No more tobacco sales at Longs

[shave_ice]

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Originally posted by birdmove

I used to smoke when I was a dumb kid. Now I'm dumb and 60. But, even putting aside the health problems associated with smoking, I don't know how anyone can afford to smoke these days. I remember when you could buy a pack for .25 cents. The other day in Hilo I saw a guy buy one smoke from a stranger for $1.00. According to an internet source, a pack of cigarettes in Hawaii is $9.68, third highest state in the US.

Jon in Keaau/HPP

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No kidding about how anybody can afford it. A little while back a women was in front of me at the checkout in KTA using her ebt. She then shelled out cash to buy some cigarettes. [?]

[peteadams]

"She then shelled out cash to buy some cigarettes."

That's the reality of addiction for many.

[kalakoa]

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That's the reality of addiction for many.

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Substance addiction is a medical problem and should be dealt with as such.

The irony in allowing a barely-regulated free-market for one smokable while investigating and imprisoning users of a different smokable is ... both expensive and painful to watch.