[Hodapp]

If RJR and the other cigarette companies had any balls, they'd announce that it was just too expensive to do business in New York, California and any other state with these fascist smoking laws, and announce no more cigarette shipments to those states. *POOF* go tax receipts.

These states don't REALLY want smokers to quit, too much revenue is at stake. Pataki will find this out come budget time next year. Draconian, idiotic laws like this make criminals out of the common citizenry, just as Prohibition did, which always results in a breakdown in respect (if there's any shred of it left) for law in general.

God help us poor boobs out in flyover country. This kind of stupidity is headed our way too. Smoke 'em while you've got 'em.

[VermiciousKnid]

Unfortunately, RJR and the other tobacco companies cannot do what you suggest. It is ILLEGAL for them to stop selling cigarettes in any state that participated in the Master Settlement Agreement.

Pretty nice, huh?

I HATE NEW YORK.

Regards,

[Publius6961]

If RJR and the other cigarette companies had any balls, they'd announce that it was just too expensive to do business in New York, California and any other state with these fascist smoking laws, and announce no more cigarette shipments to those states. *POOF* go tax receipts.

That would be a masterstroke!
(Mind you I have no love for the tobacco companies which gladly took on the role of tax collectors!)

If no tobacco company allowed sales in California and New York, these states could then not legally argue that its citizens had to pay sales tax for buying out of state.

Everybody wins (except the clymers).

[JesusSaves]

"God help us poor boobs out in flyover country. This kind of stupidity is headed our way too". Yes, and it can't get here too soon!