Oneida Indian Nation C.O.O. Peter Carmen says the Oneida Indian Nation will produce and sell more of their own brands of cigarettes and not pay for name brand cigarettes that carry a state sales tax. According to Carmen, the Oneida Indian Nation moved its cigarette manufacturing facility out of Western, N.Y. and to the City of Oneida, N.Y. in the former bingo hall of Territory Road. The goal is to be up and running by mid September, Carmen said. ... Jump to full article >>

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A hefty state tobacco tax hike appears to have led to a huge drop in demand for cigarettes. But those who waged the war over the tobacco tax say it may be too early to draw conclusions about the long-term effects of the new tax. There is no way to track actual cigarette sales, but orders for the tax stamps that have to be attached to every pack sold in the state fell dramatically in July. Since July 1, when the state cigarette tax jumped from 69 ... Jump to full article >>

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Albany – The first six weeks of meteoric cigarette tax rates in New York showed a plunge in sales at convenience stores statewide, mainly because most smokers are finding ways to dodge the tax altogether, reports the New York Association of Convenience Stores On July 1, Governor Paterson and the Legislature increased the cigarette excise tax from $2.75 a pack to $4.35, the highest state tax rate in the country. Just as NYACS predicted, the ... Jump to full article >>

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TWO people have been detained for allegedly selling counterfeit trademarked cigarettes, Shanghai police said this morning. Pudong New Area police said that the suspects, one surnamed Wang and the other surnamed Pei, brought wholesale cigarettes from Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and Fujian Province. They repacked them as Chonghwa cigarettes, a popular upmarket brand, and sold them to grocery stores and street peddlers. Pudong police said that th ... Jump to full article >>

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Seven businesses were raided Wednesday morning after a nearly four-month investigation into illegal tobacco sales in Hampton. Police simultaneously served search warrants on the businesses at 9 a.m. They confiscated 4,390 packs of cigarettes from the businesses worth $21,950, according to Lt. Jim Crotts of the Hampton police department. In May of 2009 agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives began conducting smoking ope ... Jump to full article >>

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San Francisco’s first-in-the-nation ban on tobacco sales in drugstores appears to be unconstitutional because it exempts supermarkets and big-box stores that have pharmacies, a state appeals court said Tuesday. But the First District Court of Appeal left open the possibility that the legal defect could be cured by extending the tobacco ban to all stores that sell prescription drugs, rather than repealing it. The court referred that question ... Jump to full article >>

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