Nobody could possibly have foreseen this development.
Wow. And like tea, the taxed cigarettes should be thrown in the Gowanus Canal ...it might improve the water quality
Almost as if there were some great incentive to smuggle cigarettes.
NY is so overtaxed that it is a wonder the people haven’t taken to armed revolt. It will happen, you can bet on that. That is why this bunch of criminals that own NY have done everything to take guns away.
Even when I was driving truck up “in the NE area ... “ ....
Maybe they should lower their cigarette tax.
This was a gift to organized crime.
Marijuana and Rx pill profits have been going down so they simply created another market
“They shoo the clerk from his perch by the register; he saunters over to lean on the edge of the ice cream cooler at the center of the store, already looking genuinely bored. He doesn’t even watch the action — he peers at his phone, taking occasional bites out of the sandwich in his other hand or sipping Pepsi through a straw from a can. One of the deputies tells him to stay right there, and to put his phone down.”
Is he under arrest, fascist? Didn’t think so.
WGAF? What did New York lawmakers expect?
If a tax is based on the honor system, people will always find ways to evade them.
This reminds me of the old Soviet Union. Stealing from the state was a greater offense than murder. Embezzlers faced the death penalty.
40+ ounce soda cups are black marketed as well.