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  • #31
    While I do have plenty to say on the subject of tobacco taxes (and my state got hit double due to an additional state tax on top of the federal one) I'm going to save my venting for Fratching.

    However, I haven't noticed anyone complaining too loudly at the Litter Box outside of a coworker who almost had a heart attack over Newports going up to nearly $40 a carton.

    As for rolling your own, on Monday the price of the Bugler can tobacco was just over $5.00. On Wednesday it shot up to just over $25.00.

    I don't know how much of an impact it's had on our sales as of yet, but I'm sure we'll soon see.
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    • #32
      A tax on non-diet soda? WTF?

      I'm glad I stopped drinking Coke in favor of Arizona Green Tea. I've learned that if it comes in a can, and it's cold, I'm happy with it.
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      • #33
        Quoth otakuneko View Post
        Hey at this kind of tax rate, maybe they could.
        They could do something with taxing marijuana. I mean, really...

        And I am a recovering drug addict and I still think drugs should be decriminalized. The money they could make to create ...never mind....I won't get started...
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        • #34
          Quoth friendofjimmyk View Post
          never mind....I won't get started...
          Thank you. Unlike others, you were able to restrain yourself, especially when someone already provided a link straight to Fratching in this thread. *glares at everyone else, points to FOJK* Learn from her!
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          • #35
            Quoth Geek King View Post
            I drink Diet Mt. Dew now. Doesn't taste terrible, and it has the caffine of regular Dew (according to their claims--works for me though!). Also, lack of sugar means I don't have those nasty sugar crashes after a few hours.
            But I can't have diet stuff. Aspertame (the most popular artificial sugar on the market) makes me sick.
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            • #36
              Quoth Evil Queen View Post
              But I can't have diet stuff. Aspertame (the most popular artificial sugar on the market) makes me sick.
              Its made with Splenda.

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              • #37
                Quoth Gabrielle Proctor View Post
                A tax on non-diet soda? WTF?

                I'm glad I stopped drinking Coke in favor of Arizona Green Tea. I've learned that if it comes in a can, and it's cold, I'm happy with it.
                yeah but in ny state, if that green tea is made with sugar / corn syrup sweetener it'll fall into the 18% tax group too.

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                • #38
                  Quoth Big-box-retail-blues View Post
                  Its made with Splenda.
                  Diet Dew is still made with Aspartame.

                  If you want Splenda pop with Caffeine, look for Pepsi One, or Diet Coke w/Splenda (yes they make a seperate Diet Coke with Splenda), and some store brands use Splenda instead of Aspartame in all their diet drinks (like Rainbow/Roundy's).
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                  • #39
                    Splenda tastes weird.

                    I'll stick to my normal sodas, thanks. Luckily, I live in a state that doesn't have that tax.
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                    • #40
                      Quoth Evil Queen View Post
                      Splenda tastes weird.

                      I'll stick to my normal sodas, thanks. Luckily, I live in a state that doesn't have that tax.
                      yet

                      I'm sure Perry will get a bug up his butt soon enough, though.
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                      • #41
                        almost ALL diet drinks I can't drink. there is something about the "fake" sugar that I react rather badly with...aspertame, tends to tighten my airways, splenda does about that same thing and makes me violently ill.
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                        • #42
                          I'm so glad I don't smoke...often.

                          I have alot of older friends who do smoke and once in a while, they will smoke with me around and offer me one of theirs. Eh. Whatever. I'll be sociable, but I haven't gotten addicted, nor will I be.

                          I was at the gas station a couple of blocks down the day they raised cig prices, buying sugary fizzy goodness.

                          Holy hell.

                          I'm glad my addiction (caffeine) is easy to find and cheap.
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                          • #43
                            I don't think caffeine is cheap . Sure, a case of bottled water and a case of Mountain Dew are pretty neck and neck, but it costs a heck of a lot for caffeine for me. Those little frappuccinos from Starbucks at the store are $6 for 4 of them.
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                            • #44
                              I tend to get 12 or 24 packs of Dr Pepper or whatever I feel like at the time and I'm set for a while. At work, I get a free meal, so I will get my coffee and if I get to have a 32 minute break, I will get refills. At home, I have big tins of coffee that last me forever.

                              I squirrel away caffeine products like one wouldn't believe.
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                              • #45
                                dammit i was at the grocery store just within the last hour or so... was going to see what cigs are going for here but i forgot to check.

                                guess i'll have to do it later

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