One of my students told me he quit smoking because of the high cost, now 600 yen a pack. He asked me how much cigarettes cost in the US. I have never been a smoker, so I didn't even know how much they cost when I lived in the US, but I really don't know now, almost eleven years since I've even been in the United States. We checked Google and looked at this website for information.
The average cost of a pack of cigarettes in the United States is $8.00/pack, with average prices per pack ranging from $6.11 in Missouri to $11.96 in New York. Eleven states and the District of Columbia have an average price above $10 per pack!
The states with the highest cigarette prices are:
- New York ($11.96)
- Rhode Island ($11.71)*
- Connecticut ($11.60)
- Massachusetts ($11.11)
- Minnesota ($10.49)
- Alaska ($10.46)
- Hawaii ($10.41)
- Maryland ($10.26)
- Illinois ($10.60)
- Washington ($10.14)
- Vermont ($10.12)
*Were the District of Columbia included in this metric, it would have the nation’s second-most expensive pack price at $11.75.
5 comments:
I've never smoked, but I have noticed that cigarettes are expensive here when I have seen other people buy them. I don't know how anyone can afford it. A pack here costs between $25 and $50, depending on the brand.
This article from the UK shows how much food you could buy in Australia instead of a pack of cigarettes:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10827541/Food-buy-price-pack-cigarettes-Australia.html
Pamela: It is wonderful that your student quit, its a stinky and unhealth habit.
I have never even taken a puff off a cigarette, my whole family smoked lost two brothers to lung cancer Mom and dad had very bad health from smoking.
Wow you did some great research.
I did not know cigarettes cost that much in Minnesota the state I live in.
Catherine
I just don't get why people do-- even if they can afford them!
In Sweden, a pack of cigarettes appears to cost about $10,60. I'd rather give that money to charity or spend it on something healthy than burn it up.
If higher costs of cigarettes get more people to quit, I shall not complain.
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