit for all parties, etc. to get to
>the total price. [You can buy cigarettes at native reserves for far
>less, if you like U.S. type cigarettes. Canadian type cigarettes are
>NOT generally available at these reserves.]
>
>4. Pipe tobacco at $3.50 would be a discounted bargain and snapped up
>like you wouldn't believe up here. In Alberta, the provincial tax is
>18.5 cents per gram of loose tobacco, so you can figure it out
>yourself on your pouch of pipe tobacco, and that is just the
>provincial tax. Federal tax and the sales taxes of up to 14% are on
>top of that tax.
>
>I do NOT smoke any longer, but my wife does. It took me three tries to
>stop, finally, for what that is worth... [not much :-) ]
You get great respect from me for succeeding.
>
>RsH
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>On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 14:47:26 -0700, "Don & Lynn"
> wrote:
>
>>That's exactly what my Dr. said. You have to want to quit. It takes a while
>>to get over the feelings that you have to smoke after meals and if you have
>>a drink or certain times of the day. The thing that made me *want* to quit
>>was when Calif. added a big tax on tobacco. I used to pay 17 cents for a
>>pouch of pipe tobacco and now I think it is around $3.50.
>>Don
>>
>>
>>"Becca" wrote in message
>>news:5kdcidF2tck1U2@mid.individual.net...
>>> Don & Lynn wrote:
>>>
>>>> I got tired standing outside in the wind and rain in order to smoke. I
>>>> always thought that it would be a physical problem to quit. It was not
>>>> in my case. Just a bad habit.
>>>> I am so happy that I quit 9 years ago.
>>>> Don
>>>
>>> Quitting was pretty easy for me, and I smoked 3 packs a day. I kept
>>> waiting for the other shoe to drop, but nothing happened. I had no idea it
>>> would be that easy to quit. You have to *want* to quit, though.
>>>
>>> Becca
>>
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dillon
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