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This is how much food you can get for the cost of a pack of cigarettes in Australia (50 AUD) (i.postimg.cc)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

A black market pack is $12 and noone I know buys legal cigarettes anymore. I'd love to know how they manage to smuggle in enough to meet the demand. The firebombings are an unpleasant side effect but the government loves the tax rake.