Question of the Day - 13 September 2019

First of all, I seem to recall reading somewhere that the early settlers in Vegas forced the Paiutes off their land, kidnapped their children and made them slaves---you know, same old, same old. Then a rancher felt sorry for them and gave them a plot of land that was literally on the wrong side of the tracks. I think the current 10 acres is a portion of that original gift.

Don't cigarettes cost less on the rez because buyers don't have to pay the Nevada tax, which is almost $2 a pack? Or does Nevada get its yummies no matter what?

ugh , ,some questions should be ignored . this is one of them. smokers -- PLEASE quit - its no good for you . Go FORDSON !!!!!

Just why?

What’s with the negativity?

While I don’t smoke, never have, I do have sympathy. “Just quit” is a great idea, but far easier said than done. 

In the meantime, the question is valid. 

In college I remember a French teacher who smoked asking me in French class how much a pack of cigarettes cost. I said forty cents. He laughed as if to say, "I only wish." He said a pack now cost fifty cents.

I just Googled state by state cigarette  prices. I was stunned by how costly they've become. In New York, a pack (not a carton) is $12.85. In Nevada, it's *only* $6.15. Nevada's prices are among the nation's lowest. A pack a day habit in New York costs $4700 a year. In Nevada, it's *only* half that unless you have a two pack a day habit. If you have a two pack a day habit in New York, it'll cost you $10k a year, and you'd have to earn, pre-tax, more than $15k just for the privilege of filling your lungs with carcinogens. And, of course, the true, total cost of smoking only begins with the price of the tobacco.

Since smoking has become  mainly a downscale activity, I wonder how low income people can afford to smoke.

Much less cost because there is NO Federal tax,just State tax.My local Rez is way less money.

The easiest way to quit is never start.  Baby smokers in casinos, so sad.  Haven't they heard?
One kid at the table was in Vegas for his wedding.  I asked him what his fiance thinks about his smoking.  He said "She hates it."  I told him she won't like it any better after the reception, save yourself now.  What the hell is wrong with you?  OK I didn't say that last bit, but I wanted to.

Anyone can quit, if they want to.  

I can understand people saying they don’t like the smell of smoke or don’t want to be subjected to it 24/7, but it’s hypocritical to say you want it banned because of health reasons. There are far more health hazards from fossil fuels than the minute amounts of second hand smoke you are subjected to in a lifetime. But then there’s no anti-fossil fuel lobby that advertises day and night like the anti-smoking lobby and besides that, you wouldn’t get your goods delivered to you if we banned diesel trucks. When you detect the smell of exhaust, you are probably taking in about as much toxins as a carton of cigarettes.

...if someone would be asinine enough to say that secondhand smoke isn't really all that harmful. Hundreds have studies have confirmed that it is highly toxic. But you know what? The fact that it's highly annoying is reason enough to ban it.

Candy,it's very easy to quit smoking. Every smoker quits eventually. Sometimes as an act of will, other times while coughing up blood in an oxygen tent.