Cigarette butt on auction for more than $7k
A cigarette smoked in the dying seconds before New Zealand smokefree laws came into effect last year is set to fetch more than NZ$7,500 (2,863 pounds) in an Internet auction.
The butt, witnessed as smoked at 11:59 p.m. on December 9 by the owners of an Auckland bar, has exceeded its NZ$1 reserve price by NZ$7,574 on New Zealand-based Internet web auction site TradeMe (www.trademe.co.nz).
It costs about NZ$10 to buy a packet of cigarettes in New Zealand.
The successful bidder when the auction closes on Thursday will also get a certificate of authenticity and a mounted display case. The partially smoked cigarette was described on the Web site as a "priceless Kiwiana collector's item".
New Zealand extended its smokefree laws on December 10, 2004, to ban smoking in most indoor venues, sparking complaints from smokers and bar and cafe owners.
The butt, witnessed as smoked at 11:59 p.m. on December 9 by the owners of an Auckland bar, has exceeded its NZ$1 reserve price by NZ$7,574 on New Zealand-based Internet web auction site TradeMe (www.trademe.co.nz).
It costs about NZ$10 to buy a packet of cigarettes in New Zealand.
The successful bidder when the auction closes on Thursday will also get a certificate of authenticity and a mounted display case. The partially smoked cigarette was described on the Web site as a "priceless Kiwiana collector's item".
New Zealand extended its smokefree laws on December 10, 2004, to ban smoking in most indoor venues, sparking complaints from smokers and bar and cafe owners.
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