What did a pack of cigarettes cost in the USA in 1982?
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I worked at a gas staion and ours were between 1.30 to 2.50 a pack.
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It depends on the smoker.  There are 20 cigarettes in a standard pack.  There are some packs that have 25 cigarettes in a pack.
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In tennessee and in Mi. were im from, they go for 50 cents a M.G. 15 bucks a pill some junkies will pay up to 25 bucks depends how bad they want it,
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A can of coke at a grocery store will probably cost a little less than a pound.  I remember buying a small bag of hot chestnuts from a street vendor for a pound.
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Guessing here:  cigarettes, automobiles, CDs and DVDs, very possibly Coca Cola.
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I'm not sure.  But Welfare is different in Europe than it is in America... that much is for certain.  \n\nTo make a guess... the term Welfare Spending could very well mean bare essentials spending... like food and clothing... and utility bills... not cigarettes, not beer.  Something like that.
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I used to smoke (a really long time ago), and for a while I smoked Virginia Slims, but the reason I did it was so that all my guy friends would stop bumming all my cigarettes off of me!
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In 1882, the cigarette was a specialty item--made by hand, sold for a penny apiece, and very much the stepchild of other tobacco products. But change was in the wind. An automated cigarette rolling machine, developed by 18-year-old James Bonsack, was put into use in 1883 and revolutionized production. The retail price was cut in half, and volume, which in premachine days had never exceeded 500 million, leaped to 10 billion by 1910. American Tobacco was able to take advantage of this new technology and, like Standard Oil, was such a success that it, too, was broken up by the feds in 1911.
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"November 16, 1981\nAROUND THE NATION; Ohio Raises Sales Taxes, Covers Labor Charges \nAP \nThe largest tax increase in Ohio history went into effect today, raising the sales tax and adding taxes to such things as automobile repairs and installation of cable television. \n\nThe $1.3 billion package is part of a $13.5 billion budget for the state government for two years. \n\nIt went into effect at 12:01 A.M., nearly five months after the last permanent budget expired. \n\nThe sales tax is increasing 1.1 percentage points; the old tax was 4 percent. Smokers will pay 2 to 5 cents more a pack. Soda drawn from a fountain at fast-food restaurants or at sports events will cost at least another penny, and possibly as much as 6.5 cents more. Now included under the sales tax are labor on repairs, including automobiles and home improvements, and car washes."
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Gas was five U.S. dollars a gallon in 1997. Most people hand roll their own cigarettes because they can't afford prepacked/rolled. A thousand dollars a month rent and up is normative for an apartment almost anywhere in Europe. Yes, it's expensive alright.
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Filtered cigarettes appeared in 1954 (Winston).
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I think that many people are finally getting the message. Cigarettes are very expensive and it's very hard to smoke in most places. The restaurants and bars in my county have forbidden it. Cig. smoking costs everyone money because of the costs of the illnesses they cause. Ins. rates go up for everyone to cover it.
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What cost $.3 in 1969 would cost $1.59 in 2005.\n\nAlso, if you were to buy exactly the same products in 2005 and 1969, they would cost you $.3 and $0.06 respectively.
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Well, at 50 pack*years most people get either tobacco related cancer or pulmonary disease (COPD) or heart attacks. With 1.5 pack per day, this gives you ~33 years. Even for tough people, I don't think it's physically possible to do more than 70-80 pack*years without getting a tobacco-related disease (especially cancer). This gives you at most 50 more years of smoking.\n\nThat being said, you may prove to be the exception and live until age 90. Medicine is not like mathematics. However, for the vast majority of people, smoking AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE is the best and safest strategy. \n\nBy the way, even if you manage to reach age 90 despite smoking, you (a) would have lived to age 120 if you didn't smoke and (b) suffered from a lower quality of life throughout.\n\nTrust me on this one: Just don't smoke. This is probably the most certain medical advice I can imagine. (OK, along with wearing a seat belt, a condom and avoiding drugs)
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Have you ever studied economics? There is a group of products that fall into what's known as a "Vertical demand curve". For example, why do people drive cars using gasoline? Why do people use heroin? Why do people smoke cigarettes? These items are addictive because we use basically no more or no less of them depending on the price. \n\nFor example, if gas were $1.01 per gallon I would not drive 2,000 miles per day. I would drive to work, drive to the store and pickup the kids from soccer practice as usual. If heroin were $2.00 a pop or $400 a pop I would't use more heroin, it would kill me. If cigarettes are $2.00 a pack or $6.00 a pack I am not going to smoke any more or less than usual.\n\nThe way to break a vertical demand curve is to shatter it. Quit driving...Kick the drugs...Stop smoking. The usage of vertical demand curve products usually does not fluxuate with price. You say "People who have no money" in your question. Are you insinuating they are stealing the cigarettes?? I don't think you are. You are just wondering why these folks are using what limited money they have to buy items like cigarettes.  Right?  They are vertical demand curve items and like I said, the way to break the chain is to change the lifestyle...quit. The other option, in order to keep consuming the same amount of product, is to allocate dollars away from other items in the family such as food, clothing and shelter.
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1.15 Euro per liter for diesel.  This comes out, if you convert it, to over $6.00/ gallon.  Don't complain!  I am in Germany.\n\nthe gas prices were artificially kept too low for too long in the US so now they are just normalizing.  If they had just been allowed to rise with all other prices, we'd be above $3 now and it would be normal.  I think at one point in the 80s it was over $2.  So really- it was just too low for too long in the US and is correcting itself now.
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It depends on the number of pack years the person has been smoking. A pack year is defined as an entire year in which a person  smokes a pack of cigarettes per day. For example, a person who smokes a pack per day for two years has two pack years of smoking history. This is equal to a person who smokes half a pack for four years; and to one who smokes two packs per day for a year. Generally, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD: chronic bronchitis and emphysema), which is the more common cause of death in smokers occurs at around 20 pack years.\n\nTo compute for your current pack year, divide the number of sticks you smoke in a day by 20. Then multiply this by the number of years you have been smoking. Example, if I have been smoking for 10 years averaging 15 sticks per day, that's (15sticks/20sticks)x10years = 7.5 pack years.