been saying for years that once they get too expensive... im done smoking. right... id be the biggest ahole on the face of the planet, not to mention that id probably blow up like the blimp if i didnt do what i do now. but after a week in montana, paying (wait for it)... 8 FRICKING BUCKS A PACK!!!! stick a fork in me. i tried one of the liquid nic sticks at my smoke shop a few weeks ago when i hadnt smoked in about 3 hours and it took the edge right off. but alls they had were the "femme" ones that were like a foot long. they finally got a half dozen ones in that looked like a regular king, went to the bank to pull out the $80 to buy it (comes in a starter kit) and by the time i got back, they were sold out. ive quit other things cold turkey, but i know i cant do it with cigs... they just go to good with an ice cold beer. because of my line of work, i cant do the pills. tried the patch and failed misribly. the inhaler just has to do it.
what really bothers me most about these rapid successions in tax on smokes is that if theyre so dam bad, why not just take the final step an make them illegal? because honestly, alls the huge price increase is going to do is defeat the purpous of generating tax cash when a great deal of us quit.