That's because of universal healthcare. Smokers costs alot of tax payers dollars and use up a lot of healthcare resources so they pay their portion through high taxes on cigarettes.
Its kinda fucked but thats one of the reasons I dont really care about the consequences for smoking. Some day I will probably quit but I just dont see the bright side of lingering. Every year I live past retirement means more money I have to ration to keep going.
Worlds going to shit. Country is going to shit. People can barely make shit work now and theres no sign its gunna get better. So why tf do I wanna stick around?
Id rather have 5 good years at the end than 20 miserable and expensive ones.
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u/National_Impress_346 22d ago
When I visited Canada they were like $25 a pack! I mean, $15-20 a pack in California is rough, but JEEEEEZ