I remember when...
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Can you imagine putting 7 dollars in a vending machine at a bowling alley/bar for one pack? That'd take days.
A good pack of cigs is 4 or 5 dollars depending on your location in the metro area.
cigs here are $7.75 a pack and high $60s a carton. in machines they're usually $10.
I (also) remember when...
I was 18. (Which is about when I bought my last pack of cigs.)
I say this only because I'm on last.fm at the moment and an ad just popped up that said, "Face it, You're Not 18."
Ouch.

Cigs cost less than $3 a pack.
I don't even smoke, but for some reason I got a coupon for Camels in the mail for $3 off of one pack. $3 OFF a pack! And someone at the liquor store the other night paid over $7 for a pack.
I never paid more than $2.50 during my smoking "phase" in college...