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Cigarettes jump past $8 a pack
While some New Yorkers have vowed to quit smoking now that a pack of cigarettes soared past $8, others said fughedaboutit.
Sherrilyn Griffith, of the Upper East Side, had one last cigarette in the pack in her pocket Monday, a smoke she vowed would be her last as the higher state tax kicks in today. She never thought about quitting before, but the new tax cemented her decision.
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