now i know why you had to go to such drastic measures :p :Quote:
Originally Posted by 52Paddy
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now i know why you had to go to such drastic measures :p :Quote:
Originally Posted by 52Paddy
I'm not sure what price they are in Northern Ireland but they are far cheaper. It's not unusual for people to do their week's shopping in Northern Ireland (usually Newry) and then drive back to the Republic (it's only an hour or so from Dublin on the motorway). Ireland, in general, is a rip-off and I think cigarettes highlight the fact best.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kristjan
Also, I know independent shopkeepers who order in (or buy abroad) cigarettes from mainland Europe (usually Spain) and sell them for cheap in their shops. Sure, it's illegal but they make a buck and the consumer is satisfied with the deal.
Actually , there are cases in Singapore esp with Workers from Malaysia getting 1 packet of cigarettes...they have to remove one cigarette from the packet as no person is allowed to bring a sealed cigarette packet in Singapore...
they then sell the cigarette packet to people in Singapore for a quick buck....
that's tyranny on the part of the singaporean government for me
I'm a Golden Virginia rool-up smoker.
'Real' cigarettes last too long and don't taste of much to me, so hand rolling is my chosen way to go.
Joints .... yes, lots of people assume I'm on them.
You think governments would learn. In Canada, the government in the early 90's of Jean Chretien had ratched up the taxes so high on smokes about 40% of the Cigs smoked in Canada were contraband from the US. Canadian tobacco brands would ship them south for export, and they wouldn't even hit the warehouse down south 1 day, and the Natives on the Mohawk Reserve in Caughnawhe (south of Cornwall ON, and beside Fort Livingston NY) on the border would have great warehouses set up to wheel and deal with people wanting to take them north. Since the Reserve sat right on the border, and natives can come and go legally into either nation (since it was all theirs in theory once), they would smuggle like mad and people were selling the smokes without tax in Canada. A heck of a mess, and the cops couldn't stop it. 10 bucks a pack was the legal price, 6 dollars was the typical black market price. It still exists but the Canadian gov't got smart and knocked back the taxes, and the revenue went up because the risk of being caught selling the contraband smokes wasn't worth the profit when the taxes were dropped..Quote:
Originally Posted by 52Paddy
I guess the people in the Dail are too thick to grasp the loss in revenue and how to stop it...
Trust me, you really don't want to try Gauloises.Quote:
Originally Posted by 52Paddy
Well, not unless you want to cough your lung out up through your throat after the first inhale.
Same goes for Gitanes.
That is what I heard. The French smoke coffin nails....Quote:
Originally Posted by tamburello
Non-filter as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
You'd have a longer life-expectancy if you had been first in to the Chernobyl Reactor on April 26th 1986 than if you lit one of those.
Marlboro Reds. Sponsorship works I guess, although they are a mighty fine cigarette.
As for baccy, I'm on greek Golden V at the moment, but much prefer B+H Gold baccy, or if i'm poor Amber Leaf. Smells like liquorice :)
I dunno tho....The French have a lower rate of cancer than the Yanks do....so it does make one scratch one's head doesn't it?Quote:
Originally Posted by tamburello