[wipeout97]

So I was on vacation in SC last weekend and wanted to give people a heads up to how cheap smokes are in the state. These are the averages I saw at smoke shops:

Marlboro $30.29
Camel $30.29
Salem $32.99
Winston $28.99
Doral $27.99
Pall Mall $25.99

Let's give a hand to SC for being non-fsc friendly and not being greedy on cigarette taxes. Even though smuggling is a huge problem out of the state can you honestly blame organized crime and gang members for doing a crime which carries a lesser punishment. I mean it's not like the national retailers association did not tell every state it would happen including the 20 page letter to Obama prior to schip. I say the Dem's created a problem so let them sit on it.

On another note try to stay away from Hess, Circle K, and Kangaroo gas stations for buying smokes. Hess was almost $10 more per carton than smoke shops located within a few hundred yards of the store. Kangaroo was next highest $4-$6 higher a carton followed by Circle K being higher priced by $3 a carton. Stick with the smoke shops that support you and I.

[Frank]

Jesus that's cheap. I'm in Oregon, which doesn't even have a sales tax, and Marlboro's $48.00 a carton here.