[lbo-talk] Meth and Monopoly (was Lumpen)

Jim Devine jdevine03 at gmail.com
Wed Jan 25 16:00:30 PST 2006


both types of tobacco are subject to taxes, so switching between them doesn't do much good.

On 1/25/06, Leigh Meyers <leighcmeyers at gmail.com> wrote:
> joanna wrote:
>
> > Really? I would think people would just buy a can of rolling tabbacco
> > and roll their own. Much, much cheaper.
> >
> > Joanna
> >
>
> Funny thing... In San Jose (California), rolling tobacco
> costs more at some stores than generic cigarettes.
>
> IMHO, It's an (cowboy) image thing, which the store owner seconded.
>
> Current price for a pouch of TOP tobacco in Santa Cruz
> varies from $2.05 > $2.55 (equiv +- 1 pack cigarettes) and
> the cigarette goes out if you don't puff it, probably due to
> minimal chemical content to cut the cost of production.
>
>
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