The Kinect was intended to be a shot in the arm, extending the Xbox 360's appeal and providing a new platform for games and content that could take it into the future. Microsoft Corporate Vice President Shane Kim once claimed that the Kinect would mean that the Xbox 360 could stay on the market through 2015.
Average Price of a Box of Cigarettes by State: National Average: $5.95: Alabama: $4.74: Alaska: $7.28: Arizona: $6.73: Arkansas: $5.61: California: $5.71: Colorado: $4.93: Connecticut: $8.18: Delaware: $5.47: Washington DC: $7.66: Florida: $5.57: Georgia: $4.49: Hawaii: $9.27: Idaho: $4.79: Illinois: $6.19: Indiana: $5.50: Iowa: $6.15: Kansas: $5.22: Kentucky: $4.52: Louisiana: $4.45: Maine: $6.67: Maryland: $6.32: Massachusetts: $7.75
According to The Awlâs annual cigarette price check, for which they call delis in each state and ask how much a pack of cigarettes costs, New York clocks in with the most expensive, at more than $14 a pack. In Kentucky, where the cigarette tax is just 60 cents, a pack costs $4.96, about a third of its cost in New York. Hereâs a map of states color-coded by how much they tax a pack of cigarettes, based on data released by the U.S. Federation of Tax Administrators earlier this year.