A hundred bucks a packet

[Splitpin]

Yeah right.
Lets ask DB too put the price of a pint up to $50 ! And take all the labels off their product.
What a lot of cr@p.

By 2025(When this place will smoke free ? ) NZ will be owned by the Chinese anyway so why bother, their the biggest smokers in the world.....

PC gone mad....

[spongebob206]

Totally agree

I gave up in 1997 after puffing for 20 yrs.

Still love the smell

What a load of..........

Let's save money in NZ by reducing the # of Mp's like we all voted....tui add...yeah right

Sick of the "pick on people pleasure"

Smokes, booze, what next sex

[Ian Warren]

Marty , I used to smoke many years ago , i was lucky to be able to stop without a budge .. you get many who also smoked and gave up .. and then you the ones who did and preach the smoker how discusting it is , .. the world looks at this problem but without realizing its going to create a CRIME problem ! Don't Figure Political idiots ... but then they want the tax's and then they don't

[Splitpin]

QUOTE (spongebob206 @ Apr 23 2012,6:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Totally agree

I gave up in 1997 after puffing for 20 yrs.

Still love the smell

What a load of..........

Let's save money in NZ by reducing the # of Mp's like we all voted....tui add...yeah right

Sick of the "pick on people pleasure"

Smokes, booze, what next sex

Sponge dude, i wasn't expecting a reply....i can see the forum rolling their collective eyes now....'.oh no, splitpin on a winge again " Well, Ive stopped smoking (1 month...so far) so i figure i have some valid input.

In light of all thats going on in the country at the moment, i cant believe the Govt even gave this BS a second thought......as i said , hit the breweries and see what happens....wait, i can tell you...NOTHING.

Ok , Im done.....shoot at will

[creator2003]

Tourism will be lower ..

[andy190]

I think that if someone was diagnosed with a disease caused by smoking & they didn't stop smoking their health bill shouldn’t be on the tax payers’ shoulders.

But if they did stop then their health bill should be paid by the tax payers’.

[Splitpin]

QUOTE (andy190 @ Apr 23 2012,8:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I think that if someone was diagnosed with a disease caused by smoking & they didn't stop smoking their health bill shouldn’t be on the tax payers’ shoulders.

But if they did stop then their health bill should be paid by the tax payers’.

Andy i agree, and Im sure a high percentage of smokers will do so as well. The tax the govt takes on ciggis must cover the health costs......
I just dont think its fair that the drinkers arent hit the same way.....(and i enjoyed a sip or two untill a few weeks ago)

[zkcav]

Very Topical. I'm still puffing away after 30 years, and as about 85% of the cost of a packet of ciggies is tax. If god forbid I do get a smoking related illness I wouldn't feel at all guilty about using the public health system as I've already paid about 120-150K upfront over the years.
On a side note for a giggle I looked at the Quitline site and enrolled, heard nothing for a month then got a call from a company doing a survey on Quitline’s services and how they where provided!! That was four months ago, every month without fail, still get the call “how do you rate the serviceâ€￾. What freeking service - I still haven’t heard from Quitline???

[NZ255]

I just hope people quit long before it reaches $100.

Otherwise children could go hungry or miss out on basics while parents spend this on their habit.....

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (NZ255 @ Apr 23 2012,10:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Otherwise children could go hungry or miss out on basics while parents spend this on their habit.....

Big picture Nick ... I regularly see 10/11/12 year old Kids not going hungry for food - but with obviously stolen packets - the long puffy white things , they swear and curse ..... they are from the local primary < and High Schools , its not a one person choice disease , its a social disease that is centuries old .