2006-09-08 01:19:09 · 10 answers · asked by heradiva 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Hey heradiva,
My father smoked Lucky Strike, fine Tobacco. no filters, 3 to 5 packs a day for .15 cents a pack, in the 50s. The price went up in the 60s to about .45 cents in 1969. here is a site that discusses the reasons for prices increasing, we all know it is really just the Tobacco industry and Government all wanting their share. But the CANCER awareness kicked the prices to increase starting in the 1950's.
2006-09-08 01:36:03 · answer #1 · answered by BuyTheSeaProperty 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Up until the late 60's I remember cigarettes in our area being 25 cents a pack. I'm from Indiana. Late 60's and 70's they wern't much more. I remember paying 35 to 40 cents at that time. but here's a good one , gas was only 25 cents a gallon when I started driving in 1969. Same as the smokes. That was our area. State tax at that time in Indiana was only 2%. Its at 6% now.
2006-09-08 01:53:56 · answer #2 · answered by BoosGrammy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know but I can remember driving by the gas stations with my Dad in the 70's and seeing signs at every station... Cigarettes 40 cents... (wow, just noticed my keyboard doesn't have the cent sign anymore)
and gas was 31 cents a gallon for years back then...
2006-09-08 01:21:59 · answer #3 · answered by Andy FF1,2,CrTr,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I quit smoking in 1969 and the price when I quit was 40 cents a 20 pack of regulars. I smoked about 2 packs a day. Man look at all the money I have saved.
2006-09-08 01:21:10 · answer #4 · answered by jgreaves 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I remember going to the store for my mom in the 50's, WAY B4 we knew it was bad for you, so nobody say anything bad about my mom, anyway cigarettes were 25 cents. I remember in the early 70's a carton was $7.50
2006-09-08 01:24:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That and they're being sneaky. A hard pack of Pall Mall used to contain 20 cigarettes (Europe). If you buy a pack now it only contains 19.
2016-03-17 10:36:07 · answer #6 · answered by Gail 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About 25 cents. Didn't smoke at that time, but got sent to the store for my sister's boyfriend. I remember well.
2006-09-08 01:25:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Britain at that time I remember an ad that went "4 and 10 for plenty". That was before decimalisation in 1970, but if you want to know a dollar equivalent, you have to know if it was before devaluation in 1967. If before, .it was 67 cents. If after, it was about 58 c.
Cigarettes were one of the few things cheaper in the US than the UK at the time. Now virtually everything is - thanks to another disastrous decision of the time, for Britain to join Europe.
2006-09-09 19:43:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My grandfathers 92 and when he quit smoking in 1937 he said a carton was a few dollars.
2006-09-08 01:27:38 · answer #9 · answered by pico3233 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
.20 cents.
2006-09-08 01:22:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋