Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Cigarette rolling vending Machines?

Is this for real?

 It is!

Smokers were getting a pretty good deal buying their deadly habit from this bizarre example of American ingenuity. 
jsonline: Tobacco Machines  A new breed of tobacco retailer is shutting down around the state in the face of challenges from the state Department of Revenue over what taxes should be levied for operating roll-your-own machines.

The roll-your-own stores sell loose tobacco that customers load into machines on the premises. The machines pump out a carton of cigarettes in 10 to 15 minutes. The cartons cost around $32 - about half the cost of premium brands - because customers are charged the taxes for pipe tobacco rather than the ones imposed on standard cigarettes.
Just for fun, I found the video below showing how marketing brainwashed the public into smoking and drinking:


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