spencer99 SG x 3 And for those smokers who want to migrate because they cannot stand the price of cigarettes in Spore. My word to them is.... .GO AHEAD!!! I don't smoke and I must always put up with smokers who pollute the air that I breathe! I will be the first to cheer when the price of cigarettes go up to $20. Then see who will smoke.
chunyong SG in econs we learn, even if they increase your pay, its not enough to catch up with inflation. you ought to be grateful if the 'real' pay remains the same....rather than increase your pay and end up u actually are 'taking' lesser in reality.
greyskymorning SG me support increase tax for cigarattes.....me got some sort chronicle airway disease, shd tax more to protect pple like me
juz_A_gal SG i dun think i've come across any good thing abt smoking. it makes my eyes go teary.. my frenz who smoke also have made it a point to smoke outside the ktv room so it doesn't affect the rest of us. It's such a chore to wash our hair after all the smoke gets stuck in it. u guys have short hair so it's easier. and yes, cannot afford, dun smoke. u can save ALOT of money this way. confirm enough money to spend liaoz.
niceguy_123 SG iT'S SO Expensive... to smoke now... got to quit.. 1 day one Malboro at $11.. 30 days for 1 month enough me to top up a bit to pay for my car instalments... I think better quit.. though I find smoking sometimes very comforting and easing when I am lonely and workin late in the night for projects.
dcx SG $11 onli…cheyz..still can afford….haiz…..toopid govn….make it $20 a pack then i considered whether shld quit or not…how long i’ve to wait for it to be $20/pack…haiz,...
spencer99 SG Will the garmen please answer his call and make it $20 per pack!!! To smokers : if you find smoking expensive... Then QUIT SMOKING!!! To think that smokers actually think about migrating because of cigarettes prices. This shows the addictive nature of cigarettes!
Very Old Man SG From my past experience..... Car patrol also give out Carbon Monoxide and pollute the air. Increase fuel prices like what you did in cigarette lor. Then everyone will be affected....more fair. By raising the cigrette prices, it is encourging more people to smugglar cigarette into singapore. Is it wise? Drinking also causes many ill effects and accidents. Why Government reduce alcohol taxes and increase cigarettes? Not fair.
X-men SG cos the only way they know is to stress your pockets.... boring people with no better ideas. they should sponsor smokers to watch Contantine
dcx SG Actually...it's not juz abt raising ciggy prices that make some smokers think of migrating... Raising of ciggy prices doesn't stop smokers from smoking...from day one when they wanna increase ciggy prices..main reason given was to stop youngsters below 18yrs old from smoking...seems that it's not working at all... I would think...y not one shot they increase to $20/pack?? That shld immediately stop most of the youngsters from smoking..y muz the garment progressively increase the prices??? Raising of ciggy prices certainly does not decrease/prevent youngsters from smoking....but it did reduce the number of smokers..but..how much??? 1~5%??? Taxes from ciggy are so high that you can imagine how much revenues they're getting from smokers... 1 ciggy cost from mass production aprrox: max. 5cents>>> 20 ciggy will be $1.00; These are production cost...given max. cost. Ciggy companies export to other countries...let's say sell to Spore, $3.00 (max)/pack...n that's it...so..additional $7.00 we have to pay for ciggy...can imagine that?? (All these are calculated at the very MAX. cost). So..let's say 500k Sporean smoke one packet every two days... 500k*$7 = $3.5millions/2days. In juz 2 days...they had a profit of $3.5millions..$1.75millions/day So...in one week....$1.75millions * 7 = $12.25millions..(PROFITS) See how much profits they can gain from raising of ciggy prices... Dun complain abt smokers who complain abt raising of ciggy prices...you go and imagine if one day, there're no smokers in spore...how much loss has the garment lost??? And by then, maybe GST will be raised to 10%~20%...Transport Fee will be raised...so much more you can imagine yourself.. Sales of ciggy actually improve spore economy to a certain percentage...(I do not know how much)...
gasband SG $11 for a pack of 20 ciggies. Therefore, 01 Ciggie will cost 11/20 = $0.55. FACT: Smokers, like all human beings, cannot do without water and Food. Smokers also cannot do without Ciggies. Therefore, we can see a constant here. SMOKERS cannot do without FOOD/WATER and CIGGIES. Thus, we can conclude if SMOKERS can spend $3.00 on a plate of WANTAN MEE, WHAT IS $0.55 for a stick of CIGGIE. Since SMOKERS treat CIGGIES like they treat FOOD, we should raise the price to $3.00 per CIGGIE which means $60.00 per pack of 20 ciggies. THIS $60.00 pricing is suggested to reflect the importance of CIGGIES to Smokers just as Food is important to them. Its Fair isnt it. Dun COMPLAIN LAH. Just as STEPHEN COVEY SAID, BE PROACTIVE, YOU GOT A CHOICE!
niceguy_123 SG I really cannot comprehend the real reason behind raising the cigarette price. Garment keeps saying to protect the youngsters from picking it up yet I often see youngsters share money together and buy a pack and smoking away.... Yet people complains about the consequences of smoking like health problems, 2nd hand smoke...etc.. why drinking is not identified too ? I have seen ppl drinking heavily and kenna liver problems , drink and drive and causes many miseries to himself and others, fathers drinking heavily and come home to beat up the family...etc.. Why government don;t want to raise the price of liquor and beer too ? Aren't we also seeing youngster forging passes to go to pubs and resulted in drunk situations and even see younger women getting molested or even rape? All these boils down to one. Most smokers can drink but not all drinkers are smokers... So to raise which is more profitable?
Hellraiza SG lets say one day the price is too high for anyone to smoke, won't the government lose profit? or are they really so holy as to think, no $ nehmind, as long as our fellow countrymen are healthy?? as for the going to MY part, i was kidding morons.
