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An Investigation into the Petroleum, Alcohol, and Tobacco Bureau of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance (PDF)

The Inspector General found that from 2002 until mid-2010, PATB former Director Thomas Stanton ran a multi-million dollar cigarette interdiction operation absent basic investigative protocols and controls. These deficiencies included inadequate policies
New York State Office of the Inspector General
added May 21, 2013 06:53
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[New York] NY cigarette tax probes called weak, sloppy

Sting operations aimed at black market cigarettes in New York had such weak investigative protocols and financial controls that money went missing and prosecutions were dismissed, the state inspector general reported Monday.
AP - Associated Press
added May 21, 2013 06:38
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[New York] Cigarette-smuggling Palestinian linked to Ari Halberstam's Brooklyn Bridge murder

One of 16 Palestinians arrested in a cigarette-smuggling ring was linked to the 1994 murder of yeshiva student Ari Halberstam in a terror attack on the Brooklyn Bridge. Muaffaq Askar, who was arrested late last week in New York in a plot that is believed
JTA - Global Jewish News
added May 20, 2013 09:53
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[New York] LETTERS: Vito Lopez and terrorist-funding cigarette smugglers

My family has always complied with the tobacco tax law in our Bronx deli, but many of our competitors sell cheaper, untaxed cigarettes. That makes it hard for honest small businesses to compete, encourages young people and others to smoke, cheats New Yor
New York Daily News
added May 20, 2013 09:38
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[New York] Captured Palestinian Cigarette Smuggler behind Ari Halberstam 1994 Murder

On March 1, 1994, Lebanese-born immigrant Rashid Baz shot many rounds of automatic fire at a van carrying 15 Lubavitch students on the Brooklyn Bridge. Four students were hit, two were very seriously injured. Ari Halberstam, 16, died four days later from
The Jewish Press
added May 20, 2013 09:26
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[New York] EDITORIAL: Cigarette smuggling steals tax money and aids terrorists

Now, the players could be plotting attacks on New York and America — and the amounts of money stolen has risen exponentially. Enforcement must be stepped up, especially if Indian reservations — once a huge source of illegal, untaxed cigs — start selling
New York Daily News
added May 19, 2013 18:49
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[New York] 16 Accused of Smuggling Cigarettes Worth Millions

One of the men had once lived in the same Brooklyn building as the personal secretary of a senior Hamas member, the authorities said. Another was something of a father figure to the terrorist who fatally shot at a van full of yeshiva students on the Broo
New York Times
added May 19, 2013 07:52
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[New York] For Gay Men, a Fear That Feels Familiar

a unique strain of bacterial meningitis — has cast a pall over the gay night life ... Sharing cigarettes is also bad, but there is a theory in the literature that this is not because of the exchange of saliva but because smoking irritates the mucous mem
New York Times
added May 19, 2013 07:40
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[New Jersey, New York] Editorial: Proposal to raise N.J. tobacco sales age to 21 is well-intentioned, but unnecessary

Rather than raising the cigarette purchasing age in New Jersey, resources would be better spent on anti-smoking campaigns, smoking cessation programs and enforcement of the current age limit to make it harder for those under 19 to buy tobacco.
Trenton (NJ) Times
added May 18, 2013 23:02
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[New York] LETTER: Smoking Around Kids Should Be Criminal

With so many smoke free zones in this country, I think there should be more laws on the books regarding this, especially around kids. It should be criminal to smoke around them period, especially in automobiles. It's bad enough to run into smoke at the s
Jamestown (NY) Post-Journal
added May 18, 2013 21:32
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