hot dog 133 Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 I came through Africa last year and genuine golden Virginia was £55 for 10 packs of 50g.i get all my baccy duty free.my local shop sells 1 pack of 50g for £44.who here still smokes.? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh_red 4,605 Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 Price of backy is through the roof . Hardly any cheap backy from abroad any more . When u was late teems 20 odd year ago used to abel to buy it from the eggman. For £4 a pouch or get it from the local bakery for the same Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hot dog 133 Posted May 23 Author Report Share Posted May 23 13 minutes ago, Welsh_red said: Price of backy is through the roof . Hardly any cheap backy from abroad any more . When u was late teems 20 odd year ago used to abel to buy it from the eggman. For £4 a pouch or get it from the local bakery for the same I pay £17 at the moment.back in 97/98 I was paying £2,50. 13 minutes ago, Welsh_red said: Price of backy is through the roof . Hardly any cheap backy from abroad any more . When u was late teems 20 odd year ago used to abel to buy it from the eggman. For £4 a pouch or get it from the local bakery for the same ,q¹ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tatsblisters 9,377 Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 I don't smoke but brought some back from duty free in Cyprus amber leaf last year and sold it on at 15 for a 50g pack. Think it was cheaper in duty free now we are not in the EU. I don't know how much it is now till I go away again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hot dog 133 Posted May 23 Author Report Share Posted May 23 40 minutes ago, tatsblisters said: I don't smoke but brought some back from duty free in Cyprus amber leaf last year and sold it on at 15 for a 50g pack. Think it was cheaper in duty free now we are not in the EU. I don't know how much it is now till I go away again. If you font smoke yourself it might be more profitable for you to bring fags back. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tatsblisters 9,377 Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 7 minutes ago, hot dog said: If you font smoke yourself it might be more profitable for you to bring fags back. Only brought them back for a few mates that smoke. A mate has just come back with a load of amber leaf and it went like hot cakes for 20 a pouch for 50g. I didn't realise how expensive it was from shops in the UK. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 46,523 Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 I packed up a few years ago (5 or 6) but I don’t know how people can afford it today, someone told me a packet of Bensons is like €18 or something ? I mean, I suppose it’s all relative and the same could have been said when I was still smoking……don’t miss it mind you and I loved a snout and a mug of tea. I was a committed 40 a day smoker for over 30 years but i was very fit and getting away with it, no such luxury in retirement so no point in being silly about it……I still use a vape which is probably just as bad but I don’t feel as bad that’s for sure and it costs me €12 a week. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hot dog 133 Posted May 23 Author Report Share Posted May 23 57 minutes ago, WILF said: I packed up a few years ago (5 or 6) but I don’t know how people can afford it today, someone told me a packet of Bensons is like €18 or something ? I mean, I suppose it’s all relative and the same could have been said when I was still smoking……don’t miss it mind you and I loved a snout and a mug of tea. I was a committed 40 a day smoker for over 30 years but i was very fit and getting away with it, no such luxury in retirement so no point in being silly about it……I still use a vape which is probably just as bad but I don’t feel as bad that’s for sure and it costs me €12 a week. How did you find packing up.? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mC HULL 12,100 Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 ten quid a pouch here 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 46,523 Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 3 minutes ago, hot dog said: How did you find packing up.? I’d tried a couple of times in the past with no success mate but this time it was almost as though I didn’t think about it and that worked. Mrs just bought home one of those vapes and said try that and that was it, never touched another fag. I deliberately kept it horrible by not having all those fancy flavour liquids, just plain old tobacco flavour in a simple little vape that’s about the size of a pen (not one of those ridiculous walkie talkie jobs). Never a bother, I wouldn’t touch another fag now again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aled 470 Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 Gave up a few years ago, and i used to love a smoke whilst waiting for dark to go sea trout fishing, or with a pint in a beer garden. Rather glad i gave up, £16 for a pack of Marlboro Gold now, not to mention the positive health benefits. Cheers. Aled 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnipper 6,405 Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 Best thing I ever did quitting, vaping and all that is still smoking to me. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 27,947 Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 I only smoke weed and that’s roughly £10 a gram lol 2 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Councilestatekid 1,814 Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 They've stopped you stockin up in alot of duty free now dubai would only sell me 20 packs for my mate bought a old couple a bottle of whiskey for them gettin me 20 each on there boarding pass. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pesky1972 5,204 Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 Stopped in 2000 after smoking for maybe 13 year. My missus did the same. Between us then we’d have been on about 40 a day - Regal filters. If I had to go out today and buy all the fags we’d have smoked since giving up it’d cost me just shy of £300,000. When you look at it like that I can’t understand why anyone would smoke. I stopped a few years before vapes took off, and I’m really glad I did. I reckon it’s harder to get off them than the baccy. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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