Why do you have to report that you bought cigarettes in the first place?
YOU don't report it ---- Internet & Credit Card companys get subpoenas.
You don't but you are responsible to pay the applicable sales tax via your State tax form at the end of the year. The Jenkins Act facilitates each State's collection of taxes on cigarettes by requiring the seller to report to the State Agency the name and address of individuals who purchased from a given state.
Because, they want their taxes.
BTW, they really don't care about health.
Makes them complicit.
The same breed of liberal that scream about privacy (the foundation of Roe vs. Wade), ignore said privacy to collect more taxes...go figure.