Cigarette smuggling article

[TomCatt]

Interesting article on CNN about cigarette smuggling - $1.9 million can be made on one tractor-trailer load of cigarettes bought in Virginia and sold in NYC

The lucrative business of smuggling cigarettes - Apr. 16, 2013

Mackinac and others pin the blame on rising state taxes, and say things could get even worse if President Obama's proposed 94-cent-a-pack cigarette tax hike goes through.
Anti-smoking groups say the smuggling numbers are inflated, and that the public health benefits of fewer smokers -- the ones dissuaded by pricey packs -- far outweigh any lost revenue or other effects of smuggling.

 

[SirSteve]

Sort of like prohibition, overreaching laws giving rise to organized crime and in this case sometimes used to fund terrorism. I guess some people just have to try and keep others under their boot heel, regardless of facts and consequences. I,m not saying cigarettes aren't dangerous, just that they seem to going to far in their overzealous efforts to get people to conform to their idea of a perfect society.