Neil, I'm not a quitter, but be my guest. I have a pipe smoking friend in Australia, who pays $60 for a 50gr tin of baccy, and he's buying, because their ransom tax on tobacco is increasing every year until 2020. I very much doubt that good tobacco won't be available in the future in the US. We're EXTRMELY SPOILED in this country by the crazy abundance of pipes and tobacco, and it's more affordable here than anywhere in the world. It seems redundant to be thinking about quitting.I hate to say it guys. But we should all quit now. The sky is falling in the pipe world and if you do not already have a lifetime supply of pipes, tobacco, cleaners and accessories; you had might as well cut your losses and get out!
My statement was meant to be "tongue and cheek." Living in Canada, I know all to well the pain that our Southern Hemisphere friends are feeling.Neil, I'm not a quitter, but be my guest. I have a pipe smoking friend in Australia, who pays $60 for a 50gr tin of baccy, and he's buying, because their ransom tax on tobacco is increasing every year until 2020. I very much doubt that good tobacco won't be available in the future in the US. We're EXTRMELY SPOILED in this country by the crazy abundance of pipes and tobacco, and it's more affordable here than anywhere in the world. It seems redundant to be thinking about quitting.
Unless your friend is making all metal or stone pipes, which are treated as drug paraphernalia, he should have no problems at this time. To the extent he believes otherwise, he's misinformed.I was told recently by a good friend an pipe maker that he would not be able to sell pipes in the USA due to this new FDA rulings. Does any body else have any input on this subject?
Tick tock, tick tock :wink:Plus, generations of us old guys are going to croak out and leave obsessive piles of real Balkan Sobranie and other legendary weed behind for our numb nutz families to sell off, or distribute to those of you whom we deem worthy.
SORRY... :!:My statement was meant to be "tongue and cheek." Living in Canada, I know all to well the pain that our Southern Hemisphere friends are feeling.
Oh yeah. None of us are immune to it, that's for sure!Geezers go, but some newbie is always waking up and discovering yesterday he was middle aged, but today, OMG, he's a geezer!
Not likely. Smoking has become unpopular in our culture, to the point where most tobacco users are marginalized. Even people who want to enjoy it are being financially squashed by the insurance companies. Who is going to buy all this bootleg baccy? Alchohol use, on the other hand, is very popular and normalized. Even alcohol abuse is celebrated and lauded in some circles of our society.If this keeps up, we may find tobacco runners, à la rum runners of the 20's.