If you needed yet another reason to quit smoking, here it is.

  • TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    The reason they’re cheaper is because they don’t need to charge tax on them. Regular cigarettes are the same price, but they have all of the taxes on top of that, which makes them cost three times as much.

    That’s interesting there isn’t anything on wiki about it. It’s not a secret or anything.

    • David J. Shourabi Porcel@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      The reason they’re cheaper is because they don’t need to charge tax on them.

      I understand. Thank you for confirming it.

      I’ve heard people here in Europe sometimes save on cigarettes in a similar way, by buying them across the border, where taxes are lower, or in duty-free shops at airports, but that’s possibly outdated or even made-up hearsay I’ve never checked.

      That’s interesting there isn’t anything on wiki about it. It’s not a secret or anything.

      There may be something I missed, or it might be such an inconsequential and uncontroversial phenomenon that no one deemed it worth documenting.