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Aussie Government Charges $100 For a Pack of Smokes and Wonders Why 90,000 People Have Started Vaping over the Past 3 Months

 
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Aussie Government Charges $100 For a Pack of Smokes and Wonders Why 90,000 People Have Started Vaping over the Past 3 Months
More than 90,000 Australians have taken up vaping over the past three months, taking the total number of adult vapers above 1.7 million.

Victoria’s adult vaping numbers have risen by 355 per cent over the past five years, while NSW recorded the biggest increase of 470 per cent.

At least 35 fires are breaking out each day in recycling facilities across the country due to discarded vape devices.

It is directly attributed to lithium-ion batteries because there is no effective and no easy, proper disposal for those items.

A vape has an embedded battery in it and more than 1.8 million are being dumped into general waste every week.

And a disturbing photo was shared to Reddit on Friday, showing dozens of discarded plastic vapes strewn across a roadside barrier on West Gate Freeway after being tossed out of car windows.

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03/01/2024 09:14 PM
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Re: Aussie Government Charges $100 For a Pack of Smokes and Wonders Why 90,000 People Have Started Vaping over the Past 3 Months
Fuck them.

If they fucked off the cig tax...a pack would cost onlt $10
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03/01/2024 09:15 PM
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Re: Aussie Government Charges $100 For a Pack of Smokes and Wonders Why 90,000 People Have Started Vaping over the Past 3 Months
Maybe that’s the goal all along, force people to toxify their lungs with something even more deadly than smoking.

Go back to 2019 just prior to Covid.

Remember the outbreak of the new “Vaping” fad, just prior to Covid making itself known?

I’ve always felt there is a connection here, but have no evidence to substantiate it.
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03/01/2024 09:17 PM
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Re: Aussie Government Charges $100 For a Pack of Smokes and Wonders Why 90,000 People Have Started Vaping over the Past 3 Months
From my experience vaping is a youth fad. Most people I see vaping aren't former smokers.

While smoking numbers have decreased statistically here over the last few years, those figures are driven by the black market sales of cigarettes which have spread and are booming all across Australia. I pay $15 for a pack of Marlboro red or Double Happiness and I still haven't visited a town that doesn't sell them freely over the counter if you ask.
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Re: Aussie Government Charges $100 For a Pack of Smokes and Wonders Why 90,000 People Have Started Vaping over the Past 3 Months
Screw it. I just stopped smoking and did not replace it with vaping. Feel better for it plus more money in pocket.
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03/01/2024 09:21 PM
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Screw it. I just stopped smoking and did not replace it with vaping. Feel better for it plus more money in pocket.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 86121641


They're a bitch to stop. For me anyway. Once I feel a bit better from giving up the weed and booze, I'll try going cold turkey again.
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03/01/2024 09:24 PM
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It's hard to believe the cost of smokes in Australia but it's not $100 a pack.

I just read that it's going be $50 a pack within the next two years.

That means $500 a carton.

CRIKEY!
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03/01/2024 09:27 PM
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Re: Aussie Government Charges $100 For a Pack of Smokes and Wonders Why 90,000 People Have Started Vaping over the Past 3 Months
The refillable vapes are also great for smoking DMT... for anyone looking for an easy route of administration.

Going oral with a maoi and blasting into hyperspace for several hours, can be a little intimidating for a newbie. Vaping can give a you a similar effect without interference from other alkaloids and only lasts about 30min.
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It's hard to believe the cost of smokes in Australia but it's not $100 a pack.

I just read that it's going be $50 a pack within the next two years.

That means $500 a carton.

CRIKEY!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77287674


A 50 gram pack of Drum..

$150.00

39 years ago..

60 gram pack cost...$8.50.

Work out the % increase in 3 decades

Only 10 years ago...same pack..

$52.00
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It's hard to believe the cost of smokes in Australia but it's not $100 a pack.

I just read that it's going be $50 a pack within the next two years.

That means $500 a carton.

CRIKEY!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77287674


A 50 gram pack of Drum..

$150.00

30 years ago..

60 gram pack cost...$8.50.

Work out the % increase in 3 decades

Only 10 years ago...same pack..

$52.00
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 86902335

Fixed
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03/01/2024 09:35 PM
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Fuck them.

If they fucked off the cig tax...a pack would cost onlt $10
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 67769316


A lot less. An imported pack of 20 costs $1.75-3.00 here depending on brand including taxes.
If I had a dollar for every time I got suspicious...

I'd wonder who was paying me, and why?
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03/01/2024 09:39 PM
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Re: Aussie Government Charges $100 For a Pack of Smokes and Wonders Why 90,000 People Have Started Vaping over the Past 3 Months
Stopped smoking years ago, couldn't stand the lingering aftertaste anymore

Wouldn't want to inhale any of that chinese oil into my lungs though
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Re: Aussie Government Charges $100 For a Pack of Smokes and Wonders Why 90,000 People Have Started Vaping over the Past 3 Months
It's hard to believe the cost of smokes in Australia but it's not $100 a pack.

I just read that it's going be $50 a pack within the next two years.

That means $500 a carton.

CRIKEY!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77287674


Sorry, I lied. They are $99.99 for a pack of 50


Horizon Blue Cigarettes 50's | 50 pack
$99.99


[link to www.coles.com.au (secure)]
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03/01/2024 09:45 PM
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Re: Aussie Government Charges $100 For a Pack of Smokes and Wonders Why 90,000 People Have Started Vaping over the Past 3 Months
I bet there's a very active black market in Oz, mostly Chinese.

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Re: Aussie Government Charges $100 For a Pack of Smokes and Wonders Why 90,000 People Have Started Vaping over the Past 3 Months
It's hard to believe the cost of smokes in Australia but it's not $100 a pack.

I just read that it's going be $50 a pack within the next two years.

That means $500 a carton.

CRIKEY!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77287674


Sorry, I lied. They are $99.99 for a pack of 50


Horizon Blue Cigarettes 50's | 50 pack
$99.99


[link to www.coles.com.au (secure)]
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 81013695


Yeah, there's a big difference between 20 cigs and 50 cigs.

Packs are currently 40 something which is still unbelievable.
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Re: Aussie Government Charges $100 For a Pack of Smokes and Wonders Why 90,000 People Have Started Vaping over the Past 3 Months
Watch out for that popcorn Lung OP.
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03/01/2024 09:54 PM
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Re: Aussie Government Charges $100 For a Pack of Smokes and Wonders Why 90,000 People Have Started Vaping over the Past 3 Months
It's hard to believe the cost of smokes in Australia but it's not $100 a pack.

I just read that it's going be $50 a pack within the next two years.

That means $500 a carton.

CRIKEY!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77287674


Sorry, I lied. They are $99.99 for a pack of 50


Horizon Blue Cigarettes 50's | 50 pack
$99.99


[link to www.coles.com.au (secure)]
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 81013695


Yeah, there's a big difference between 20 cigs and 50 cigs.

Packs are currently 40 something which is still unbelievable.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77287674


Maybe a few years ago yeah


Marlboro Red Cigarettes 25's | 25 pack

$61.99
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03/23/2024 12:27 AM
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Re: Aussie Government Charges $100 For a Pack of Smokes and Wonders Why 90,000 People Have Started Vaping over the Past 3 Months
why do u think they are after vaping? serious answer- not because the gov care about our Health

THey have 'safe' public injection/shooting galleries in some cities for heroin and c0ke

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03/23/2024 06:35 AM

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Asked to pay $62.99 for a pack due to the country’s high tobacco taxes, Mötley Crüe drummer expresses displeasure on Instagram with middle finger emoji.


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