“That's the addict in you speaking...... If this were a discussion about tins of bean's then you simply just wouldn't buy them. As you are well and truely hooked on the fags you find yourself with the difficult predicament of either giving them up, or paying the exorbitant price for a pack of 10.

You won't be winning much sympathy with me. You can hardly call a packet of 10 fags a essential part of daily living. If it were a loaf of bread, or a pint of milk fair enough.

But fags....NO.”

“Yer ripping yourself off dear fellow”

“I'm not looking for sympathy, I am merely protesting about being ripped off.
I don't drink,that's an addiction,it they hid the drink and put it up,while under raps,then the drinkers would also be complaining.
Smokers pay much more tax than anyone else already,and it's because of reaction like yours,they feel they can do this,and get away with it.”

“@farmer giles

You sir, are an idiot”

“I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that they're hidden from view.
As Farmer Giles pointed out, you're addicted to them and they know it, prices rise when there is enough demand to allow them to rise. They're going to keep getting more expensive until people can 'only just' afford to buy them.

If that's not true then demonstrate it. You didn't know the price had gone up before but now you do.
What are you going to do with that information?
Stop buying cigarettes?
Or carry on buying them at an extortionate rate?”

“SIMPLE !!!! stop smoking and you won't be as you suggest "ripped off"”

“typical of rip off Britain”

“typical of rip off Britain”