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Ohio bills smokers buying cigarettes online 

Jump to full article: WKYC-TV NBC 3 (Cleveland, OH), 2008-05-06
Author: Marc Magill

Intro:

Ohio is hoping to recover more than $2 million by going after smokers who bought cheap cigarettes online.

The state is sending out 5,500 bills to folks who've bought their smokes from web sites hoping to avoid paying taxes.

Ohio law requires cigarettes to be purchased face-to-face. Technically, that makes the web sales illegal.

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