Marlboros are now 7QR a pack!?! WTF?!?
By AwesomeRami •
Packs of Marlboros have increased in price today from 6QR to 7QR. What a disaster.
The last price increase was in 2006 and it was a 50 dirham increase. Now we're being charged an extra riyal? This is devastating news for smokers.
It's bad enough that i have to drive by 10 corner shops before i can find one that sells smokes but now i have to pay extra? Shda3wa!?!?
So for all the "Yay, this will curb public smoking" - it won't. And for all the "it's only a riyal" note this: I love to smoke. I love my cigarettes and this price increase is a huge blow in the faces of the hundreds of thousands of smokers in this country.
LoL Smoke....
OMG i didnt believe it when UKeng mentioned this fact yesterday (no offence buddy :p) but what the heck, i am out of touch with the smoking scene as i've quit smoking for lent, but damn this 1 riyal increase is not going to stop me from smoking to my hearts content after these 40 days of fasting :P
Screw them if they think this is going to stop us smoker...hmmm i wonder if they increased the price of Davidoffs too? Oh and to all you smoker haters out there i'm warning you WE WILL kill you slowly :P
Good Fortune always comes knocking at your door...when you are sh*tting in the toilet!! :)
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Watz the Cry Abt ?
Ur anyway burning Qrs.7/- so adding Qrs.1/- to it will make no difference.....Burn it buddy !!!
awesomerami,
1 riyal is a very harmless increase for a pack of marlboro get over it man, smoking is a vice, it's your decision to smoke so get along with the increase in price
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Speed bro, recycled chewing gums no good, it will go sticking everywere ....:)
LoL RP, well i have a different exercise for it which involves too much of PushUps and Pullsup and a hell lot of Vitamins, Proteins etc....:)
Risk
Unfortunately prices go up in condoms, the true fact is: the older you are, it will shrink with aging.
Viagra time baby, Vitamins time baby.... Just Keep stretching that pecker with cloth pins every morning.....
The problem is I think you’re an overeducated, 27-year-old virgin who holds the hands of superstitious old women and promises them eternity.
if you are so worried ;-D
SO WAT ??
Even Condoms pack rates are increased too...:(
great news! :P
smoking is just like burning your lungs and your money too!!!!
I checked a packet of Marlboro from a friend. They said it was imported from the UAE...hence it's the UAE who's 'possibly' increased the price. The packet has an Arabic writing meant to be sold in the Middle East.
"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
.....'I am a 92 year old bi-curious Guatemalan wild raspberry farmer, on an exchange visit to Qatar in search of the fabled wild raspberry/goat dingleberry hybrid.'
Bloody brilliant:)
Wait...am I in the right thread?
"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
if only you made sense!
AwesomeRami and all other smokers and non smokers, i guess u waste a lot of ur time dicussing this issue, Rami, if u r really smoker, u'll keep paying to get what u love and keep plaming urself everytime u bought a back that u couldn't be a man enough to quit, i'm doing the same my self, so either pay and keep quite, or stop it and make them lose the huge money that u waste on ur *puff*
regarding the poor african kids, u should calculate the total amount that u spend, not only the raised 1Qr. also if they decide to cut that Riyal will u save it for the african kids??
what goes up must come down.. First the world was in Ice age now we are heading to hot age...
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HE WHO DARES WINS
Asking the wrong person here. I think that passive smoking is made up. If we are to believe academics the harmful stuff has already entered our blood streams/body before it’s puffed out, that is just smoke as in evaporation.
No I don’t think there is global warming; I think that is called evolution
get over it or quit. i'd have more sympathy if there weren't so many a-hole smokers lighting up in malls and other areas where they shouldn't.
passive smoking doesn't exist? neither does global warming, right?
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"Even a stopped clock gives the right time twice a day." Withnail & I
they seem to think they control everything else, so why not.
How many are on google now lol?
justmoi..no matter what his intention for crying about the increase was but it has opened up a new issue here.. Are the americans ready to increase any thing american?
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HE WHO DARES WINS
Their also considering increasing prices of all things American here to pay for the recession in US..just wait and see Heero.. I am telling you the future..
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HE WHO DARES WINS
People over here gripe about smoking and then go and drive like idiots rofl.
More people over here die through car accidents than smoking.
And you the starter of the thread; get a grip it is 1 Riyal. In England one pack of 20 costs 40 Riyals.
And to all those that have slagged off smoking, do you know what, if I/we knew you I/we could judge at least ONE area of your life that I/we could not agree with.
So please, leave us alone. We do not encourage you to smoke, so please do not presume you have the right to stop us.
Oh by the way, Google passive smoking, it does not exist according to recent experts.
"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
The reasson behind the increase is to pay for the falling American car Industry..
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HE WHO DARES WINS
"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
Fantastic and just what we need. Not only do we have to put up with people blatantly smoking and ruining other peoples lives with their disgusting cancer causing poison but now have to listen to them bitch and complain about it as well. *sigh*
Go home, pay more for smokes or go for a generic brand that is 70% wood shavings. Good luck with your emphysema.
hard core smokers don't worry about price increases.
suggest you roll the extra riyal to snort other narcotics.
So what's the reason behind the price increase? And is it across the board - i.e. all cigarette brands in all stores and supermarkets?
The average labourer on low wage is more concerned about sending maxi,um amount home and will forego luxuries such as Marlboros. He will probably buy a "biree" (Indian roll ups)
Intelligent, I'm very honored that you have the best interests of the addicted smokers in mind.
Unfortunately, the big elites who control everything don't care about our health and only care about making money.
And supporting this needless price increase (for any reason, no matter how noble) is giving in to "the man" and allowing them to control us even further.
I am fully aware that there are many things in our society that have increased in cost that are more important than smokes(rent, food etc..). But cigarettes are outside of the spectrum of necessary items to sustain life. They are a pork item. The demand never changes.
So if we can live without cigs, then they are not a direct effector on our economy or our quality of life. Then changing their price will not affect either of the two aforementioned - then what's the only reasoning behind the price increase? Greed.
I hope it goes up by another couple of riyals. And addicts will get a chance to enjoy there life by smoking less and living healthy life for couple of more years. I hope you smokers dont develop this throat cancer coz recently one of my uncle died of it. He was a chain smoker too.
Peace
You're absolutely right Mandilulur. It seems no one appreciates my Awesomeness... and my love for cigarettes.
If cigarettes were a woman, it would be a cross between Jessica Alba and a young Meg Ryan with a dash of Eva Longoria thrown in - and the best part is: A 92 year old Guatemalan wild raspberry farmer would have no chance hitting that sh*t!
could always have some sent out from the UK where I think they are about £6 to £7 a packet.
I think it's pretty clear that QLers have very little sympathy for smokers and people who don't seat belt their kids.
Mandi
I am a 92 year old bi-curious Guatemalan wild raspberry farmer, on an exchange visit to Qatar in search of the fabled wild raspberry/goat dingleberry hybrid.
No luck yet though - you haven't seen one perchance?
"Deaths in the Bible. God - 2,270,365
not including the victims of Noah's flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, or the
many plagues, famines, fiery serpents, etc because no specific numbers
were given. Satan - 10."
adey, you're not helping my cause.
I'm guessing you're an expat - English probably - middle aged - in Qatar to either teach, or work health and safety. Which means that you probably left your country in search of an easier lifestyle, cheaper living and higher pay.
Well cheaper living is the first to go.. what's next? My sanity!
Time to snap on the surgical gloves then!
"Ahem! Could you just bend over please sir, this shouldn't hurt too much."
"Deaths in the Bible. God - 2,270,365
not including the victims of Noah's flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, or the
many plagues, famines, fiery serpents, etc because no specific numbers
were given. Satan - 10."
Man... I can't... I only have 6 riyals - can anyone lend me a riyal?
Maybe for me 1 riyal isn't much - but imagine the poor labourer living in the industrial area on 700QR a month with a smoking addiction. The only thing keeping him sane in his dirty, overpopulated warehouse of an accommodation is these cigarettes that offer him a distraction.
Whats 365QR a year for him... half of a months salary? Would you be happy if the government just told you that you were gonna lose half of a months salary in a *poof*..?
the nicotine straight into the veins!
problem solved
oh, those pesky African kids!!!!!!!!
"Deaths in the Bible. God - 2,270,365
not including the victims of Noah's flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, or the
many plagues, famines, fiery serpents, etc because no specific numbers
were given. Satan - 10."
hope it goes upto 100 rials a pack. such a big nuisance
QR7 is ridiculously cheap for a packet of cigarettes. Stop moaning about it and count yourself lucky you don't live somewhere where they cost QR25 or 30 a packet.
Dear AwesomeRami. The kids in Africa don't even have the luxury of clean driniking water. What planet are you from really. The biggest problem in your life is the increased price of a cigarette. Be realistic. Stop this lunacy.
AwesomeRami, apparently that ain't tobacco you've been smoking.
No Paul, i think i have you confused with someone who is wasting space with his ridiculous comment on a very important issue.
The price increase on smokes is another indication that the banking elites of our world are taking over and controlling our minds! Making us think that increasing prices is ok!
Don't become like the mindless Americans who are brainwashed by their government and television!
What's next? Chip implants under our skin to track our every moments, conversation .. emotions!?!?!?!
its good news that the prices have gone up, good for the companies and government. It would definitely not affect the smokers because they are not "quitters",
if these smokers have decided to face death as it comes, then why would an increase in riyal 1 bother them...
get a life non smokers!
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I think you have me confused with someone who gives a sh1t.
There is no way that i am overreacting. There are kids in Africa who don't even have the luxury of smoking - and i have to pay an extra:
i) 5 dirhams per cigarette - which means
ii) 1 riyal extra per pack - which if i smoke a pack a day means -
iii) I'm paying an extra 365QR per year - which finally means
iv) 60 packs of smokes that I'm losing out on per year!!
devastating!
What about the kids in Africa!?!?!
Dear AwesomeRami. Gasoline is a necessity. Its price influences the price of every commodity of daily use. Cigarettes are a luxury. That is why the only outrage you see, is created here by you. You are over reacting by miles.
On the other hand, all prices go up here.. why the cigarettes should be exception?? It’s only 16%.
.. 2 years ago cheese Haloum was QR8, now it is QR12. 50% increase! And this is FOOD, not some sick addiction.. so relax and keep paying for your killing hobby...
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“You become responsible forever for what you have tamed”. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
So quit. Save the money you used to spend on ciggies to get a nice gift for yourself or a loved one.
Ohh 1 Riyal ? i hear Dubai increase up to 20 or 50 Dhm per pack..
If u cant afford that 1 riyal , quit smoking !!! simple..
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rms..!!
Good news for us ... hope it becomes QR 10 very soon.... sorry smokers
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I agree with Vignale. Cigarettes are cheap. I also like to smoke cigars every once ina while. And I do not think about money while I am at it.
If the price of gasoline was to increase even 20 dirhams a liter, there would be an outrage. What would you tell the people then?
"Walk, it's healthier?"
Please do not exaggerate. This is just a price increase. This does not qualify as a "a huge blow in the faces of the hundreds of thousands of smokers in this country". Please stay calm. If you like your cigarettes soo much, the price should not matter to you. If you loike your money, the cigarettes should not matter to you.
you love to smoke? then love to pay!
any real pleasure is usually expensive..
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“You become responsible forever for what you have tamed”. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
You should quit smoking. It will save your life and mine.
Stop Complaining, It is Cheap.
Yes I smoke myself, but only Cigars..(and a good cigar is minimum 50 Rials )