oh man

I just returned from Seabrook, where I went to buy cigs.

Total decimation.

I mean, where there are usually cartons upon cartons of cigarettes there were empty shelves dotted with a few cartons here and there.

Pourquoi?

Because Mass. just raised the cigarette tax again and everyone flocked to NH over the weekend to stock up on cheaper smokes.

The guy in line behind me had driven up from Beverly ... and now NH is going to raise their tax also. As long as it's lower than here, they'll still get the business. Right now there's about a $4 difference, per pack.

The grocery store I was in would not let me take a photo and asked that I not even mention the name of the store.