> Actually, wintermute is British, but from some of his past posts, I gather that England probably taxes cigarettes much higher than anything you'd find in the U.S. In fact, I seem to recall him talking about going to France to buy his smokes because it was so much cheaper.
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> Gri"not that that makes your advice invalid"shny

Well, the average price of a pack of twenty cigarettes here is around £4.50 or so. Which equates to roughly $7. Which makes me only more glad that I don't smoke.

Bea"British slang for cigarettes is 'Fags', did you know?"sty