[George W. Bush]

Smuggling is simplified by use of the Internet. Low-tax cigarettes are often available there from Indian reservations, where state cigarette taxes are not collected. You pay with a credit card and they are delivered directly to your house.

The article fails to mention duty-free international sales.

You can buy premium brands for $21-$24 a carton, shipped from Switzerland by Swiss Air Mail. Instead of a state tax stamp, they are stamped tax exempt. These are the same cigarettes sold in the international airports.

I expect they'll move to close this loophole soon. A smoker can save up towards $1000 a year this way.

[KS Flyover]

"The article fails to mention duty-free international sales."

Check out this article about the World Health Organization.

From the article:

The 22-page text proposes the gradual elimination of what the W.H.O. and many nations view as the pernicious use of advertising and sponsorships in the sports world, particularly in soccer and auto racing, but sets no timetable to achieve that goal. It also calls for eventual prohibitions on the duty-free sale of tobacco and for measures to combat cigarette smuggling.