{"id":4757,"date":"2013-09-06T09:42:35","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T13:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/?p=4757"},"modified":"2016-03-24T09:42:06","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T13:42:06","slug":"some-quick-nys-math","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/archives\/4757","title":{"rendered":"SOME QUICK NYS MATH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was curious about something so I looked it up and figured it out.<\/p>\n<p>In NYS, the state makes $4.35 on every pack of cigarettes sold.\u00a0 In the city, tack on another $1.50.<\/p>\n<p>My habit <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>was<\/em><\/strong><\/span><strong> <\/strong>a pack day, sometimes more on the weekends.\u00a0 For this example, we&#8217;ll assume a pack a day.<\/p>\n<p>365 x $4.35 = $1587.75<\/p>\n<p>Put the research aside for a second&#8230; As a vaper, I&#8217;ve personally experienced&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An improved sense of smell.<\/li>\n<li>An improved sense of taste.<\/li>\n<li>No pain from my first deep breath of the day.<\/li>\n<li>I don&#8217;t get winded as fast.<\/li>\n<li>More energy.<\/li>\n<li>Less sick days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We should probably also mention the number of fires that would be prevented per year if all smokers became vapers.<\/p>\n<p>From the US Fire Administration:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>an estimated 7,600 smoking-related fires in residential buildings occur annually in the United States, resulting in an estimated average of 365 deaths, 925 injuries, and $326 million in property loss.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As a vaper, NYS has lost $1587.75 from me per year.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>From one single person&#8230; $1587.75 per year.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>So I ask you&#8230; do all the proposed bans, tax hikes, and regulations we&#8217;re fighting have our best interest and health in mind&#8230; or perhaps the pockets of government instead?<\/p>\n<p>Oh well&#8230; there&#8217;s always the Legal Vape 4000.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/dot.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Reddit\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"SOME%20QUICK%20NYS%20MATH\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was curious about something so I looked it up and figured it out. In NYS, the state makes $4.35 on every pack of cigarettes&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent_news","wpcat-15-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4757\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}