Jump to full article: Topeka (KS) Capital-Journal blogs, 2010-08-16
Author: Submitted by nimper on Mon, 08/16/2010 - 11:51am.
Intro: This regulation originated in the state of New York, 2003 and the NFPA informed me that as of 2010, all states are particpating. In New York, the sale of tobacco products by reservations are taxed. http://www.wgrz.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=78148&catid=37
"A Runaway Black Market: The thefts are the result of a new brand of tobacco smuggling, one that has flooded the Canadian market with contraband cigarettes and cigarillos made not by brand companies - as was the case with tobacco smuggling in the 1990s - but by clandestine manufacturers on Indian reserves here and in the United States. Over the last six years, as federal and provincial governments hiked tobacco taxes to curb smoking and raise funds, the smuggling business has grown exponentially.." www.montrealgazette.com/news/Mohawks+gangs+tobacco/1437136/story.html
Kansas does not tax the Pottawatomie Reservation's sale of tobacco- NO STAMP. Should folks save receipts from purchased non-FSC tobacco products?
I've also been told that folks are getting sick. Designed to extinguish if unaffected through inhalation and drafts- folks complained of drawing deeper inhalations, more frequently- to keep an FSC cigarette lit.
This might build a concentration of nicotine and emit an excess of second hand smoke. Even more disturbing: This NEW 2009 ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer emulsion based industrial adhesive (carpet glue) added to modern day cigarettes is creating headaches and other harmful health problems for smokers. . . .
While some don't like tobacco smokers, if they're trying to kill us faster- it is my humble opinion that an increase in Medicaid and Tricare funding might be necessary.
Did the State Fire Marshal include any of this in the budget?
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