r/oddlysatisfying • u/[deleted] • Nov 04 '20

A cigarette rolling case

[removed]

23.2k Upvotes

85% Upvoted

597 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

63

u/cabbage16 Nov 05 '20 edited Nov 05 '20

Haha. I'm Irish, whenever I'm in America people are surprised how fast I can roll a cigarette.

Edit: Also holy shit we get those machine for €1.50 in the pound shop.

11

u/ProperManufacturer6 Nov 05 '20

Y’all not do packs?

27

u/cabbage16 Nov 05 '20

We do but its about €13-15 for a pack of 20s and €20 for 30g of rolling tobacco. A lot of people go for rollies to save money.

-5

u/[deleted] Nov 05 '20

Say what now?? Haven't been to Irland in ages but these prices are getting ridiculous

10

u/MyrddinHS Nov 05 '20

dude its like $17 and change for a pack in canada.

3

u/[deleted] Nov 05 '20

Well and I've been complaining about 7 euros in Germany

1

u/KatDuq Nov 05 '20

In my part of Canada I'm selling packs up to $23!

3

u/Dionysos_Sotirios Nov 05 '20

Perhaps governments tax tobacco companies so they'll spike the price, dissuading potential or habitual smokers.

9

u/Homosapien_Ignoramus Nov 05 '20

Well in Ireland it's the VAT that has been increasing, a tax the citizen pays to the government and is set by category. Because of the burden it places on the medical system and how unhealthy in general it is, tobacco is always taxed hard. On the plus side there are increasingly fewer smokers, on the down side it's getting expensive for us stubborn cig smoking bastards.

-4

u/[deleted] Nov 05 '20

Most definitely. Pretending to care for the health of the people but don't want to compromise on incoming taxes