Ah, a topic close to my heart haha; shame and woe upon these greedy shop keepers and others like them for whom money and profit is above all else; thankfully, i smoke davidoff - apparently not as popular in qatar as the other brands- and my shop guys are like my adopted brothers and so i haven't had issues; as for the price increase, i feel commodities like fuel/tobacco/alcohol and other essentials aren't price dependent; users will continue to buy them regardless; cigarettes were 4 qr when i started as an 18 yr old swiping them from my dad's pack; they're going to be 20+ now and at no point have the price hikes deterred me from doing what i wanted to do; fuel has gone from 35 dhs to 2qr over the years and i drive no less than before; the human spirit trumps all hurdles i guess haha; we'll just buy less of other things; i personally would get rid of my qtel plan which goes unused anyway; not going to give up my poison of choice because someone thinks it's bad for me; the Qatar govt is acting to deter people from smoking to preserve the health of its citizens and to lessen the burden on health services but the corrupt self serving government in my country just uses commodities and tax to make itself richer and suck the blood from the poor; in both countries, i pay for my own health care and am not a drain on their health care systems; they can do what they want and I'll do as i wish; psycho rant over and I'm going to go smoke one now puff puff puff pffffff!!! Haah
Ah, a topic close to my heart haha; shame and woe upon these greedy shop keepers and others like them for whom money and profit is above all else; thankfully, i smoke davidoff - apparently not as popular in qatar as the other brands- and my shop guys are like my adopted brothers and so i haven't had issues; as for the price increase, i feel commodities like fuel/tobacco/alcohol and other essentials aren't price dependent; users will continue to buy them regardless; cigarettes were 4 qr when i started as an 18 yr old swiping them from my dad's pack; they're going to be 20+ now and at no point have the price hikes deterred me from doing what i wanted to do; fuel has gone from 35 dhs to 2qr over the years and i drive no less than before; the human spirit trumps all hurdles i guess haha; we'll just buy less of other things; i personally would get rid of my qtel plan which goes unused anyway; not going to give up my poison of choice because someone thinks it's bad for me; the Qatar govt is acting to deter people from smoking to preserve the health of its citizens and to lessen the burden on health services but the corrupt self serving government in my country just uses commodities and tax to make itself richer and suck the blood from the poor; in both countries, i pay for my own health care and am not a drain on their health care systems; they can do what they want and I'll do as i wish; psycho rant over and I'm going to go smoke one now puff puff puff pffffff!!! Haah