.70 hike?? dayyyyum! i remember buying a pack of smokes for .75 then .85, then $1.00 a pack.. i said " man if they hit $1.50 a pack , i'm quittin!" ..of course i didn't quit and it was always a gradual increase in price/tax, so it didnt hurt that bad, but tackin on an extra $7.00 a frickin carton is really out of line and pretty discriminatory. to me, it singles out a group of people and really puts the screws to 'em.