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5 kottke.org posts about cigarettes

 

Photos fool face scanners

Japanese face-scanning vending machines designed to distribute cigarettes only to those of legal age can be fooled by holding a photo of an of-age person in front of the scanner.

By Jason Kottke  •  Jul 2, 2008  •  cigarettes   Japan

The cost of smoking

Yesterday, New York raised the tax on cigarettes by $1.25. With the previous taxes, the city tax of $1.25, and the variable pricing one sees at retail outlets around the city, people are now paying somewhere between $8 and $12 for a pack of cigarettes in NYC. Some smokers are understandably upset about the price but how does it compare to other enjoyments? If smoking a single cigarette takes five minutes and at $10 & 20 cigarettes per pack, smoking costs a smoker $6/hour. Some other NYC diversions, priced roughly by the hour:

Ice skating in Central Park: $4.25/hr
Yankees game (cheap seats): $5/hr
Smoking: $6/hr
Visit to MoMA: $8/hr
After-work drinks: $10/hr
Movie w/popcorn & soda: $11/hr
Dinner @ McDonald's: $11/hr
Dinner @ Daniel: $85/hr
Helicopter tour of NYC: $600/hr
Spitzer-grade call girl: $1000+/hr

For reference, NY State minimum wage is $7.15/hr. (Digg this?)

By Jason Kottke  •  Jun 4, 2008  •  cigarettes   economics   NYC

The sushi economy

Adding sushi to the ever-growing list of everyday consumables as economic indicators: steak, Big Macs, Starbucks coffee, Coca-Cola, and cigarettes.

By Jason Kottke  •  Jun 11, 2007  •  cigarettes   Coca Cola   economics   food   McDonalds   odd economic indicators   Starbucks   sushi

Are the high taxes on cigarettes in

Are the high taxes on cigarettes in the US making people fat?.

By Jason Kottke  •  Jul 25, 2005  •  cigarettes   obesity   taxes

Headline of the day: Oral

Headline of the day: Oral Nicotine Solution May Help Smokers Quit. Oral nicotine solution? That wouldn't by any chance be cigarettes, would it?

By Jason Kottke  •  May 31, 2001  •  cigarettes   headlines

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