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[New York] DA Hynes: Six million counterfeit cigarettes from China seized

Detectives with the Brooklyn District Attorney's Money Laundering and Revenue Crimes Bureau seized more than 30,000 cartons of counterfeit cigarettes from a Borough Park warehouse Thursday night -- $4.5 million worth of blissfully tax-free tobacco pleasu
Courier Life
added Jan 29, 2013 14:16
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EDITORIAL: Oregon should scrap latest anti-tobacco proposal

Should this measure pass, nicotine will be reclassified as a Schedule III drug in Oregon ... Nothing about this bill ... strikes us as anything but fat-headed.
Longview (WA) Daily News
added Jan 29, 2013 13:58
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[Connecticut] Roll-Your-Own Tobacco Shop Owner Pleads Guilty

The co-owner of a roll-your-own smoke shop charged in an alleged scheme to direct illegal campaign contributions into Chris Donovan's campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives pleaded guilty on Wednesday to one count of devising a scheme to bribe a
NBC Connecticut
added Jan 24, 2013 20:34
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[New York] GIMEIN: Smuggling Facts Into the Tax Wars

But you can’t really decide how much of the tax effect lies in smuggling and how much in behavioral changes unless you can reliably measure not just how many people in New York smoke, but how much.
Bloomberg News
added Jan 22, 2013 22:53
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[North Carolina] ONLY ON 3: Quitting habit, saving money may be fueling e-cigarette boom

Smokers in Wilmington are no exception, which might explain the boom in electronic cigarette stores in the area. Recently a few new signs have been popping up around the Port City. Electronic cigarettes promise the same satisfaction as normal cigarettes
WWAY NewsChannel 3 (Wilmington, NC)
added Jan 17, 2013 08:07
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[North Dakota] ND lawmakers mull roll-your-own cigarettes bill

The State Tax Department is supporting a bill that would require commercial roll-your-own cigarette machine owners to register their equipment and pay the same taxes as name-brand packaged smokes.
AP - Associated Press
added Jan 17, 2013 07:56
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AUDIO: Florida Senator Wants All Tobacco Companies To Face The Same Penalties

Senator Thad Altman from Melbourne says the bill would right a mistake in not including all tobacco companies in the suit requiring the companies involved to pay a fee per cigarette sold. “These companies have an unfair market and they have grown to 20 p
WFSU (Tallahassee FL)
added Jan 12, 2013 11:28
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[Florida] County can't ban smoking, its attorney says

Sarasota County discovered Tuesday that it is powerless to stop smoking at public beaches, parks, youth sports fields or even in front of public libraries despite years of passing laws to the contrary. County attorney Stephen E. DeMarsh told county comm
Sarasota (FL) Herald-Tribune
added Jan 9, 2013 11:39
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[India, Florida] VIDEO: Orlando man arrested on charges of importing non-taxed tobacco products

An Orlando man's business was raided after state agents say he was illegally importing thousands of cartons of cigarettes and tobacco products.
WFTV-Ch. 9 (Orlando, FL)
added Jan 9, 2013 10:19
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Alabama investigators make 2nd $1 million tobacco tax evasion case

State investigators have brought their second $1 million tax evasion case involving Alabama tobacco distributors. The owners and operators of Northstar Wholesale in Birmingham, President Allaudin Merchant and Vice President Farhad Jiwani, have each been
AP - Associated Press
added Jan 8, 2013 18:35
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