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[โ€“] Tomato666@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In the UK some shops would sell you a single cigarette for less the ten of our new pennies. Around '86 I think.

[โ€“] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 points 18 hours ago

The big kid who had a little bit of moustache would buy a pack of 20 for about 2 quid from the corner shop next to the school and would sell them for 20p each to the other kids.