SCHIP Passage - What will you do?

[Wagz]

I already feel I spend way too much on sticks, I'm not sure yet whether this will make a difference in my purchasing.

 

[Angry Bill]

Lot's of great Nic smokes!

 

[Brazilla]

Option E: Avoid the SCHIP tax entirely by purchasing cigars from countries that don't charge it.

At the present time, option E is what I've been doing and plan to continue. Fan you say "DARK SIDE!"

 

[diesel]

With this and the the new tax coming here in PA., I am very disappointed. I will just continue on as I have been.; I will make purchases when I am comfortable and smoke when I can. I don't believe any of these issues are going to cause me to run out of smokes, it may just slow my rotation.

 

[Saully]

I barely spend anything so the tax won't make it that much more.

 

[mojave]

I'm gonna have to look into option E. Just one more thing to push back against. To top it off my wife is now starting to complain about third hand smoke http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/03/health/research/03smoke.html and its deadly effects. I'll be D----ed if I'm gonna give up one the few things I enjoy for one or the other...:angryteet

 

[Asher]

To top it off my wife is now starting to complain about third hand smoke http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/03/health/research/03smoke.html and its deadly effects.

The "third hand smoke" thing is completely nonsense. There's no science there. The article discussed in the NYT wasn't even about whether third-hand smoke was harmful; they simply did a survey asking people if they knew that third-hand smoke is (supposedly) harmful:

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/123/1/e74
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-study-warns-of-dangers-of-thirdhand.html

Here's an actual epidemiologist's take:

http://www.cupblog.org/?p=493

More discussion:

http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/01/original-study-on-thirdhand-smoke-does.html
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/01/author-of-thirdhand-smoke-study-warns.html

 

[Asher]

By the way, for anyone else being harassed about "third-hand smoke", you might want to direct the harassers to a much more serious health threat, DHMO:

http://www.dhmo.org/

 

[oneaday]

At the present time, option E is what I've been doing and plan to continue. Fan you say "DARK SIDE!"

Ditto. No reason to change now :agreesmil:agreesmil

 

[mojave]

Asher,

I totally agree drinking that stuff straight without some CH3CH2OH added could kill you

 

[russell p]

I agree with AJ but option E sounds good as well ! Screw em' :halfgrinw

 

[CWS]

Same answer to "what will you do if gas hits $3.00 a gallon"? Suck it up and pay the piper.

 

[Crypto Sailor]

Keep smoking at my normal rate, and look into option E...

 

[Cigary43]

Glad I went out and bought a bunch of cigars,,I should be good for another 3 years if I smoke 3 a week which is what I do now. Guess I will have to start drinking more,,,vices vices.

 

[somarc]

Still undecided.. I know that I have a fixed cigar budget and that's it. If they raise the price of cigars that could mean I can't buy as many. I have been looking into some value smokes and have found some pretty good ones. Who will probably get hurt in the end my local retailers since I will look into value purchasing.

All in all I will probably some less and less. I'm very bitter about the whole situation but until I actually see the prices it's hard to say.

 

[Altercall]

I am going for option E, but overseas!

classic!!!

I'm gonna do what I'm gonna do. eace:

 

[gbpacker66]

I have already cut back this year, I want to save a little extra for vacation this year.

 

[Frank N]

I am going for option E, but overseas!

Wow...