pongo Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Why not put the price of 20 cigarettes or a small packet of tobacco up to £1000? Price it as an occasional luxury. It's bonkers people still deliberately breathing particulates into their airways. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryFuchwit Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 11 minutes ago, Happier diner said: No. Coops break the mould. They are convenience and cheap. They're not cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 It would be a really interesting experiment to see how high the price could be pushed. So if people still buy them at £1000 - try £2000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 15 minutes ago, pongo said: It would be a really interesting experiment to see how high the price could be pushed. So if people still buy them at £1000 - try £2000. Why not say the same about red meat or alcohol or anything else that might damage health 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 4 hours ago, wrighty said: You realise that’s about £3000 a year that you’re basically just setting fire to? Insane. probably less than the amount of your income tax that get pissed away though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 'I dont like what some other people do so they should have to pay more to do that thing' is a shit argument 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yootalkin2me Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 34 minutes ago, pongo said: It would be a really interesting experiment to see how high the price could be pushed. So if people still buy them at £1000 - try £2000. All that'll do is make it that most people, if not all, whom smoke will buy on the black market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Are you still allowed to call it a "Black Market" these days..? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yootalkin2me Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 1 minute ago, quilp said: Are you still allowed to call it a "Black Market" these days..? Fucked if I know but I'll risk it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 no black market if people can't bloody travel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
war baby Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Fortunately the habit seems to be dying off among younger folk. None of my grandkids or their friends are smokers. I was a 20+ a day man, but gave it up when I came to the island 35 years ago. I have no idea how people can afford it now. When I began as an uninformed teenager in the 60's a packet of 20 was about five bob (25p to you youngsters!) It still seemed expensive. My best advice to the smokers is... give it up. It's hard, but 4 weeks of cold turkey will fix it. (Tons of that on Boxing Day ) Change your routines. Take up nicotine chewing gum while you kick the drug, it's another horrid habit, but better than fags. Then wean yourself off nicotine by mixing it half and half with spearmint. It works and your breath will not smell foul! Your New Year resolution. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yootalkin2me Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 If people didn't smoke then taxes would go up quite a lot, you know, to pay for the benefits payments and the NHS therefore those who don't smoke would be paying more a lot more....this would also probably result in sorring out the work shy tw*tsso not altogether a totally bad thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 If the number of kids you see having a drag on the way to school (or going off the school grounds in break time for the same) is anything to go by, I'd say it's alive and well amongst younger folk. Maybe they kick it a bit later on when they realise it's not so cool? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 13 minutes ago, quilp said: Are you still allowed to call it a "Black Market" these days..? A reference to the colour of the smokers' lungs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 37 minutes ago, Banker said: Why not say the same about red meat or alcohol or anything else that might damage health OK. Let's do it. How dangerous is red meat compared with smoking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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