cigarette prices in NY

[happy_face]

I have friend who's going to NY in Feb and I've asked her to buy some ciggies back for me. Would anyone know how much a packet of B&H is in NY as I'm trying to work out whether it's cheaper to buy tax free in the airport or buy them in the States?

Many thanks for your help

[dzug]

At a guess, tax-free in the US airport.

However, B&H as a brand may not be readily available in the US so it would be safer to get them at the airport as she leaves the UK.

[sense4all]

Hubbie is a regular traveller, if he is travelling BA he always buys them on the way out on the plane, allegedly cheaper than duty free.

[barb1314]

Just came back on Transatlantic flight.400 cigarettes were �32 at Gatwick,200 were �18 on BA.I've been told by a New Yorker in the past that because they are trying to discourage smoking in his city the cigarettes there are the equivalent of �7 a pack!!! Not sure how true this was as he may have got mixed up with the exchange rate.I would say get them at the airport here.Better value.

[spudqueen]

�7 a packet!!!!!! I don't think so, at least when I was there in December it was more like �2.50 - �3.00 a packet! I don't think that B&H are a regular brand in the States ( I smoke Lambert & Butler which you can't buy in the shops out there, I have to smoke Pall Mall), but they do have them in the duty free.

[charlieharp]

I dont know where you people get your information from!

OK, B&H is available everywhere in NY, but its not like the B&H Gold or Special Filter you'll find in Europe, its B&H 100s (Superkings) which taste totally different. These are about �3.00 a pack. At the Duty Free on the way back you will also see these, but avoid as like I said they are different. What you will also see is a brand called Senior Service (not to be confused with the UK senior Service!). This brand comes in identical packaging to the UK B&H and is in fact just that! You wont find these on the street, cost is about $22 a carton.