UK - A LONDONDERRY street drinker who spat in a teenage girl's face when she refused to give him a cigarette has been jailed for nine months.
Damien Young, 42, of no fixed abode, was charged with aggravated assault, on a female under 14 years of age, and breach of a suspended sentence. The victim was approached by Young at Strand Road cinema on October 26. He asked her for a cigarette and when she refused he followed her and when she turned around he spat at her, the city’s Magistrate’s Court was told.
Police were called and Young again tried to approach the victim but was blocked by a member of staff at the cinema. He was arrested by police and taken for interview.
Young’s solicitor said Judge McElholm would not be surprised to know that Young had been drunk at the time of the incident. He said his client had been before the judge only last week.
Judge McElholm gave Young nine months imprisonment. More... Nutty News Today
14 charged with illegal buys of 77 million cigs
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Fourteen people have been charged with illegally purchasing 77 million contraband cigarettes from undercover agents in Virginia and smuggling the cigarettes to New York.
Two are also accused of paying an agent posing as a hit man to kill a husband and wife whom they believed had stolen from them.
The indictments handed up Thursday in federal court in Alexandria are the culmination of a yearlong investigation.
Authorities say the smuggling ring paid $8 million plus guns and drugs to the undercover agents for the cigarettes. More... Nutty News Today
City Seeks Ban on Smoking in Parks and Beaches
New York - When New York City’s smoking ban took effect in 2003, cigarette and cigar puffers were driven outdoors.
But soon the outdoors — or at least much of it — may no longer be an option.
The city’s health commissioner, Dr. Thomas A. Farley, announced on Monday that the Bloomberg administration would seek to ban smoking in city parks and beaches.
Such bans are still rare, though growing in number. A number of municipalities — particularly in California — have banned smoking in outdoor parks, playgrounds and beaches. In 2007, Los Angeles extended its smoking ban, which already covered beaches and playgrounds, to include municipal parks. Later that year, Chicago banned smoking at its beaches and playgrounds, though smoking is still allowed in many parks. This year, California lawmakers took up a measure to prohibit smoking in all state parks and parts of state beaches. More... Nutty News Today
100 year old Central Florida firm moves operation off-shore: 500 jobs lost
TAMPA, Florida - Hav-A-Tampa is boarding up its doors at its factory near Seffner and nearly 500 employees will be joining the unemployment lines. Management cites loss of business due to Federal and State exorbitant excise taxes levied on tobacco. The hundred year old company revolutionized the cigar industry with its use of birch wood tips and mechanized rolling. Work that had been done in Tampa will now be performed in an Altadis plant in Puerto Rico, where it has extra manufacturing capacity, McKenzie said. More... Nutty News Today
Obama to Sign Anti-Smoking Bill
WASHINGTON -- President Obama is set to sign into law an anti-smoking bill that will give the federal government unprecedented authority to regulate tobacco. As president, George W. Bush opposed the legislation and threatened a veto after it passed the House last year. The Obama administration, by contrast, issued a statement declaring strong support for the measure. More... Nutty News Today
U.S. tobacco bill puts focus on menthol cigarettes
ATLANTA - The future of menthol cigarettes, smoked by 12 million Americans and 75 percent of African American smokers, could be the next flashpoint in a decades-long campaign against smoking in the United States. Last week, Congress passed a bill giving the Food and Drug Administration the power to regulate tobacco products. President Barack Obama is expected to sign it into law soon. More... Nutty News Today
Senate Approves Bill Regulating Tobacco Companies
The legislation, one of the most dramatic anti-smoking initiatives since the U.S. surgeon general's warning 45 years ago that tobacco causes lung cancer, would give the FDA authority to regulate the content, marketing and advertising of cigarettes and other tobacco products. More... Nutty News Today
NYC suit claiming Internet cigarette taxes fails
New York's top court says New York City lacks legal standing to sue Internet cigarette retailers for lost taxes under state business laws.The Court of Appeals says the city and state now charge $4.25 per pack in excise taxes, which are owed by purchasers in New York. More... Nutty News Today
House votes to crack down on tobacco Internet sales
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday approved tougher enforcement measures against contraband cigarette sales that make money for criminals, but cost federal, state and local governments billions of dollars. The bill, which passed 397-11, is especially aimed at Internet sales. Sellers on the Internet and others shipping to remote locations would have to verify the purchaser's age and identity through accessible databases. More... Nutty News Today
Cost of Cigarette Litter May Fall on San Francisco's Smokers
SAN FRANCISCO — In what he casts as an attack on litterbugs and nicotine addiction alike, Mayor Gavin Newsom wants to impose a fee on an age-old inhabitant of city streets: the cigarette butt. The proposal, to be introduced next month to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, would add 33 cents to the cost of a pack of cigarettes, to offset the estimated $10.7 million the city spends annually removing discarded butts from gutters, drainpipes and sidewalks. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Nutty News Today
Mississippi: Barbour Signs Cigarette Tax
Gov. Haley Barbour, a Republican and a former tobacco lobbyist long opposed to raising Mississippi’s cigarette tax, relented in the face of slumping budget revenues and signed the state’s first increase in nearly a quarter century. The state’s 18-cents-a-pack excise tax had not changed since 1985. On Friday, it rises to 68 cents a pack. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Nutty News Today
Stupid Cigarette Tax Policy
It is a money-loser for the Treasury;
It robs customers from New Jersey retailers;
It provides organized crime and street gangs with a low-risk way to finance their criminal activity;
It forces local police departments to prevent the illegal sale of a commonly available legal consumer product and;
It makes cigarettes more accessible to teenagers. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Nutty News Today
Comedian Ron White may face charges for smoking on stage
Grammy-nominated comedian Ron White recently played a two-night, sold out stint in Bismarck, ND. Show number 2 featured a distinguished guest: a plain clothes policeman. Police were responding to a letter sent by an audience member of White’s first Bismarck show complaining about White’s smoking of a cigar onstage in the Bismarck venue – which prohibits smoking. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Nutty News Today
New York Suits Over Cigarette Sales Get U.S. High Court Review
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to scrutinize lawsuits by New York City that accuse discount cigarette retailers of using Internet sales to evade taxes totaling potentially hundreds of millions of dollars a year. The nation’s highest court today said it will review a lower court ruling that said the city could press ahead with federal racketeering claims in lawsuits filed in 2003 and 2004. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Nutty News Today
House Gets Heat on Cigarette Tax
As expected, House leaders drew fire from some anti-tax groups this week when they agreed to back a $1-per-pack cigarette tax in order to pass a new state budget. Americans for Tax Reform, a group headed by Grover Norquist, sent a letter to House members earlier in the week reminding them that they had "got it right" by opposing new taxes in their budget plan, opting instead to balance the $65 billion budget with deeper budget cuts. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Nutty News Today
FDA to Ban Electronic Cigarettes
The nation's lowest cigarette tax would jump by 50 cents and support a new health insurance program for low-paid South Carolina workers under a plan that's expected to reach the state House this week. The bill, introduced by House Speaker Bobby Harrell, R-Charleston, would raise the current 7 cent-per-pack tax to 57 cents. That generates $147 million, with $139 million for the insurance program. It also sets aside $5 million for anti-smoking efforts and nearly $3 million for marketing South Carolina agriculture products. More...
AUSTIN – Lighting up in Texas – already a costly habit because of the state cigarette tax – is about to get more expensive.A big jump in the federal excise tax on cigarettes – from 39 cents a pack to $1.01 – is now being factored into prices charged by the major tobacco companies in advance of the April 1 effective date of the new rate. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Nutty News Today
Altria Group Inc raising the price of Marlboro and other brands by $7.00 to $8.00 per carton
CHICAGO - Altria Group Inc is raising the price of Marlboro and other cigarettes by 71 cents to 81 cents per pack and is lowering the cost of the high-end smokeless tobacco brands it recently acquired. In February, President Barack Obama signed a law expanding a health program to include 3.5 million uninsured children. The expansion is being paid for by raising the federal tax on cigarettes to $1 per pack from 39 cents per pack. Taxes on cigars and other tobacco products will also rise. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Today's Nutty News
Cigarette sale tax case back in court
CAYUGA COUNTY, N.Y. -- The case involving the sale of cigarettes to non-Indians at Cayuga Indian Nation stores will be back in court Monday. Lee Alcott, a lawyer for the Cayugas, says an appellate court will consider a stay of order filing from the Nation, with a ruling likely coming within ten days. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Today's Nutty News
Cuban cigar sales drop amid global crisis
HAVANA - Sales of Cuban cigars, considered the finest in the world, dropped 3 percent to $390 million in 2008 as the world financial crisis and the spread of anti-smoking laws cut demand, officials said on Monday. The falling sales reflected a decline in the market for luxury products in general as global economic worries mounted, said Manuel Garcia, vice president of Habanos S.A., the worldwide distributor of Cuban cigars. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Today's Nutty News
Boston bans tobacco sales on college campuses
Boston students who are interested in buying tobacco products may not find it so easy to do anymore. As of Feb. 9, college campus stores and pharmacies have been ordered to remove tobacco products from their shelves — a move the Boston Public Health Commission approved last year. The commission also made adjustments to Boston’s 2002 workplace smoking ban by prohibiting smoking in nearby outdoor areas, banning new smoking bars such as hookah and cigar bars and giving current smoking bars 10 years to remain open. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Today's Nutty News
Sheriff Reacts To Cayuga Cigarette Ruling
The fight over untaxed cigarettes continues in Cayuga and Seneca Counties. Wednesday a Supreme Court Judge told the nation it can no longer sell untaxed cigarettes to non-indians.The Cayuga Nation has pulled all cigarettes from the shelves at its two Lakeside Trading Stores in Union Springs and Seneca Falls. Wednesday a Supreme Court Judge ruled the stores could no longer sell untaxed cigarettes to non-indians, and it will not get back the more than 17,000 cartons sheriff's deputies seized from the stores in November. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Today's Nutty News
Cigarette smoking ban may be coming to a workplace near you
If the Coalition for a Healthy Idaho gets its way, cigarette smoking would be banned in more workplaces in Meridian. The coalition on Wednesday asked Meridian City Council members to protect the health of Meridian's workforce by enacting a comprehensive smoke-free workplace ordinance. The state's current law prohibits smoking in publicly owned workplaces, in restaurants, including attached bars, and in public places. The coalition's "Smokefree Idaho" campaign would call on city governments to outlaw smoking in all remaining workplaces not previously covered by the state statute. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Today's Nutty News
Cigarette and Alcohol Tax Hike Have Some Retailers Worried
HENDERSON, KY - Come April 1 buying cigarettes and alcohol in Kentucky will cost you more. A bill passed Friday will increase the state cigarette tax from 30 cents per pack to 60 cents. The bill will also implement a six percent sales tax on alcohol purchases.
The tax increase on tobacco and alcohol is part of Kentucky's plan to offset its $456 million deficit. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Today's Nutty News
Pharmacies complying with new law that bans tobacco sales
Boston inspectors who visited 73 pharmacies during the first week of stringent new tobacco control regulations could not find a single pack of cigarettes on store shelves, the city's health department reported. Last Monday, Boston became the second major US city - San Francisco was the first - to ban tobacco sales at drugstores. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Today's Nutty News
Cigarette prices rise ahead of looming taxes
Though a federal cigarette tax hike remains weeks away, at least two U.S. cigarette makers already have upped prices and another is cutting some wholesaler discounts as demand drops. Both Altria Group Inc., which owns Philip Morris USA, and Lorillard Inc., which makes Newport cigarettes, increased their carton and pack prices in recent days. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Today's Nutty News
Tobacco companies oppose proposed state taxes
HARRISBURG -- To Gov. Ed Rendell, increasing the state's tax on cigarettes and imposing new taxes on cigars and smokeless tobacco is a "no-brainer" way to bring in needed revenue. But officials of tobacco companies opened a counterattack today, urging legislators to say "no way" to the governor's plan to generate an additional $100 million or so for the deficit-ridden state treasury. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Today's Nutty News
New cigarette tax has some fuming
A new tax hike on tobacco products has some people in fuming. Beginning March 31, The price of a pack of cigarettes will go up almost 62-cents. The new tax is part of the S-CHIP bill signed by President Obama last week to help low income children receive healthcare. Opponents say the bill unfairly targets certain people. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Today's Nutty News
Native American tribal issues to be a priority for Pres. Obama
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama intends to add a senior policy adviser for Native American affairs to his White House staff shortly, first lady Michelle Obama revealed Monday. The first lady made the announcement while speaking to employees at the Interior Department — the latest stop in her ongoing meet-and-greet tour of
federal departments and agencies. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Today's Nutty News
The price of a pack of cigarettes soars past $10
New york City - With a new 62 cent federal tax on cigarettes added this week with the passage of the State Children's Health Insurance Program law, the new price of a pack of cigarettes will soar past $10 in Manhattan.
The NYC price is higher than anywhere in the country and more than twice the national average. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Today's Nutty News
Tobacco companies brace for smoking cuts after tax hike
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama signed legislation Wednesday to more than double the federal cigarette tax to pay for an expansion of health insurance for poor children. Tobacco companies hurt by declining smoking rates expect the 62-cent increase -- to $1.01 per pack -- to further cut cigarette sales after it takes effect April 1.
The major tax increase on cigarettes, smokeless tobacco and cigars will fund a $32.8 billion expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program, providing coverage to an additional 4 million children. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Today's Nutty News
Philip Morris USA raises cigarette prices
CHICAGO - Philip Morris USA is raising prices on Marlboro and other cigarettes by about 9 cents per pack next week, with some of its smaller brands getting an 18-cent-per-pack increase, the company said on Thursday. Philip Morris USA, the largest U.S. cigarette maker, said it told trade partners about the plan on Wednesday. The new list prices go into effect on February 9. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Today's Nutty News
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Seneca Indian President Barry Snyder says he’s encouraged by a letter from New York Gov. David Paterson expressing a willingness to talk about the issue of cigarette taxes. The governor’s December signature on a law that would tax cigarettes sold by Indian retailers to non-Indian customers angered the western New York tribe. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Today's Nutty News
U.S. Senate votes to raise tax on cigarettes from 39 cents to $1.00a pack
The U.S. Senate approved a measure late Thursday to raise tobacco taxes and expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (Schip) to cover more uninsured children. U.S. Sens. John McCain and Jon Kyl of Arizona joined 32 other Republicans in voting against the bill. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Today's Nutty News
Ruling favors Indians on tobacco sales
Attempts by New York state to collect sales taxes from wholesalers selling tobacco products to the Seneca Nation of Indians and other tribes has hit a road block. State Supreme Court Justice Rose Sconiers, Tuesday morning, issued a preliminary injunction that prevents New York state from collecting the tobacco-related sales taxes from Indian tribes. Her ruling is considered a major victory for the state’s various Indian nations. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Today's Nutty News
Seneca Nation President Barry E. Snyder hails extension of cigarette tax ban
A judge’s decision Tuesday to extend the ban she imposed a month ago on the state’s attempts to collect taxes on cigarettes sold to non-Indians on reservations drew praise form Seneca Nation President Barry E. Snyder Sr. State Supreme Court Justice Rose H. Sconiers granted a preliminary injunction Tuesday, extending the prohibition indefinitely. Snyder said that while his nation is “not a direct party to the current court action, it is pleased by [Tuesday’s] outcome.” More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Today's Nutty News
Judge extends tax ban on reservation cigarette sales
A judge today indefinitely extended the ban she imposed a month ago on New York State's effort to collect taxes on cigarettes sold on Indian reservations to non-Indians.After noting that the state Tax Department still has not implemented a mechanism to collect taxes on the sale of cigarettes to non-Indians, as the State Legislature has called for, State Supreme Court Justice Rose H. Sconiers of Buffalo extended the temporary restraining order she imposed Dec. 24. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Today's Nutty News
Gene breakthrough 'paves way for nicotine-free cigarettes'
Professor Kazufumi Yazaki, a plant molecular biologist at Kyoto University's Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, has spent three year identifying the Nt-JAT1 gene as the transporter for nicotine.He said creating a cigarette that still tastes of tobacco but does no damage to human health is his next aim. "We will proceed now with experiments to raise tobacco plants that have no nicotine in their leaves, although there may still be some problems to overcome," he told The Daily Telegraph. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Today's Nutty News
Tobacco industry is taxed 10 times more than alcohol
The price of cigarettes could be going up significantly. Lawmakers have already taken the first step to make it happen, but a lot of people are hoping to step their plans before they go any further. Smokers are used to paying a lot for their habit, but soon, they could charged an even higher price. Lori Kelley, manager at Puff N Snuff says tobacco users have been targeted enough, "The tobacco industry is taxed 10 times more than alcohol, there are so many other things that people can be taxed." More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Today's Nutty News
House Votes to Expand Child Health Insurance - Paid by cigarette tax increase
The House easily approved an expansion of government health coverage for low-income children yesterday, a top priority for President-elect Barack Obama and the first in a series of stalled measures expected to move quickly through the Democratic Congress as President Bush leaves office. Obama hailed the 289 to 139 vote and nudged the Senate to act with the "same sense of urgency so that it can be one of the first measures I sign into law when I am president." More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Today's Nutty News
NY gov responds to tribe's cigarette tax protest
ALBANY, N.Y. - Gov. David Paterson says he wants to talk to Seneca Indian leaders, who have threatened to charge tolls on the New York State Thruway where it runs through reservation land in western New York.
Seneca President Barry Snyder announced Tuesday that in response to the state's plans to begin collecting excise tax on cigarettes sold at Indian-owned stores the tribal council will devise a way to collect $2 per vehicle tolls. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Today's Nutty News
Push on to raise Illinois cigarette taxes
CHICAGO - Another push is under way to raise Illinois' cigarette taxes by a dollar a pack. The American Lung Association and the American Heart Association are behind the effort, and Evanston Democratic Sen. Jeff Schoenberg says he will sponsor a bill.
In 2007, the state Senate passed a similar proposal, which was rejected by the House after merchants opposed the measure. Merchants say they will also oppose the latest push. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Today's Nutty News
Big Tobacco: A Disappearing Friendship
Does Big Tobacco have a better friend than the Florida Legislature? Certainly not in Washington. The smoking lobby's most loyal ally, President Bush, is on his way out. And Congress is preparing a multifront campaign against smoking. It is predicted that, shortly after he takes office, Barack Obama will be able to sign legislation raising the federal tax on tobacco from 61 cents to $1. The $35 billion raised will help fund health insurance for children. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Today's Nutty News
Two Oklahoma tribes sue over cigarette tax increase
OKLAHOMA CITY – Two Oklahoma tribes have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Oklahoma Tax Commission’s decision to charge higher taxes on cigarettes sold at tribal smokeshops during negotiations on a new tobacco compact. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Today's Nutty News
Judge blocks Indian cigarette tax law
A judge is temporarily barring state officials from enforcing a new law requiring the collection of taxes on cigarettes sold on Indian reservations. State Supreme Court Justice Rose Sconiers signed the order this week and told government officials to appear in her court next month to show why she shouldn't issue a permanent injunction against the tax collection. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Today's Nutty News
Indian cigarette tax bill disregards treaty
The editorial, "...And fight over," regarding Gov. David Paterson's signing the so-called Indian Cigarette Tax bill, merits coal for the stockings of the Albany Times Union. The piece revealed New York state's lack of recognition of the allodial title held by Iroquois Confederacy member nations, and based upon treaties signed with the U.S. government. New York has lurched into the deep, dark water of international law violation via those treaties. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Today's Nutty News
New York Governor Signs Cigarette Tax Legislation
Governor David A. Paterson today signed a bill to curb the sale of untaxed cigarettes to Indian retailers in violation of the cigarette tax laws of New York State. The New York State Department of Taxation will have 60 days to issue a certification form and prepare to receive the certifications that will be submitted. Governor Paterson signed bill A11258A/ S 8146-B at a ceremony in Utica.Governor David A. Paterson today signed a bill to curb the sale of untaxed cigarettes to Indian retailers in violation of the cigarette tax laws of New York State. The New York State Department of Taxation will have 60 days to issue a certification form and prepare to receive the certifications that will be submitted. Governor Paterson signed bill A11258A/ S 8146-B at a ceremony in Utica. Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Today's Nutty News
Seneca Nation angered by NY cigarette tax law
Seneca Indian President Barry Snyder accused Gov. David Paterson of knowingly signing a flawed bill into law to avoid an embarrassing override by state lawmakers had he vetoed the measure instead. A day after Paterson approved legislation intended to enforce collection of excise taxes on cigarettes sold at Indian-owned stores, an angry Snyder said Tuesday that tribal leaders were weighing options that included legal action and a media campaign in protest. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Today's Nutty News
Paterson to sign bill collecting taxes on Indians' cigarette sales
ALBANY - Gov. David Paterson, staring at a budget deficit approaching $15 billion, will sign a measure to have the state begin collecting taxes on the sale of cigarettes by Indian retailers, state officials and industry sources say. The move comes after recent unsuccessful talks between Paterson and officials from the Seneca Nation, whose retailers dominate the nation's tax-free cigarette business. Industry officials say the signing could come as early as Monday. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Today's Nutty News
County raid on Cayuga stores continues cigarette tax war
AUBURN, N.Y. – A Cayuga Indian Nation attorney told a state Supreme Court judge Dec. 4 that a raid of two tribal convenience stores and confiscation of cigarettes by county law enforcement agents a week earlier violated both the tribe’s sovereignty and a state injunction against enforcing cigarette tax laws on American Indians. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Today's Nutty News
Cayugas going to court to resume cigarette sales
AUBURN, N.Y. (AP) - The Cayuga Indian Nation is seeking a court order that would allow the tribe to resume selling tax-free cigarettes at its two upstate New York convenience stores. Local authorities raided the stores in Union Springs and Seneca Falls last week and seized 17,600 cartons of cigarettes.County officials say the stores are violating state law by selling cigarettes without charging the required tax. More... Up To The Minute Cigarette and Tobacco News - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Today's Nutty News
