Smokers: Do you still buy cigarettes from shops?

Tellox

For the first time since last year's budget, I had to venture into a shop to buy a pack of smokes. I almost got sick - over €8.50 for 20 benson.

The majority of people I know buy cartons of 200 for around €30-40. Unfortunately, not getting home last night prevented me from grabbing one of these packs today.

As much as I'd only love to pay the hilariously high taxes on Irish cigarettes, I find it impossible to want to part with over €8.50 a day to get my sweet sweet nicotine fix.

Having mentioned this in work, I found that the vast majority of people I work with also buy their cigarettes in cartons for around €30-40 each. On further investigation, I found only one person who buys 20 packs from shops - and only for social smoking (heading out, drinking a pint etc).

So boardsies, how many of you have taken to abandoning ye olde Irish shopkeep, and resorted to purchasing cigarettes the cheap(er) way?

In order to save time, I have answered the following questions/queries/statements below;

Why not just stop smoking altogether and stop poisoning the rest of us :mad::mad::mad:

Because I don't want to

It's because of people like you that we're in a recession

No it's not

The government need that money to care for idiot smokers like you in hospital

I don't plan on contracting cancer

Do you plan on contracting emphysema or any other smoking-related disease?

No

In short, the price of smokes doesn't make it impossible for people to keep smoking in my opinion - it just means we stop paying our own government for them. If people want to smoke, they'll keep on smoking. Even working full-time, I wouldn't dream of paying over €8.50 a pack unless I was very, very stuck.

What say you boardsies?

builttospill

No I grow my own...

El Guapo!

Poll needs a"Unfortunately i pay the full price because i dont know anybody selling the cartons" option.

I pay the full price for this reason but if i knew someone selling them then id never pay the full price again unless i was stuck.

sky88

or you could just quit and wouldnt cost you anything

Overheal

I would actually like some figures on tax revenue from cigarettes over the last 10 years before making any real opinion.

Eun

where do people get these cheaper cigarettes??

jumpguy

I choose:

Why not just stop smoking altogether and stop poisoning the rest of us :mad::mad::mad:

and

The government need that money to care for idiot smokers like you in hospital

ihadu

Eun wrote: »

where do people get these cheaper cigarettes??

everywhere. i only buy cartons now. got my last carton from my local newsagents. he sells them (privately) if you ask nicely

My name is URL

I admit to buying most of my smokes over the border

I only save about 1.50 per pack but I don't give a shit, why should I spend more so that corrupt politicians can live it up and still leave hospitals underfunded? Hospitals and healthcare that excise is supposed to be spent on

If I ever get cancer I'll go to England for treatment privately, so I'm not robbing anyone

In fact this post makes me feel good about not buying them here.. I might start selling them too :pac:

Mr. Incognito

If by Shop you mean Sh-op my polish buddy then yes.

Bottle_of_Smoke

Tellox wrote: »

I don't plan on contracting cancer


No

Lol. If people just stopped planning to contract cancer no one would get it. You're a clever fellow

ArmaniJeanss

I don't smoke all the time (30 a day for a week, then off them for a month sort of thing) but buy everything abroad. Usually bring back 1000 from every trip abroad, maybe 3 or 4 times a year.

Just over 3 years since I bought them in an Irish shop (€6.50 a packet so whenever that was).

drkpower

My name is URL wrote: »

If I ever get cancer I'll go to England for treatment privately, so I'm not robbing anyone

So you are going to emigrate to England when you get cancer?

Gummy Panda

drkpower wrote: »

So you are going to emigrate to England when you get cancer?

He'd probably get better health care there anyway.

My name is URL

drkpower wrote: »

So you are going to emigrate to England when you get cancer?

If I did get it then yes I would emigrate temporarily, I think it's called medical-tourism

Sheeps

The amount of money the government gets from smokers is much larger than the amount of money being spent on the health care of those suffering form cancer as a result of smoking fyi.

Kama

The informal markets of Moore St have a good line is enterprising old biddys, sticking it to the Man and helping the Terrorists Win...

drkpower

My name is URL wrote: »

If I did get it then yes I would emigrate temporarily, I think it's called medical-tourism

Haha.
Its not like going to get root canal!
If you get lung cancer, you will likely need two or more of radical surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. They can take months - years of treatment, carry significant risks and have quite a high recurrence rate. The rate of significant co-morbidity is high.

What I am saying is that you are unlikely to avoid using Irish healthcare unless you plan to emigrate for some time. Not that I would begrudge you accessing Irish healthcare, I just dont think your 'medical tourism' plan is pracical.

GLaDOS

I don't plan on contracting cancer

I never realised it was that simple

Kriskross

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hopalong85

Gummy Panda wrote: »

He'd probably get better health care there anyway.

He'd definitely get better healthcare there!;)

I buy my smokes from a Lithuanian guy. 40 euro per carton. Also bring in about 800 everytime I arrive back home from a trip. Over 8 euro for a pack of smokes?! I don't think so!

OneArt

I buy a 4 euro packet of tobacco and it lasts me the week (just about) and a packet of real cigarettes for when I'm hitting the town.

Other than I get my mate from Dubai to get me 400 for 30 euro whenever she goes back there.

Tellox

Bottle_of_Smoke wrote: »

Lol. If people just stopped planning to contract cancer no one would get it. You're a clever fellow

I like your username.

jumpguy wrote:

Why not just stop smoking altogether and stop poisoning the rest of us :mad::mad::mad:

Because I don't want to

jumpguy wrote:

The government need that money to care for idiot smokers like you in hospital

I don't plan on contracting cancer

@OneArt: Definitely. Rolling tobacco is the way to go if you can't find anyone selling the cartons.

eVeNtInE

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Overheal

Tellox wrote: »

[@bottle of Smoke]I like your username.

Liquid Smoke is a cooking additive used to give a dish a smokey flavor, without all the hassle of lighting up a slow-smoker for the better part of 4-12 hours and thus conserving much of the emperor's fuel.

I don't plan on contracting cancer

I did need a new signature.

RoyalMarine

when i cant buy them for 3-4 euro a box, i change to rolley's.

ill never pay 8.50+ for something very few other country's pay as much for.

jumpguy

Tellox wrote: »

Because I don't want to



I don't plan on contracting cancer

Why, I didn't expect that rebuttal at all! :pac:

Krieg

Ill give you Arthu's number, he'll sort you out

Snowie

I can't stand smoking loose's there rottin.
I much prefer smoking, tobaco so golden virgina 25 gram lst me about a week and a good 150 cigerates maybe more i never really counted...

espinolman

I make my own cigarettes from tobacco which i buy in shops , is there somewhere else i can buy tobacco or cigarettes other than in shops ?

netwhizkid

I don't smoke but a few of my friends and colleagues do, I usually bring them back a few cartons of smokes whenver I travel, it is a bit of a nightmare as your carryon becomes full quickly with cartons of cigarettes and whatever hard liquor I decide I would like to enjoy without paying the gov tax.

pebbles21

A friend of mine went on holidays and i text her to bring me back 200 smokes and id fix her up when she got back

When she got back i asked her how much i owed her she says "€90"

I said "where the fcuk did you go??"

"Kilkenny!!!" she said

citizen_p

i used to get them for other people going on holidays and sell them for 4 euro a pack
i never smoked though....just getting in on the addiction of others

blueovalmk2

i pay full whack as john player cant be got on the cheap:mad:

pebbles21

blueovalmk2 wrote: »

i pay full whack as john player cant be got on the cheap:mad:

Lambert & Butler (blue pack) are the exact same cigarette just packed different for the UK market

€17 for 200 in Tenerife!

DublinWriter

blueovalmk2 wrote: »

i pay full whack as john player cant be got on the cheap:mad:

Go to Sainsburys Newry, £5.25 a pack.

Personally speaking I haven't bought any cigs south of the border for about 2 years now.

I'll quit and take all the warnings on the pack seriously when our Minister for Health stops looking like a miniature Death Star.

jaffa20

I get them for 4.50 a pack from my polish friend and i get tobacco up north. 50grams for 11euro. It would be 19euro here.

jaffa20

pebbles21 wrote: »

Lambert & Butler (blue pack) are the exact same cigarette just packed different for the UK market

€17 for 200 in Tenerife!

:eek:

/Goes to ryanair website!

Senna

ASDA is a 20 minute drive for me, so 200 fags for €44.

redout

Sheeps wrote: »

The amount of money the government gets from smokers is much larger than the amount of money being spent on the health care of those suffering form cancer as a result of smoking fyi.

I read in the Indo this past weekend I think it was that €6.50 from every pack of smokes in the country goes straight to the government.

Reindeer

Eun wrote: »

where do people get these cheaper cigarettes??

Ask ANYONE from another country if they can bring in a carton or two for you on their next trip back. And next time on holiday - stock up.

I haven't paid over 4e a pack in years.

dumbyearbook

ihadu wrote: »

everywhere. i only buy cartons now. got my last carton from my local newsagents. he sells them (privately) if you ask nicely

Really....afaik there is a very small margin on fags, like 10c a pack? How much does he knock off?

blueovalmk2

is it true you can bring up to 4000 cigarettes back with you through a airport??

Senna

dumbyearbook wrote: »

Really....afaik there is a very small margin on fags, like 10c a pack? How much does he knock off?

I'm guessing there not "Irish fags";)

redout

blueovalmk2 wrote: »

is it true you can bring up to 4000 cigarettes back with you through a airport??

Not a hope.

My name is URL

What's the story with buying them online... is it legal?

ArmaniJeanss

blueovalmk2 wrote: »

is it true you can bring up to 4000 cigarettes back with you through a airport??

You're not too far off. Officially its 800 for personal use. But I've a friend who works in customs at the airport and she says that she and most of the other staff there work with 2500 cigarettes as the cut-off point below which they'll let you through so long as they are for personal use.
And so long as they are duty paid of course (Tenerife and Canaria catch a lot of people out because they are duty free, so 400 is the max from there).

My name is URL wrote: »

What's the story with buying them online... is it legal?

We have dozens of threads on this in the smoking forum, updated hourly, people giving tips on the latest online sites , prices etc.
Its a private forum but if you pm one of the mods (Des or Papa Smut) etc.

jaffa20

Senna wrote: »

ASDA is a 20 minute drive for me, so 200 fags for €44.

What cigarettes do you get for 4.40 a packet in asda

AckwelFoley

My name is URL wrote: »

What's the story with buying them online... is it legal?

perfectly legal.. once you pay the duty.



I feel it my patriotic duty to by my cigs off the local retired paramilitary. :pac:


...achually, i dont any more as i nearly choked him outside Karma a few months due to political differences.

Now its the local dealer... 50 quid for 200 benson.. with tax stamp and all.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

The GF gets hers from belgium and spain, 26.50 for 200, that's 60 smokes here... ha.

redout

I usually pick up 200 in Madrid-Barajas. €39 EU and €27 non-EU.